HOPPY Easter, friends! I hope you had a good one! Ours was… well, it was a bit of a challenging day, but ultimately Easter can’t be anything but fun with two little ones in the house. I was exhausted all day after being up pretty much all the night prior, tending to Nugget. He’s going through a growth spurt and it’s making him extra ornery. As a result, I didn’t get more than a 30 minute stretch of sleep all night, until after 6:00 a.m. So I was extra not amused to see this view in the morning:
SNOW? Seriously? C’mon, Buffalo, it’s enough already. I’m so unbelievably over winter, I can’t even tell you. We’ve had snow on the ground since November. That’s seven months, if you count April. I’m done. Anyway, I turned my attention to happier views.
The Easter Bunny came! Peanut made out like a bandit. She got chocolate, a Pooh puzzle, gardening tools, stickers, a cup with a fun straw, and a Silvermist fairy doll (from the Disney fairies movie franchise, which we have basically memorized). And she got:
Gruff, the Neverbeast (from the most recent Disney Fairies movie, Tinker Bell and the Legend of the Neverbeast). She was overjoyed to find him next to her basket.
The bunny didn’t forget Nugget either, although his basket was a lot smaller than Peanut’s. He’s not really playing with toys yet, and he certainly can’t have chocolate. But he got a stuffed frog and duck, and an Oball car. All three now belong to Peanut (according to Peanut).
He didn’t really know what to make of this whole Easter thing, but he was interested in his basket.
Meanwhile, Peanut lived out all of her toddler dreams by eating chocolate before breakfast.
Later in the day, we colored Easter eggs. We’d meant to do the job the day before, but it didn’t happen. Anyone surprised? Anyway, we got it done and that’s what counts. The eggs looked basically white when we took them out of the dye because we were impatient, but whatever.
The kids took naps (and I tried to nap but failed; I think I was overtired), and after everybody woke up we got all dolled up in our Easter finery for FaceTime with Nana and Grandad and then dinner with Grandma and Grandpa.
Nugget wore a sweater vest. Can you even handle the cuteness? I couldn’t.
I told them to smile for the camera. This is what happened:
Ah, well. You can’t win them all!
Dapper little dude, isn’t he?
After the photo ops, I set the table for dinner.
(I used my favorite Provencal linens, which I bought in Paris.) No pics of the actual dinner – Grandma and Grandpa brought it over, and I contributed a pineapple cake for dessert – but everything was delicious. We had chicken, potatoes, asparagus, and a Polish bread. And thus ended Easter and began the nightly bedtime negotiations…
Hope all of my friends who celebrated yesterday had a wonderful day! And now, seriously, WHERE is spring?
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Nugget looks like he needed an extra nap! Poor little guy. He was definitely rocking the dapper outfit. I never realized vests came that small.
Peanut’s dress and the French tablecloth are so pretty. Love it.
My Easter involved church, watching the egg hunt for the little ones (so funny!) after the service and going to lunch with my parent. Relaxing.
Heh, yes, poor Nugget could have used an extra nap! He sleeps okay in the morning, but early evening is his witching hour. Peanut was the same way. It was a rough night for both of us, the night before.
It sounds like you had a lovely Easter! I love watching those church egg hunts – they’re the cutest! We missed church this year on account of being abso-friggin-lutely EXHAUSTED. We were planning to go to a 9:00 service and shooting to be out the door by 8:15. Well, I woke up at 8:17 (after falling asleep, finally, at 6:45) and everyone else was almost as tired. So we decided to have a snuggly morning at home. We were all a little disappointed, but that’s life in the newborn black hole…
Nugget and Peanut are adorable! I’m so sorry to hear that you had snow on the ground in April. Our weather has finally improved, but spring was very late for us too. That 5K I organize was supposed to take place on March 22, but had to be postponed because of ice and snow on the trail. That was/is a huge headache, all thanks to the weather.
We had a very nice Easter. My girls celebrated with our family, and I got my manuscript (Persuasion fanfic) to my editor.
Thank you! I think they’re both keepers. 🙂
Sounds like you had a nice Easter! I’m glad your weather is better. Our forecasts for this week are warm and rainy, so I’m hoping that means some green by the end of the week. Sorry to hear that your race was postponed! I think I’ve said it before, but “Runny Nose” = best name EVER for an early spring 5K!
Thanks! The earliest date we could get for the rescheduled race is June 7th. So, for now, it’s a late spring event. But it’s a fundraiser for a preschool, where there are “runny noses” year-round.
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