Easter was a bit different this year as we are still staying at home. We tried to preserve some of our usual traditions while remembering the true reason for the holiday - Christ's resurrection. Good Friday happened to also be Grammy's birthday, so we gathered at the Houstons' house to celebrate. We first dyed Easter eggs, then we all watched Frozen 2 together. Since we had just recently watched the original Frozen for the first time, Emmy was glued to the screen and loved having "Elsa power" the rest of the day. After the movie, we had lunch with some of Grammy's favorite foods and sang "Happy birthday!" with jumbo cupcakes from a local Kernersville bakery. As the kids napped/rested, the adults watched a second movie, and then we took a walk around the neighborhood after mostly sitting the whole day (well, as much sitting as you can with four kids under the age of 7!) According to Grammy, it was the perfect day. We are so thankful for all she does for our family!
With the forecast for Easter Sunday not looking too good, we had an impromptu Easter egg hunt in our backyard on Saturday when the weather was mild and sunny. Daddy did a good job of hiding the eggs and even put a special treat (a Hershey kiss) in one.
Before any of the predicted storms on Easter, Emmy had a special surprise that morning when there were more eggs outside! Aunt Megan and Maddox "egged" our house, and Emmy had fun once again collecting all the eggs in the yard. Instead of just one Hershey kiss, every egg had a treat inside! Since Eli was too young to hunt eggs this year, Emmy enjoyed carrying both of their baskets. She is becoming such a good sharer and even put eggs in his basket, too. (Of course, after she took out any of the candy!)
We watched our church's Easter service on livestream once again this week. Emmy is starting to learn our new routines of "church on the TV," and she especially loves the singing. Our relaxing holiday weekend ended with a delicious Easter dinner at my parents' house - no take-out this week! My mom made her cranberry chicken recipe with mashed potatoes, corn, and deviled eggs, with ice cream and warm-from-the-oven cookies for dessert. We are back to our "regular" schedule (our stay-at-home-schedule, that is) with Daddy going back to work today. We miss him on the days that he is gone. On the most recent shopping run, he bought new shampoo for Emmy in Iron Man and SpiderMan bottles. It has prompted her to bring back out her Iron Man mask, which she wore around the neighborhood for our walk this evening. Have you ever seen a cuter Iron Man? :)
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