I say un-traditional because we have Easter Traditions and we do them every year without fail. Except for this year. Usually Easter is a very busy day for us, we get up early, the kids check out the goodies the good bunny left for them and then we all get dressed and high tail it to church. After the service we eat a quick breakfast provided by our youth group and on to Grandma and Grandpa Waring's house for an Egg hunt. For some reason the bunny hides the eggs there every year instead of our house, probably because he doesn't enjoy stepping in dog poo to hide them in our back yard. Guess I can't blame him (or her) for that. Then, after our annual egg hunt we make the trek up to Mount Vernon to visit my grandparents and uncle's family. Usually getting back home around 10pm.
This year however, almost none of those things happened. Of course, the kids got up and saw the baskets the Easter Bunny left, but we didn't go to church this year (yes, I still feel guilty about this) and we didn't go to Mount Vernon. By doing none of these things, we ended up sleeping in until 8am. I made a yummy breakfast and after everyone was ready (and the rain let up) we headed to Grandma and Grandpa Waring's house for the egg hunt. The crazy bunny hid 79 plastic eggs... for 2 kids. The kids could hardly lift their baskets by the time they finished the hunt.
The rest of the day was fairly low key. Because Grandma Paula was sick she wasn't up to cooking dinner (and lets face it, we didn't her to share her germs) so we ended up spending our first Easter at home. I made a ham dinner with most of the fixings and we had some friends over who were also not seeing their family this year. We played some board games, watched some TV and enjoyed the very filling dinner. I must say, while I enjoy and missed our Traditional Easter Holiday, I loved having the day at home without the chaos that usually accompanies any holiday in my family.
This year however, almost none of those things happened. Of course, the kids got up and saw the baskets the Easter Bunny left, but we didn't go to church this year (yes, I still feel guilty about this) and we didn't go to Mount Vernon. By doing none of these things, we ended up sleeping in until 8am. I made a yummy breakfast and after everyone was ready (and the rain let up) we headed to Grandma and Grandpa Waring's house for the egg hunt. The crazy bunny hid 79 plastic eggs... for 2 kids. The kids could hardly lift their baskets by the time they finished the hunt.
The rest of the day was fairly low key. Because Grandma Paula was sick she wasn't up to cooking dinner (and lets face it, we didn't her to share her germs) so we ended up spending our first Easter at home. I made a ham dinner with most of the fixings and we had some friends over who were also not seeing their family this year. We played some board games, watched some TV and enjoyed the very filling dinner. I must say, while I enjoy and missed our Traditional Easter Holiday, I loved having the day at home without the chaos that usually accompanies any holiday in my family.
1 comment:
Bravo, Good for you. Sometimes it's good to begin new traditions. I wish we could have all been together though:) Latah.
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