How do you celebrate Easter?
Is it a grand affair similar to Christmas or a more simple event? No surprise, I'm sure, but at our house we
keep it fairly simple.
Similar to Christmas, I do like to send out a few greeting cards
to loved ones that live far away. We dye
eggs the day before and they are hidden after the girls go to bed so they can
hunt for them in the morning.
I put a few items together in a basket for each one of my girls
and I try to keep the overall cost under $15.
I watch sales and collect items ahead of time to avoid last minute
shopping and this year I made them a few handmade items too. I like the things to be useful such as
toothpaste, toothbrushes, hair ribbons or elastics, socks, shower gel, lotion
or lip gloss.
The big thing for Easter Sunday is to prepare a nice family meal
and a delicious springtime dessert like a Jello poke cake or a fluff pie. This year I am going more traditional with a
ham, potato salad using some of our dyed eggs and homemade dinner rolls. Deviled eggs are on the menu as well. We love those.
How do you enjoy the holiday?
You may also enjoy revisiting Easter Baskets and Easter Egg Dye.
We go to the in-laws on Easter. They always have a cookout for Easter/my brother-in-laws birthday and the kids hunt eggs.
ReplyDeleteSounds delightful. Happy Easter!
DeleteWe go to church then eat as an extended family, this year at Mom's. It is not an extravagant meal, and since Mom set the menu this year it will be casserole heavy.
ReplyDeleteLOL. Enjoy! Happy Easter Anne.
DeleteThe pic with the bunny and the chick is so cute! :)
ReplyDeleteWe try to keep things simple here too. I do put together an Easter basket for the kiddos- I try to keep them at about $20 at the most. This year I had a few little handmade things as well as a few dollar store things (toothbrushes, hand soap, etc.) in each basket. I also picked up some packages of Mega M&M's at the grocery outlet so I will put those in there too. I usually cook a nice meal for us and we just hang out around the house and enjoy having the day to just chill and not do much. Tomorrow we will color the eggs and when the kids wake up on Sunday they will be hidden around the living room. When they are done finding all of the eggs they will get their Easter baskets and then they ask me to hide the eggs again and again. Then the kids like to hide the eggs so I can find them, so we do that a few times too. All in all it's a pretty laid back kind of day. :)
Your Easter sounds a lot like ours. No sales on eggs this year. Darn! But I bought some anyway and the girls will be dying and decorating them tomorrow. Happy Easter to all of you!
DeleteI will be hosting Easter at my house this year. I'm providing the ham (Cure 81 ham for $1.98 lb. My thrifty score for the week!!!!!) My siblings and their families will bring dishes to pass. I'm hoping the weather will stay nice so the kiddos can play outside and we can eat on the patio.
ReplyDeleteHappy Easter to you and the girls.
Vanessa B
Your day sounds nice and I'm sure it will be. Happy Easter to you and The Little One.
Delete