…oh, and Happy Easter, too. 🙂

Since we have a guest this weekend, we are not travelling to see family for the holiday.  I decided I am going to try my hand at a ham, and make some cheesy potatoes in the crockpot.  There will be some sort of DESSERT, too.  This past week was so hard to stay on track, but I made it through Lent without having any desserts or candy.  I think it was good for me to just stop eating desserts all the time.  Now hopefully I can keep them to a minimum.  I did lose a few pounds, so that was nice. 🙂

 

Now, off to find my roasting pan. This kitchen renovation is making our house a disaster area!  We both can’t wait until it is done.  The cabinets are taking FOREVER to paint, but at least the countertop is in, as you can see from the pictures above.  I LOVE having a bar for the kids to eat a snack and to color their eggs.  The top cabinets are mostly done, and I need to paint a few more coats on the bottom doors and drawers.  I have my tile designs finished, too, so now we just need to order them.

I hope everyone has a wonderful and blessed Easter.  We will be attempting to teach the children that Easter is about the resurrection of Christ and not about a rabbit leaving them candy.  Before bed last night, I read to the kids from our Children’s Bible on the story of the crucifixion and resurrection.  When their attention waned, I would admonish them that this is why you get candy…pay attention!  In all actuality, they were pretty interested in the story…just a little waning was present.

The Bunny is pretty stingy with the candy around here, since candy makes them INSANELY HYPER.  We have requested that the Bunny please respectfully hold back on tons of candy and instead give them small toys to add to the mountain in their rooms.  Because they need them, of course.  They did get some chocolate, though.  The kids tore into their chocolate bunnies right away and they now have large chunks missing.  Might as well start the day off right!

Oh, last year the Bunny brought them toys in these oversized plastic eggs.  They played with the eggs all year long.  They could fit so many small toys in them, that they would play games with them and throw them down the stairs to see if they would pop open.  Tons ‘o fun!  The Bunny even conveniently marked them with an “A” and a “K”, so when they looked for them around the house they knew which one belong to each of the urchins.  This year there were 3 spiderman eggs and 3 Hello Kitty eggs along with several small plastic eggs that will soon disappear.  They were filled with Reeses peanut butter cup minatures…that mommy may steal a few. 😉

 

We were at the mall on Friday to get a gift for my Mom for her birthday before we picked them up at the airport.  We went past the Mall bunny, and I thought the children would take a pass on seeing him after their first and only encounter with the Bunny.  Oh no, they wanted to go see the bunny.  After 20 seconds of sitting on his/her lap, we came away $17.50 poorer with a few tiny pictures.  At least the kids enjoyed it, even though the picture was less than stellar.  Oh well!

Have a wonderful Easter!