Easter 2026

This year, Easter was cold.  I feel like it usually is up here, and it was also grey, so not the most pleasant day for an egg hunt.

I did not take a picture of Easter baskets, but did document the delay in the toothbrushes that I ordered for the kids! oops.

This maybe the final year of matching dresses for the girls.  Alice is a good sport, but her dress, and often Emily's just becomes 'fast fashion' and they only wear it once*, then we pass it along.  I do not want to be part of the problem.  But this year, they matched again!

After Mother's Day last year, I planted all the flowers that the girls gave me.  This year the Hyacinthia came back! It was super pretty.  I separated out the bulbs and replanted them, so we'll see if they come back again next year!  This is what they looked like on Easter Sunday.

We had a nice Easter ham for lunch, and it was a pleasant, if cold, day.

later days

 *and I don't blame them, as many of the matching dresses we've found are sized weird, too wide, really short, once you get out of the 'little kid' sizes.

edit 6-15-26: backdated for continuity.

Easter 2024

Easter this year was damp, but not too rainy.  It was on the cold side without the sun though!

My Easter dress selection this year was on point, as three of the four girls have re-worn them to school and on other occasions!

Hunting for eggs in the backyard!

Emily, Grace, and Juliet helped me sort, count, and fill the eggs the night before so that everyone could have the same number to hunt!

Their filled buckets!

Emily wanted to know how much the cookies were.  They were over a dollar a piece!  But I liked that they came in a pack of five. = )

Grace drinking her milk out of a chocolate egg!

 After the at home hunt Billy took the twins to their final egg hunt! (Their birthday falls before Easter next year, so they'll have aged out!*)

Then we ate lunch when they came back. = )  This is actually the picture I sent to my sister offering leftovers, though she is always invited to join us while it's fresh!

It was a pleasant day to think about what a wonderful gift we've been given by Jesus!

later days

*I realize that no one would actually care if I sent them next year, especially since it's a matter of just a few days, but I think we are happy to be done with that chapter!

edit 5-25-24: backdated for continuity.