Easter 2017

With my mommy goggles firmly in place, I see three gorgeous children. They always look especially nice on Easter Sunday.

Our traditional egg hunt was done that morning. Jon and I stuff our rather large collection of plastic eggs with candy and bills/coins of various denominations--though nothing over $5. The eggs are "hidden" in the backyard, but most are in plain view. (One year, a long-forgotten money egg fell out of a tree when I was mowing the lawn many months after Easter.) The kids then take turns collecting eggs for 10 seconds each until they are all gathered.

Then they take their baskets inside to see how much money they earned. Some years, one sibling will get a majority of the bills while the others get mostly coins or just candy.  And that's just the way it goes unless they convince the rich one to share. I love this tradition!

We ended our day with a nice roast beef dinner--our family prefers it to the traditional ham--and a review of the real meaning of Easter with our Easter story eggs.

Happy Easter!