We had such a fun Easter this year! Several times during the busy day I thought back to all the Easters I had slogged through because I had stayed up late the night before to finish sewing Easter clothes, clean the house, prepare the big Easter dinner and get everything ready so we could make it to church. The memories made me appreciate how much less stressful my holidays are now.
I ironed Cameron a nice shirt on Saturday night. That was it for clothing preparation. Easy sneezy! As I was ironing, I was remembering years ago being at Super Wal-Mart at 1:00 on Easter morning to get my little girl white gloves and ruffly socks to go with the dress I had just finished sewing for her.
On Sunday morning, I put a big chocolate Easter bunny on the kitchen table for Cameron. Simple! I used to put together four Easter baskets after the kids went to sleep and set them out on the table. I enjoyed it, but it was a lot of work putting them together on such a limited budget. I had to search Dollar Tree for packages of multiple toys and candies to make it work. And I used to divide up one package of Easter grass among four baskets.
This year, getting myself and one very self sufficient teenager to church was a piece of cake. We went to the early service at 8:30 and Cameron stayed for all three services. I left at the end of the first service and drove home to take my 22 year old to work. He doesn't have a car and his employer needed him to work at a location across town. Then, I dashed home and put frozen broccoli with cheese sauce in the crock pot, breaded pork chops in the oven (set for delayed start), got the ingredients measured out for instant mashed potatoes and cans of corn out to be opened and put in the microwave. The deviled eggs and bunny cake were in the fridge and my daughter in law was going to bring hot rolls. What a far cry from the frantic preparations of years gone by! I remembered one Easter when I forgot to turn on the oven and I had a houseful of company coming for lunch. I was watching my small children at their after church Easter egg hunt when it dawned on me. Panic! We had to swing by a restaurant and pay big bucks for a cooked ham.
I dashed back to church for the 11:30 service to teach in the Pre-K class. What a joy it was to tell them that Jesus came back alive after three days just like He told His friends He would! Those adorable children just make my week.
When Cameron and I got home from church, the pork chops were done to perfection, broccoli was simmering in the crock pot and everything else came together quickly. Nathan and his family arrived with the hot rolls and lunch was ready! After the meal, my niece Nicole came with her family to join in the Easter egg hunt. We didn't have Easter baskets for my grandsons so we used grocery bags and they never knew the difference. The boys had a blast finding the eggs in the back yard. It was such an enjoyable Easter Sunday!
After everyone left, Cameron and I both put on our pajamas and did absolutely nothing for the rest of the day. Good times!
This was in a yard in my neighborhood. It was put up earlier in the week with a sign that said, "For God so loved the world...." On Easter, they changed the sign. Beautiful!
Cutie pie Cameron in his pajamas. If he knew I posted this he'd croak!
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