Tag: Easter
Easter 2022
We had a very fun Easter this year. This will be the last year using the Easter blow molds as we decided to go with Easter lights next year (blow molds take up too much room in the garage). We added a couple Easter eggs as well but after this year we will be converting those eggs into Halloween eggs for our xenomorph face huggers.
What was notable about this year was the snow we got the next day, surely Spring cannot be far off, can it?
Easter 2020
Easter weather this year was very mild despite the fact that Easter was a little early this year. The duck family made their annual visit, this time under the watchful eye of “turtle” (yes, we have a cat named turtle). The pandemic is still going on and we are pretty much not allowed much socializing in our home despite that we have all begun our vaccinations.
This year we really enjoyed the bunny blow molds in the window, I think we had them outside last year and we really do not have enough to make an effective outdoor display (and we don’t want to since we go all out for Christmas and Halloween).
Easter was great this year, but this pandemic stuff is getting old pretty fast now.
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Easter 2020
With the covid virus threatening the world this was certainly a quiet Easter. Once again we ordered our Easter ham through VIP camp and it was delicious as usual.
This year we did not buy a Easter basket but instead made one from candy we purchased and one of the baskets from previous years. We did this because its difficult to purchase items that may have been touched by others since they may have the virus on their hands when they held the basket. Because of this, many things have to be wiped down and sterilized just to be safe. Hopefully one day we will laugh about this but despite the pandemic we had a great Easter and hope you all had the same and are staying safe.
Easter 2019
A very rainy weekend but Easter sunday turned out to be the best day of the year and James did a little work on the garage because it was so nice. We had a visitor to the garage, a local kitty came by to get its tummy rubbed.
James went to a breakfast fundraiser by the seniors at his high school where he got his picture taken with the Annapolis mascot and also the Easter Bunny. He enjoyed the pancake breakfast as well. This took place on Palm Sunday. In between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday James had his first track meet as well so it was a busy Easter week for us.
We had VIP ham this year. Jame’s VIP camp was selling them as a fundraiser so we bought one along with a few other food items they were selling. The ham was spiral sliced and very very good as everyone enjoyed it.
This was our first Easter without Aunt Peg and it felt a little strange not visiting her as we used to always stop by holiday weekends and see her. We displayed her sympathy cards on the piano along with the Easter decorations and placed her flowers from the funeral in the window in her memory.
Easter 2016
It was an early Easter this year, but that did not stop the weather from hitting the 70’s and creating just the most perfect day. Our day started off early with James Easter egg hunt, however it wasn’t Easter eggs this year but rolls of coins for his coin collection. James found them all, but it took a little time and we had to give him clues (getting hotter, getting colder) for the last two. Mom made a pancake breakfast then James dyed eggs. We took advantage of the nice weather for a Spring day drive and stopped at a Dairy Queen for the first ice cream of the year. After Easter dinner we had a slice of the cake Aunt Peg got us from Swiss Colony and relaxed and enjoyed the beautiful Spring day.
Easter 2015
A bit of a chilly day as James did his Easter Egg dyeing in preparation for Easter. James uses a combination of crayon and dye to achieve his rainbow look on eggs, while Mom and Dad enjoy the more traditional method of dropping the eggs into the dye and being done with it.
This year we experimented on a couple eggs because of Facebook posts. One of these experiments was to crack the egg all around and then dye it. Supposedly it will leave a spirograph type effect on the inside of the egg. James also tried stickers on some of the eggs to give them a funny face.
This year we have a Final Four team playing to compete with the Easter Holiday festivities as Duke will play Michigan State this evening.
Easter 2014
This year James began dyeing eggs on Palm Sunday. James gave a basket with some of the eggs to Aunt Peg (who just got out of rehab on her leg) and decorated the house with the others. We had to go easy on the green grass as the cats got into it and it wasn’t a pretty site.
While visiting Home Depot to buy an Easter plant, the Easter Bunny got a chance to sneak up on James as we kept taking pictures. James bought a lilly plant while at Home Depot and put it in a pot on the front porch. By Easter Sunday it was blooming!
Finally Easter Sunday morning arrived and the Easter Bunny had delivered his magical baskets to James. Now we get to eat and watch sports (The Tigers play LA at 1pm and the Wings play Boston in the Stanley Up playoffs at 3pm). Hopefully the Easter Bunny will be on our side for the games (at least its not Thanksgiving when we have to watch the …, well,lets just leave it at that).
Easter 2013
Easter 2013 had its ups and downs for sure. Earlier in the week Aunt Peg had to go to the Wyandotte hospital for a leg infection which was certainly a major “down”. However the arrival of a new member of the feline part of our family, a yellow cat named Cindy (short for Cinnamon), a couple great outings Easter weekend at East Side Mario’s, Screamers, and the pet store were certainly major “ups”. Michigan beating Florida Easter day to advance to its first final four in twenty years also was a major “up”!
James and his family would certainly like to thank all the family members who sent cards (and in James case, cash)! James seems to have a new interest with his gains each year. Last year it was Wii point cards, this year its Itune cards.
In case you are wondering why we took a picture of a green easter egg and a slice of ham, it was James idea. He wanted to finally try “Green Eggs and Ham”!
Easter 2012
Both James and his Mom were a little under the weather today, but besides that it was a great day. James had a great variety in his baskets this year including three books to read along with the standard candy and toys. I went and visited Peg and she had a small basket with candy for James, unfortunately James had to stay home with a slight cough, however You can see a picture of James holding the basket in the gallery. While visiting Peg she made a short video wishing everyone a Happy Easter (which I uploaded to Facebook).
Both James and Mary felt better as the day progressed.
What a weekend for the Tigers who won their first 3 games of the 2012 season. The first game was a 3-2 thriller with a walk off hit, the second a 10-0 victory, and the third featured 2 comebacks in their last at bats to win, a 3 run homer by Miguel Cabrera to tie it in the 9th and a 2 run homer by Alex Avila to win it in the 11th. After Avila’s walk off home run to win it the announcer said “Happy Easter Detroit”.
Easter 2011
James had the week off before Easter and also the Monday after so he had a pretty long Spring break. The school also let them out at lunch time Friday to start vacation a little early and James went to his favorite restaurant – China Buffet – with Mom and Dad because he got good reviews at school. However his vacation started out a little rough with a spring snow shower that he decided to go out and shovel. Stuck inside all weekend we made do by creating a creepy magic show with Halloween props and had a lot of fun doing it.
Later we dyed eggs and ate them off during the week. James got new toys including a Batman play set and additional Lego’s that he had been asking for. The day before Easter James and his family went to visit Grandma and later went to Aunt Peg’s who treated James and his family to the China Buffet, James favorite restaurant. Mom went shopping at TJ Max and Aunt Peg went shopping at a grocery store so while waiting for them, Dad snapped a picture of James in the car with his Easter ears on. Mary got to see an Indy car while shopping, a promotion by Verizon that day.
Like Christmas, James stayed up late hoping to catch the Easter Bunny but he eventually fell asleep. The next morning it was obvious the Easter Bunny had been there because the living room was full of baskets with toys and candy.
Thanks to all and Happy Easter from James, Mom, and Dad.
