Easter Sunday - and all is quiet here while I go through editing photos and documenting our day. I can honestly say it was so lovely - the perfect mix of happy and busy :) Just the way I like it.
Our Easter Sunday is always about chocolate and family as meet our church commitments through Thursday and Friday ending with Saturday night at the vigil mass. Last year I wasn't able to sing as Richard was baptised during this vigil mass. We cant believe a year has passed already ! This year I was back in the choir. I love it so much and on Saturday night it was just the ladies - we had such a great time. 3 hours is a LONG mass but so beautiful- It starts outside and the church is kept in darkness - then everyone enters with candles. Up until now I have only been singing at the main events - Christmas and Easter but with the girls getting older they no longer need two sets of parents hands to keep them sitting and concentrating - I'd like to step up my singing commitment - I'd actually love to have lessons I never have.
We started the day early with two excited girls to revive their muffin trays - which they loved - EB had also been and left his traditional footprints of powder through the house and sprinkles of jelly beans everywhere too- which caused much giggles as they now realise that jelly beans are EB's poop - according to Hop LOL
and of course I have no photos of that as it all passes in a blur and my eyes were barely open.
I left the girls to clean up the powder and headed to the gym to begin my first day of training to prop for the 10k run for the Gold Coast marathon. I'm using this app.
I was a bit apprehensive as my fitness level is definitely down and Im carrying more kilos than I was when I was running 5 k regularly - but today was 4 x 10 minutes runs with 1 minute walks. It wasn't too scary and I was pleased to get through.
We then got stuck into our creating - we went easy this year making Mel's biscuits
I didn't however read Mel's instructions and had the girls put two marshmallows on each biscuit - you only need one or else this is what you end up with LOL - we managed to salvage them!
and also a version of Elsie's Easter bark. Both were a huge hit.
The girls wrote in their cards they had made and we wrapped up some of our candle eggs in cellophane to give too
We then headed off to Ferry Rd Markets for real coffee and then over to my grandparents for our traditional Easter BBQ.
Nana Eve is the queen of the egg hunt - which is challenging as she has two very inquisitive 8 yaer olds
a 5 year old and a 2 year old to design for.
Apart from going all out on the decorations
she also made THE BEST EGG HUNT EVER
so good the kids loved it - I loved it I wanted an adult one. There were two parts
Each child had their own hunt - she made clues and popped them inside plastic eggs with a baby egg and each clue led them to a new place
things like
Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall watching Great cook the BBQ - which sent Tals scurrying over to the BBQ. Some clues led to a little gift others led to eggs.
The second part was just a general hunt - where each child had to find their own eggs - the plastic ones and they each had their initials so they knew what was theirs and what wasn't and each egg had a piece of a puzzle with it.
They then had to put the puzzle together to solve the mystery of where their big egg was hidden :)
So so good.
The kids then spent the afternoon colouring and crafting while the adults chatted and ate . Sigh sooo tough.
even Miss Mia -
I so want that little Dora suitcase. They are from target and if they hit the special pile I'm getting myself one LOL
We came home about 4pm for a chocolate induced nap :)
I declared it a help yourself to fruit for dinner evening.
Then finally our dear friends dropped round for a catch up of the day and bought with them the most beautiful purple cardigan they had seen for me - So spoilt :)
Now I'm kicking back editing photos, drinking tea and umm eating a little bit of white rocky road from Darrell Lea - it's my absolute favorite.
Hope your day was spent doing exactly as you liked :) Thanks for visiting.
Tamar x
PS if you have been following our Easter stories you may like to know the verdict on the creme eggs - They didn't like them! I knew they wouldn't LOL.
