Our Easter Weekend activities began a little early. On Thursday afternoon, I took Kate and five of her little friends to a beading store to celebrate Kate's birthday. The girls each made necklace and bracelet and had a lovely time. ( I think!!)
I enjoyed watching them work and listening to their chatter. We had cupcakes and Kate opened gifts. Usually the kids get to choose a cake for me to make for their birthdays, but this year I told Kate what I was making. I saw a really cute Owl Cake online and decided to make it......
Growing up, our family had a Good Friday tradition of going to my grandparents' home after church and enjoying Kentucky Fried Chicken and a candy hunt for the kids. When I moved to Vermont, where the nearest KFC is 45 minutes away, the tradition died. For 10 years there was no KFC on Good Friday. Until my dear sister married Jeff's cousin, moved to VT and decided to renew the tradition. Now in its second year, the VT KFC tradition is lovely and looked forward to by all. The kids get even more excited by the Easter egg hunt that follows lunch. Gerrit and Laura hide eggs outside and the kids are let loose. To add to the excitement, there is an egg for each of them with their initial on it which entitles the finder to a special little gift from Aunt Laura (this year coloring books, chalk and stickers!). Aunt Laura is so fun!
We all attended church on Friday evening to remember Christ's sacrifice on our behalf.
On Saturday I took the kids to an Easter egg hunt at the nearby CRC. Lots of their friends were there and they watched a short movie about Easter, using the Resurrection eggs to explain Jesus' death and return to life.
After church on Sunday we enjoyed a lovely dinner with Jeff's parents and a quiet afternoon.
What a "lovely" post (I think that's your favorite adjective!)
ReplyDeleteI don't think I've ever had KFC :)
That cake is awesome!!
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