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| Lucy and the dying of the egg |
Easter seemed late this year, towards the end of April. We
went to the church at the girls' preschool which is fun since they are very kid
oriented, and the pastor knows the girls quite well. We had to make an “emergency”
pit stop for the bathroom on the way home. The closest thing that was open was
a Dunkin Donuts (lucky us). So of course we had to buy something if we were
barging in to use the facilities. We ended up staying in there a while talking
with an older woman with some pretty cool red hair. She was very interested in
our little red-heads.
When we got home the Easter bunny had come and left baskets
under the girls’ loft beds along with the infamous trail of hidden eggs. They
were scattered all over the first floor and in our mini back yard. Being the
stingy mom I am (or in nicer terms, attempt at healthy-influence mom)- I placed
a whopping ONE jelly bean or malted milk egg in each plastic vestibule. And
then of course all the candy they found went into a special zippered bag for
slow consumption over many weeks. I don’t think my own mother was so strict… I
do however remember hiding candy in my bedroom closet fortress on the third
shelf where only a child could climb to. It was often forgotten about. I recall
coming home from college once and finding a pile of jelly beans next to a
plastic pumpkin filled with Halloween rejects (like the black and orange
taffy), that for some reason never made it to a trash can.
I also made Easter dinner. Since we usually are in Baltimore
for this holiday, I am the cook. I spend an unnecessary amount of time perusing
magazines and old cookbooks for what I am going to attempt. This was my third
time or so making a ham. I am glad most of them are precooked! This year it was
ham with a raspberry jalapeno glaze, mashed potatoes (with a hint of sweetness
due to the white chocolate) and asparagus (with a lemon hollandaise sauce). For
our post dinner treat we created handmade crepes with strawberries, ricotta,
and honey. Sorry, no blog-worthy pictures available for this one!
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