Easter snuck up on me again this year... I don't know why I can't keep track of spring holidays! We ended up having our corned beef for St. Patrick's Day a the following weekend. I did at least notice Easter was coming (yesterday!), so I had enough sense to go to the grocery store so we could have an Easter dinner.
Luckily for us, the store wasn't sold out of the egg dyeing kits, so we were able to plan on dyeing eggs with the kids. Plus, since it was last minute they were on sale - I bought two kits! We kept talking up how much fun it would be during breakfast, so the boys were ready once we cleared the table!
One kit even came with these collapsable bowls, so I didn't even have to mess with finding egg sized containers. I didn't think we needed to color more than a dozen eggs, so we actually cobbled together the best parts from the two kits - like the egg dipper Henry is using. That one was way sturdier than the copper wire one from the other kit.
Thomas and Matt managed to make it work, but I figured as unsteady as Henry already was - it was better to stick to the sturdier one. Look at that intense concentration on Thomas' face to make sure the egg doesn't fall!
Concentration on the other side of the table was a little hard to come by...
Also, he really needs a haircut. They both do! We went yesterday afternoon and missed the barber shop's closing by 30 minutes. Sigh... We'll try again next weekend. We were much better about getting their hair cuts when we were eating out for breakfast every Saturday morning. Eating in apparently means our kids get shaggy!
Henry was pretty interested in playing with the colored eggs. He was especially drawn to this multi-colored one that Matt made. Thomas had to grab his hand to stop him from smashing it into the table.
Unfortunately, Henry is a pretty determined kid and managed to smash that poor egg when no one was paying attention. I think he was pretty bummed that he cracked it. Oh well - it will just get eaten sooner!
Just like last year, I didn't put together an Easter basket. And also like last year, a grandparent came to the rescue and decided to send the boys goodies for Easter. Of course, since it was my mom this year, the bunnies arrived with part of their ears missing. Apparently she hasn't changed her ways since the days when she would bite the ears off of her poor daughter's chocolate bunnies!
I was trying to get Thomas to make a sad face to send to Nonni about how traumatized he was by the bunny ear theft. Unfortunately, he thought it was funny and couldn't muster up a decent "sad" face. This was the best he could manage...
Henry finally took a bite of his bunny after making it hop all over the table. I actually started taking bites from his bunny's ears since he was taking so long to eat it. He was shocked his momma would eat part of his bunny! Sorry kiddo - it's a mom thing on this side of the family.
But nothing could prepare him for the disappointment of his mom deciding that the bunny was too big to eat in one sitting and took half of the bunny away from him...
Now that is a look of devastation! Poor guy was so upset, he couldn't even finish the bite in his mouth...
We've been calling him Hollywood Henry recently because he's been turning the tears on when he doesn't get his way. But this particular incident was no act - this little man was super inconsolable. I can't remember what I finally told him that he calmed down, but it was certainly not an "instant" stop like his Hollywood moments. :(
Incidentally, I made a ham for dinner because it seemed like the thing to do when there were 200 of them at the store and I've never made one. It was super tasty, but the four of us didn't even make a dent in the thing (and I grabbed the smallest one I could find). So when googling what to do with leftover ham I came across a recipe that reminded me about how my Grandmom always made ham salad with leftover ham. I had to dig around to find our hand grinder (it's on the black list of appliances) and then find somewhere I could attach it. Then I got to grinding and trying to recreate her Ham Salad from a very unhelpful recipe she wrote (everything is to taste!).
Well apparently I nailed it, because Matt discovered it when he needed a snack at 11pm. He left me a note on the counter along the lines of "Holy cow, ham salad is amazing!" High praise from someone who thought I was crazy when I started grinding it up in the coffee bar. Ha!
Happy Easter from us and hope everyone has a great day and no one stole your bunny ears! :)