Easter Resurrected

We had a playdate in the park along the Columbia River a few days before Easter. Every time I walked away from the picnic table to help Ally or Cora on the playset, a seagull would swoop down and try to steal our lunch. One time he actually was successful and picked up our grocery bag full of food. He flew about 20 feet before gravity forced him to land. Then I swooped in and stole it back. A bird should not be able to fly while holding something 5 times its weight in its beak.

After lunch we moved to another area and fed the geese (and the gulls were fed, too). Thankfully my friend Jenn is smart and had us sit on the picnic table. Those geese were quite aggressive! Everyone had fun throwing the old crusty bread at their new feathered friends, although most of Cora's bread went into her own mouth.














We dyed and decorated eggs the day before Easter. Here are the girls getting all creative in their jammies.

Easter morning, Chris made us a sweet bread (not "sweetbreads" a.k.a. calf brains) shaped like eggs in a basket. We ate that breakfast while looking for treasures in our real Easter baskets. The best part of Daddy's basket were his truffles. My favorite items were the masks. Ally did a great job of practicing self-control, eating a little of this and a little of that at a time. Cora, well, we discovered that she's a sugar maniac. She quickly learned how to say "chocolate", bite and/or suck her way through any kind of wrapper, and climb counters.
The Easter Bunny broke into the house while we were away at church. He left 6 eggs in Ally's room and 6 eggs in Cora's room so they wouldn't have to compete for the sweets. Ally finished her egg hunt in under a minute, while Cora took a bit longer. Once she realized her eggs were more than just great maracas, she had to sit down and have herself a little snack after each discovery. The girl never stops eating!



And then, for Easter dinner, we had homemade Thai food. That's when I dropped the camera and broke it, so we don't have a picture of the dozen crab rangoon I ate. But they were delicious!