Easter/Passover Part 1

Easter weekend was FULL for us. One of the challenging parts about living near both of our families is that holidays are BUSY! However, it was a blessed weekend!

On Saturday we made food for a Passover Seder with my side of the family, dyed eggs, went to an Easter service at my parents church, then had the "Seder" (they're very reformed Jews...so we only do a few parts of a genuine Seder) at my grandmother's. Whew!


Ella was good at rolling out the Matzo Balls!


And she was very proud when we were done!


Next, on to egg dying when Aunt Marissa arrived


This time Ella chose to make Glitter Eggs which turned out to be MESSSSSSY


"Ta da!"


For some reason, this is the only pic I have from my grandmother's house but this pretty much summarizes it-eating, chatting, Ella playing with salt :-)

Easter Sunday still to come...

Easter with my Fam (Egg Hunt #3)

We went to my parents church for an Easter Service on Saturday (it was a VERY intense reenactment play-I got spit on by a man playing a centurion-that's how intense). Afterwards we met up with the rest of the fam for Chinese food-SO tasty. Ella ate a shocking amount of food and actually likes wonton soup and egg rolls which is VERY out of the box for her!

My grandmother hid eggs all over her apartment and Ella had fun being the only kid so she could get all the spoils! (and did she ever-in addition to the eggs filled with candy, my grandmother ALWAYS has ice cream and Hershey kisses on hand any day of the week to dole out to everyone)

The Easter baskets I made for Ella and Chris (Chris specifically requested one last year and this year when I asked if he really wanted one again he said "of course!")

Egg Dyeing! I was very impressed with the colors this year-we followed the directions for the brightest colors and it really worked. I'm not a pale pastel sort of girl so I was excited to get some vibrant colors. The trick seem to be lots of vinegar and less water :-)

Finished product :-) Nothing fancy but lots of fun.

Easter!

We had a fun filled Easter! Ella learned to say "resurrection" though she totally doesn't understand what it means. Next year maybe :-) God really showed up at the Good Friday service we went to and it was really meaningful for me-good thing because the power went out and church was canceled on Sunday! Aunt Marissa came for the weekend and we had a blast-I'll let the pictures tell the rest of the story.


Dyeing eggs

Mommy got a little creative :-)

The glitter was Ella's favorite part

Easter morning was SO much for for Ella! She searched for eggs on the front lawn and opened her Easter basket (and Daddy's basket)


She's "walking" the little dog that was in her Easter Basket-so cute!

Happy Family!