Easter Fun
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The family Easter gathering is usually on Palm Sunday; and it's usually at my sister's house. She was out of town all last week, so the Easter gathering was on Easter and at my Aunt's house.

She has the prettiest back yard. It starts with a covered back patio. Beyond that is a flagstone circular courtyard with a 3 tier fountain. There's also a large swath of weed-free grass. Then there's a retaining wall with 3 pathways leading up a hill into a forested area. She has stepping stones going up the hill, and the rest of the path is dirt. Ivy covers the ground to either side to the paths.

This is where we hid 800+ plastic eggs. We put eggs under leaves, eggs in the trees, eggs lining the top of the shed, eggs balanced along the fountain (which held toy fish for the day), and eggs in the ivy.

The kids had a blast finding eggs.

There was plenty of food, too. My aunt (and her husband and son) provided a honey baked ham and a honey baked turkey, cheese and crackers, a tray of organic veggies, tortillia chips and cheese with salsa, fresh fruit, bottled water, sun tea, iced coffee, fruit juice, a basket of truffles, and 3 kinds of wine.
She also offered a two liter of Coke and a two liter of diet Coke.

Certain family members insisted that she needed to go out and buy Pepsi too. (sigh)

After the food was eaten and the eggs were found, everyone moved to the front yard where there was a case of silly string. Much fun was had spraying colorful ropes of "non-toxic" sludge at each other. Other entertainments included bubble-blowing, ring tossing, disk throwing, and some sort of tennis played with a nerf ball and giant paddles.

I had originally planned to blog about the unpleasant aspects of the day. (i.e. getting up early, silly string in the eye, and children being afraid of me because of my cane) But I like how nice the first part sounds; so I'll leave it there.

I hope your day was as fun-filled as mine.
:)