All egg hunts inside,
Easter spirits still run high,
Hippity hip hop.
Not the typical Easter Sunday, but we still made it work. This year all the eggs were hidden inside, but all the edible parts had to be sealed away in plastic eggs, else the dogs would have found and consumed them all long before Eleanor awoke. While at 10 years old E knows the Easter bunny doesn’t exist, she still expects an egg hunt—yes, she found out about Santa Clause and the tooth fairy this past year as well. And even if her slightly older friends didn’t “clue her in,” she had already begun to question how a life-sized bunny could hide eggs in everyone’s yard in just one night (same for Santa and presents). Ahh, welcome to the age of enlightenment!
Egg hunts weren’t the only thing that was turned upside down, however. The traditional family gathering was scrapped this year. It’s moments like these that I’m so thankful to be living at my sister’s home instead of being stuck in a house all by myself—tomorrow I may want the “house to myself” feeling, but today I want family. So we did the next best thing: a Zoom meeting. Best part is that almost all family members joined in! Only one nephew and his wife, and one niece were missing, which is a major accomplishment for my very large family. The best part is that I could see it meant the world to my Mom to see all her children attending. I think she actually teared up a few times too!
The rest of Easter was nice. Watched a little church on TV, until the power went out half way in, had a fabulous lamb dinner, even an Easter toast with a great bottle of wine. The almost perfect day!
Needless to say, however, the diet was nonexistent today, activity levels not as high (the zoom meeting lasted 2 hours), but a great day health wise all the same. I fended off all the chocolate, and only indulged in a small slice of homemade pumpkin pie, so I didn’t stray too far from plan. Tomorrow I will be back at it!
Happy Easter y’all.