Our Easter was quiet this year.
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Well, not quiet, I guess I should say laid back and simple. ๐ Just us five.
For the last few years, I’ve adopted this unintentional ritual where I peruse the Easter aisle at the grocery store and eye the pre-made Easter egg dye kits. I always abandon the aisle with nothing to show for the five minutes I spent because of that inherent DIY spirit in me! I can’t help but do it myself.
Homemade egg dyes cost pretty much nothing. All you have to remember is the number one.
–One cup of hot water and one teaspoon of white vinegar. —
Then add as much food coloring as you want. The more you add the brighter the color will be. Easy right? And my boys don’t even miss the little commercial cardboard egg stands.
If the weather is good, we take our egg dyeing outside so my blood pressure can go down a few notches and I actually enjoy the process with them, while they stain their fingers and their pajamas…oh and eggs. ๐
The role of Easter Bunny falls to me every year. This year I decided to go heavy on the candy because it’s what my boys said they were most looking forward to, and when it’s gone, it’s gone! What’s childhood without a sugar rush every now and then?
It was not planned, but our thrifted baskets ended up being Tall, Medium, and Small just like my kids. I gave the baskets a healthy coat of gold paint and I love them! It’s so hard to picture what things will really look like when you are staring at the spray paint wall forever trying to nail down a color. I am reeaaally happy that I went with the gold and so were my kids (It’s Rustoleum Metallic Gold from Home Depot if you’re curious).
Natalie got baby treats and some clothes. She actually likes clothes. Not wearing them per say but she enjoys draping them on her head and walking around. It’s adorable, but trying to fold laundry around her around is near impossible.
The boys got Darth Vader eggs. Seriously? How cool are these? They just barely have taken an interest in Star Wars, so it was great timing to find these for Easter.
If you think you spy a geranium tunic on Nat here, you’d be right. ๐ I’ll share more on that tomorrow.
I tried to get a picture of the kids in their Easter Sunday best. Oh those two cute boys. ๐
Then I tried to see if I could cheer Nat up by holding her.
This about sums up how that all went. Ha.
I also did not intend on wearing the skirt I made in the same fabric I made the boys’ suits. Ha! I was so focused on getting the kids dressed, so I threw on my outfit just before we left for church. And the boys didn’t even get/keep their bow ties on for church. Oh well…maybe next year.
Just not in front of this fence. This was our last time for that. I’ll flesh that out at the end of the post…
One thing that everyone did enjoy was dinner. We had a little surf and turf with salmon and steak.
I got the hostess pack from Bountiful Baskets and it had fresh dill in it! Yum! So, I concocted a sour cream, mayonnaise, dill, lemon juice, and lemon zest sauce for the salmon. It was perfect. Still craving it.
I actually still have some leftover dill, so if you have a quick, easy dill recipe please share! I love dill but haven’t used it all that much to date.
This girl got to try Jello for the first time and she loved it! We just found out that she has confirmed allergies to milk, egg, and peanuts. But…if you get the Jello brand, as opposed to the store brand, Jello is okay! Not that she needs Jello, I just don’t want her to feel deprived of all the treats that make being a kid fun. So yay for Jello!
And, as I hinted above, we are moving this month. I will be spotty through email, but I have fun things already planned for the blog, especially this week.
P.S. I have had some people asking about the free pencil skirt pattern I promised. The move is going to delay that, but it’s coming.
Hope you enjoyed your Easter weekend. Have a good one!
Tomato soup! Can of tomatoes, dill, and half a chopped onion. Blend until smooth and bring to a boil. Take it off the heat and, whisking, add heavy cream. (You can also use milk, but it's really nice with the cream.)
Also, egg salad or potato salad. I love dill!
1. You can add dill to ranch dressing and it's yummy!
2. You can also make chicken pasta salad: rotini pasta, chicken, onions, some sour cream, mayo, garlic powder, dried parsley, dill, salt and pepper. It's so good!
3. Thanks for the food coloring idea on the eggs! That would be so much easier than buying the special pack.
4. I'm about to make my
those grey suits are too cute.
oh fun! you guys look so cute. Moving? to WI maybe? hahaha
Such beautiful pictures Delia! Moving is so stressful! I hope it goes well for you. Where are you moving to? Oh, and we have a yummy sour cream dip that uses dried onions and dill and worcestershire sauce. It's great with veggies!
I love the Easter pics, they're hilarious! ๐ I didn't even try to get pics of my kids in their Easter best, I was stressing out about giving a talk that day. Your baskets turned out really cool! Where are you moving??
Fresh dill with those hard-boiled eggs would make yummy egg salad
Cucumber sandwiches with dill: Tiny rye bread slices with plain cream cheese spread on top, add a slice of cucumber and sprinkle with dill. Maybe put some lime on top too? YUM. Seriously. YUM.
This link has a good picture of what I'm talking about just in case I didn't explain it well:
http://thisweekfordinner.com/2009/08/12/featured-recipe-cucumber-sandwiches/
Lovely Easter! You captured such pretty pictures! Congrats on your move! Are you going far?
I have a good Russian recipe that uses dill (to be blogged later this month). Here's how it goes:
GOLUBTSI
-1 pound ground beef, cooked
-sliced onion, cooked with beef
-1 clove garlic
-1 pkg shredded cabbage (add to cooked beef)
-drizzle in some olive oil<
Ooh, moving. I hope everything goes smoothly for you!
Your Easter dinner looks delicious, and I love the photos of you together.
My one year old likes draping clothes on her head and walking around too… not just her clothes, and not just clean ones. =/ I have to keep the laundry basket well away from her. =)
So cute your kids!!!
Your kids are adorable. I love the suits! I was going to ask where you got them, but then I kept on reading. You made those?! Wow! You are an awesome mom!
Make some homemade tzatziki sauce and falafel ๐
Deviled eggs with ONLY Dill, black pepper, salt and little bit of mayo — the best deviled eggs recipe EVER!
Your family is so beautiful! The boys look so handsome in their suits. ๐
Good luck on the move! I hope you're moving to a nice new home that you love.
Thank you for all the well wishes for our move.
And thank you for the dill recipe ideas! We have already used some of them for lunch and dinner and I've instagrammed about it. ๐ Naturally.
You guys are awesome!
Their Easter (and yours!) is adorable!! I love it!
those family photos are the best!
so are the darth vader easter eggs. that would have been a huge hit in our house. we have two girls who just love Star Wars
Totally jealous of those Darth Vader Easter eggs.