pt. ii of a minnesota easter
Today we’ll discuss the many events of this past Saturday. The annual Easter brunch and egg hunt went off without a hitch at Grandma’s home. Sara, Jake, and Dave all arrived with their families, and it was a full house. Jake and Dave each contributed yummy dishes for the meal such as poached eggs and hash and pork tenderloin. We are so spoiled to have chefs in the family.
Each family brought candy/toy-filled eggs to contribute to the hunt. Needless to say, each kid ended up with overflowing buckets of eggs. Anut Sara knew the older kids were kind of feeling too old to play along with the hunt, so she got them each one, large, silver egg that they had to find in very difficult hiding spots. She filled them with more age-appropriate things like a Target gift card and candy.
On with the picture show.
Mike started out the festivities with his annual wearing of the pineapple hat.
The adults wait around the food like hungry wolves (me included). Who can’t resist a feast of poached eggs and hash, pork tenderloin, bacon, fruit, cardamom bread, scrambled eggs, and hot cross buns?
After the celebration meal the kids were ready for the egg hunt. The big kids were in charge of filling and hiding the eggs. They did a wonderful job.
Here’s Maya thinking about where to search next.
Owen can’t decide if he wants to keep finding eggs or start digging into the eggs he already has.
Annie got pretty greedy and was trying with all her might to balance as many eggs on top of her already overflowing basket.
Mimi was very focused on finding eggs so much so that she would not smile at me for even a second.
The girls were so excited to see what was inside the eggs. They ended up with a LOT of candy and other fun stuff like jewelry, stickers, and shrinky-dink figurines.
Violet was just glad to be held by Grandma during the egg hunt.
I wanted to get a nice family picture since the girls were all dressed up in their Matilda Jane clothing. I also had on some MJ apparel.
We hope everyone had a lovely Easter! Check back tomorrow for another post about you guessed it Easter. I’ll be analyzing the pros and cons of Easter basketdom.
April 6th, 20104:48 pm at
I see Mike wore his Thanksgiving tshirt for Easter. We’ll have to find him an appropriate shirt!! Miss you guys all TONS!!
April 6th, 20104:50 pm at
AND…While I love all the pictures of the kids and they are so cute and it is fun to see them grow up and have fun together, we got a kick out of Mike’s pineapple hat. Those of us with hair would balk at the donning of such a bonnet.
April 6th, 20104:51 pm at
Pineapple hat! It means so much at Easter time! And it has to be real. NO fake plastic pineapple hats, please!
April 6th, 20106:33 pm at
You are so pretty.
April 6th, 20107:06 pm at
So…was the mystery object a pilgrim?
April 6th, 20107:16 pm at
Love Annie’s top and Mimi’s skirt – where do you find such cute stuff – Did you make them? Beautiful family photo – you should frame it
April 6th, 20107:17 pm at
Should have said, can’t wait for your basketdom post tomorrow! I’m probably more on the cons side of that one…
April 7th, 20105:20 am at
Jenni & Sara-
The pineapple hat must be real in order to usher in a proper Easter feast. It also can only be done by the baldest guest.
The mystery object should have been the Easter bunny instead of a pilgrim. Shame on Mike!
Denise-you are too sweet and you are too, hun:)
Erin-
The outifts are Matilda Jane. I so wish I would have made them because that would have saved me a lot of money;) My neighbor is now a “trunk keeper”, so I felt inclined to throw a party recently which resulted in those outfits. I hope to get our family picture framed at some point. I feel really bad that Violet is not displayed on our walls anywhere yet.
April 7th, 20101:33 pm at
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April 7th, 20109:33 pm at
That is a really cute picture…you look so pretty Jen! And the pineapple hat, well that is just vintage Mike, isn’t it? Too funny!