Two digital scrapbook pages from 2012 - Dyeing Easter Eggs, and Not sitting on the Easter Bunny's lap

Digital Project Life 2014, Week 7; and 2013 Week 14. Scrapbook pages The Lego Movie, and Easter Sunday 2013

I made this page for Mason's scrapbook because this was his first time in a movie theater. It was an "awesome" movie and we want to go back with the rest of the family.

This is an insert about Easter Sunday 2013. I made extra copies to put in Marley's and Mason's scrapbooks - one of the best things about digital scrapbooking - how easy it is to make extra copies.

Moving right along with 2013. Only 4 weeks left!

And that's all for today people.....

Easter Sunday

Easter dinner this year was hosted by Mark and Janelle.  Unfortunately, Mark had to leave for work right after dinner.  I guess I have to get used to this.  He will always have to work some holidays.

It started with church in the morning and then Kris, Toby, and Marley's annual Easter family picture.  It's kind of a joke because this seems to be the only time I remember to take a picture of them all together.

The grandpas (Papa and Baba) played football with Mason before dinner.

The table looked so pretty.

There were several family traditions and tributes to family members....

The salt dishes from my mother-in-law Priscilla.  She used to always put jelly beans in them for Easter dinner.

Janelle's china that was Stacia's (Janelle's mother) mother's china. 

China that was given to me and Paul as a wedding gift from my grandmother's friend, Myrtle Panageotopolous.  I gave it to Janelle because it matched her china almost perfectly.  Isn't that amazing?  (The candy was put on the dishes by Mason, so sweet).

We all decided that for every holiday we have to make sure to have buns, in honor of my father.  The story is that one holiday, with the table filled with all kinds of food, he said, "no buns?"  After that I made sure to have buns for every holiday that he was there, ha ha!

After dinner, we went for a walk and the kids rode bikes.

Dot had a good time on our walk.  She is in amazingly good shape for 88!

I got some cute pictures of Marley and Mason outside.

Isn't Marley's new haircut cute?  She has been wanting to do this for weeks.  We tried to talk her out of it but she was determined.  She had it cut on the Saturday before Easter.  I was a little nervous to see it because I was sure I wasn't going to like it, but I actually love it.  I think it looks really cute on her.  More importantly, she really likes it!

Kris made these cute little owls to put in Mason's Easter basket.  I wanted to get a nice picture of him holding them, but after several tries, this is the best one I got!

This is, I think, a cute picture of Janelle's dad Joe, Mason, and Janelle.

This is probably my favorite picture of the day.  Mason and Janelle.

It was a wonderful day.  I'm especially thankful for what Easter means to all of us, the resurrection of Jesus Christ.  "I am the ressurection and the life.  He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die."  John 11:25-26 (NIV)

Happy Easter!

Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday started off with me meeting Kris, Toby and Marley at church. Paul was home with his third cold of the Winter/Spring!



Marley came home with me and found her Easter basket.



Luckily Janelle's mother, Stacia, arrived in time for me to leave her with the kitchen while I went to the Atrium to get Dot.



Toby did a great job carving the ham!



We had quite a houseful. Janelle's parents and sister joined the regulars along with Dot, and my Dad and Marge. Poor Paul ate in the other room because he was so "stuffy."



We had a great meal (even if I do say so), great desserts thanks to Stacia and Amy, and lots of fun afterwards outside. Dot enjoyed taking a walk with us, Mason loved playing ball with Toby and Mark, and Marley shared her bike with Janelle and Amy, ha ha!

I felt like I was so busy that I didn't get many pictures taken, but here are a few.



Mason loved his pop ring....



Especially the fact that it turned his tongue blue.



What can I say about this?



We ended the day with a very competitive (at least with Mark and Toby) game of Apples to Apples!

Throwback Thursday - Easter 1976

Getting ready for Easter this week, I went searching for an old Easter picture for this week's Tuesday Memory.

Kristen was 3 1/2 and Mark was 1 1/2. Aren't they cute?

Wow, the years have really flown past. My grandchildren are older than that now!!

Buying Marley's Easter dress and Mason not sitting on the Easter Bunny's lap...

Tonight Kristen, Marley, Janelle and Mason and I went Easter shopping at the mall. Marley is not too into dresses lately, but luckily we found one that she was, if not thrilled with, at least willing to wear.

Before we went shopping, Janelle wanted to see if Mason would sit on the Easter Bunny's lap for a picture. Nope. No way. Not even with Marley saying she would sit with him.

He liked watching other kids sit on his lap.



Janelle tried talking him into it. Nope.



The Easter Bunny tried talking him into it. No way.



When we bought Marley's dress, they gave us free bunny ears. Kristen gave them to Mason. He loved them.



We tried again. Maybe he would sit on EB's lap with his new bunny ears. No way.

Oh well, he sure made a cute Easter Bunny himself!



As Marley said, when she was five and asked why she wouldn't sit on the Easter Bunny's lap, "I don't like to sit on men's lap that I don't know." You can't argue with that!

On another note - Places that are no more - Friendly's at the Holyoke Mall. This Friendly's has been at the Food Court since the mall opened in 1979, or at least very close to it. I just can't believe that this Friendly's is gone.

Dyeing eggs

This afternoon Marley, Mason, Janelle and I dyed eggs. Kristen was sick and missed all the fun, LOL!

This was Mason's first time dyeing eggs, I think, at least with me. He really got into it.



He only wanted to paint blue eggs though. Look at those hands!



This year I bought a kit with a golden wash/paint for the eggs. Marley really seemed to like that one. I did too!





It was a pretty messy affair. The kids had a great time though, and the memories of these yearly traditions are well worth the mess!



I think they're beautiful, don't you?



On another note, today is my mother-in-law's birthday. She has been gone for almost 8 years now (June). It doesn't seem possible. She always loved that her birthday was on April Fool's Day. She loved to kid around!

This is her high school graduation picture in 1946.