Easter eggs and family

What do they have in common? Some of them are cracked. LOL I know, lame joke. I am lucky that I have the nicest parents-in-law. :o) Our Easter Sunday was a full-packed day. Aside from the customary Easter religious celebration, we went to a Chinese buffet to celebrate the 2nd birthday of my friend's daughter. The food was great and the company too. My BFF Mira was there with her family along with other friends. I was stuffed with shrimps. Fried shrimps, sauteed shrimps, boiled shrimps...am I sounding like Forest Gump? ha ha After that sumptuous lunch which made me feel like I need to get the best diet pills I can afford, we headed over to my in-law's house. Good thing they didn't serve dinner right away. We had an Easter egg hunt for the kids first. It was freezing, the temps was in the 40's plus it was windy. Uh, where the heck did Spring go?

I want to share these photos I took last Sunday. The first one is of the kids looking for eggs near the playhouse. My in-laws had this built for the grandkids. The other one is of dh's nephew. I was taking pictures of the kids looking for eggs when I looked around and saw him on this tree. My brother-in-law hid some Easter eggs in the branches, which he always does every year. When our nephew was in grade school, the eggs were placed on the roof of the storage shed. Well now that he's 14 and 5'5, he has to work harder for it. LOL

How was your Easter Sunday?

Just in Time for Easter

For a week now, we have these baby turkeys in our yard. Since my MIL is cooking leg of lamb and ham, do you think these will be ready for Thanksgiving? just kidding! The kids were excited to see these turkeys. One morning, I was getting out of the garage when my daughter exclaimed "Mom, the turkeys are in the driveway, be careful!" I always see turkeys when driving around our area. Last week, a turkey crossed the freeway and I almost hit it. So why did the turkey cross the road? LOL

So it's candy time again. As usual, I bought some pencils and candies to put in the plastic eggs and for the Easter goodie bags the kids gave to their classmates. I love these Easter M&Ms, pastel colors are my favorite. I also like these Jelly Bellys although these aren't really good for your teeth. My dentist said it's better to give kids chocolates than other candies.

This is what I had for dinner these past week, seafood. In the Philippines, we don't eat any meat during the Holy Week and every Friday during Lent. Fried Crispy mackerel, fresh tomatoes and garlic rice is one yummy combination. I also watched the Ten Commandments with my kids last night. They have religion in school so they are familiar with the story although my daughter prefers the Veggie Tales versrion since it's funny.

For Easter this year, we're going to celebrate it in my MIL's house. Mom and dad are back from Florida and kids cannot wait to see them. I know my daughter A is excited, she asked me to print out her recent report card to show grammy. She gives the grandkids $5 for every 'A' and my daughter, as usual, got it in every subject. (Good job swinkie!) The kids will also do an egg hunt with their cousins in my in-law's backyard. I don't know how long we're going to be out there but I hope it's not too long. It is FREEZING this morning, it doesn't feel like spring. Before going to my in-laws though, we're going to a party in a Chinese restaurant where I'm going to see my BFF Mira and her family. It's our God daughter's 2nd birthday so that should be fun.

How do you celebrate Easter?