Easter for us this year was beautiful and reflective. I am sort of glad we decided on the egg hunt on Saturday. Aside from taking the pressure off of doing everything "Easter" all in one day, it separated Friday and Sunday as days when we can reflect on the spiritual side of Easter and what it means to us and our little family--a time of thanksgiving for an immense sacrifice made for us, of an incredible, selfless, earth-shattering love, of hope and rejuvenation--the promise of new life. It was a quiet day, spent having breakfast together as a family, going to church, walking outside and having dinner together.
And this year was extra special and meaningful because this family has some news to share......!! Over breakfast Easter Sunday morning, we were exchanging cards when all of a sudden the table got quiet. And everyone was listening to Fizey read a little poem he wrote. And before we knew what was happening there were tears and shrieks and a lot of excitement because Fizey proposed to ChouChou! And she said yes! After 20 years. All I can say is, it's about time! I can barely contain my excitement and spent all day yesterday with a smile on my face and clapping my hands and laughing. Eeeeeee!
Homemade "Sunshine juice" made of grapefruit, apples, carrots, lemons and ginger--so healthy and colourful. And one of Gabriel's new favorite things to help make.
I am a total sucker for little bowties--my favorite little boy accessory.
Gabriel is the most enthusiastic card opener. I am pretty sure he is more excited to open cards than presents the way that he shrieks with glee and ohhhh and ahhhs over them.
The proposal: a surprised ChouChou and a delighted Fizey.
The happy couple. :)
A new Easter wagon for toting around all sorts of treasures and for wearing out grandparents who do laps of the back yard and the park.
Our Easter feast--ham (Gabriel's favorite), scalloped potatoes and homemade lemon pie made with real lemons (so zesty!). A tradition we will repeat again and again.
I am so enjoying carrying on old traditions from our families and creating new ones with our little family. Happy Easter from our family to yours! Hope your day was sweet and pensive and memory-making.
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What beautiful news! Congratulations to Judith + Stephen!!
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