- Easter Weekend 2020: The one where we were quarantined! -

HE IS RISEN!

ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA!!

HAPPY EASTER, FRIENDS!!!  

But goshhhh, what a super weird Lent and Easter this was.  When we first caught wind of the sheltering-in orders mid-March, I remember saying to Brian, "Wouldn't it be soooo insane if this continues through mid-April and we have to watch Easter Sunday Mass from the TV in our living room?!"  We both chuckled, agreeing that that would, indeed, be the most insane thing ever.  Then, fast forward from then to now and -boom!-  Our Paschal Triduum looked a liiiiitle like this:

[Good Friday highlighted over here and here!]

On Holy Saturday, we brewed up an extra large pot of coffee and headed out to the driveway to make some chalk art!

Just as we were finishing, my mom stopped by to give the kids their Easter baskets.  She came by one other time a few weeks ago to chat with us on the driveway while Scarlett was napping, so this was the first time Scarlett had seen her in nearly a month!  She was planning to "drop off the baskets and leave," [hahah] but turns out Scarlett missed her Grammy and neither party could resist a little [non-social-distanced] love! #worthit

After Easter baskets with Grammy, we got a surprise visit from the Easter Bunny himself!!! Weeeee!  Scarlett was terrified of him but eventually worked up the courage to walk up for the reward of a Reese's egg.  As the E.B. walked away, Harper said, "Hey!  That's not the real Easter Bunny, because I see his T-shirt sticking out of the fur costume!  And he just got in the car with Lucy and her mom!  That's Lucy's dad!!!"  She then convinced Scarlett not to be afraid because that wasn't "the real bunny" and was also wondering for several hours if "the real bunny" would know that he had an imposter...

After a nap with Jesus...

...we colored some hard-boiled eggs...

...which started off fine, but then a) Scarlett spilled blue dye all over the counter...

...and b) Harper stickered one of Scarlett's eggs which sent her into an outrage...

...and I'm legitimately just wondering who in the heck actually enjoys dying eggs with their kids, because all the posts on Facebook make it look so glamorous and every year I'm just like:  HALLO 15 MINUTES OF MISERY.  In the end, we made amends...

...and re-directed our energies to making contorted Mr. Potato Heads!  Scarlett is always extra proud of her creations [and the mama heart in me is pretty proud of them, too!].

After dinner [and maybe a few drinks to buy time while the kids fell into a very deep sleep], the Easter Bunny came!!!

Scarlett was up with the sun on Easter morning and enjoyed polishing off the Easter Bunny's leftover, gnawed up carrot stumps [and only had to dance around the hidden eggs and candy trail on the floor for about an hour before we allowed her to wake Harper up, too].  HOPPY EASTER!

After the first hunt, Harper requested that I re-stuff all the eggs and hide them again while the rest of the family sat down to enjoy a luxurious breakfast together...  I happily obliged for round 2, 'cause it's only 8:45am and what else we gonna do?!

While the rain was pouring down, we finished up some Easter artwork...

...and then headed outside to fly the kids' brand new kite.

...And the best part of the day?! A 2-hour afternoon nap for all 4 of us! Bliss!

For dinner, we had scrambled eggs, turkey bacon, and bunny butt pancakes [again, much cuter on Pinterest, but I'll give myself an "A" for effort and the kids thought they were the best ever!].

Womp womp...whattttttt an Easter!  It was so weird to not be at our parish in the morning and not be with our families in the afternoon; heck, the weirdest thing of all was watching Mass from the living room rug whilst wearing our 2-day-old PJs on a day that we usually dress up in our very fanciest clothes!  But, I have to admit that I'm 100% loving this intimate nuclear family time we are unexpectedly having; I think there's something to be said for having the opportunity to step back from all the chaos and truly be able to teach our kiddos the meaning of the holiday and talk about what things may have been like on the very first Easter Sunday! 

We are an Easter people, and "Alleluia!" is our song!

^^ Forever and ever, AMEN!

Love you guys!  

xoxox