This was our first holiday ever where it was just David, Dylan, Zoe and I on our own. In the past we have spent many Easters in Delaware with David's side of the family. It's always a nice time of year to go up and see Grandma and Grandad. It's also nice as it's a bit warmer and it is a great time to get a lot of the siblings and cousins together to see each other as we don't get to do that often enough with everyone so spread out. However we haven't made the trip up to Delaware at Easter since Zoe was born as it is no longer as economical to fly up for various reasons and the drive is quite an ordeal with the kids so we wanted to hold on a drive until we could be there longer than 3-4 days. My side of the family all went out of town together which left the four us on our own. While we missed not being surrounded by family on either side, we really enjoyed our holiday with just the four of us.
Easter Sunday was a gorgeous day. We all got dressed and ready upstairs and then came down to see what the Easter bunny had left for Dylan and Zoe. Dylan was really excited about his Easter basket and especially the Cars lego toys and the Astroboy DVD. Zoe wasn't quite sure what all this Easter basket stuff was about, but she was quite excited by it. However, I think the kids most enjoyed finding treats inside the plastic eggs in the basket.
We headed to church for the morning service which was amazing. It was a great start to our day and reflection on what this day was truly all about. Afterwards, we had brunch/lunch reservations at PF Changs. The kids were on their best behavior and we all had a nice, fun family meal together. After naps, we managed to finally dye our Easter eggs and decorate them with stickers. Then we all went outside for the traditional Shellenbarger Easter egg hunt. This is a tradition on David's side of the family and one we have brought into our own home. David hid all the eggs which were a combination of dyed hard boiled eggs as well as the plastic eggs. Zoe did an amazing job at finding most of the Easter eggs. Dylan was a little more easily sidetracked by other things than just the task at hand. The dyed Easter eggs were quite a temptation and both kids eventually decided they would rather just eat some eggs than hunt for them. We stayed outside for the remainder of the day. David grilled us a delicious dinner which included salmon and pineapple among some other things. We all ate outside on our deck and played until it was getting too dark.
When we were getting the kids down for the night, Dylan told me he didn't want Easter to go away and I thought to myself of how I didn't want it to go away either. What a glorious day of love and celebration on many fronts and a reminder to me that this life is not being lived in vane or without cause.
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