Easter 2020

Even amidst Corona we managed to pull off a pretty nice Easter day for one another.  The weather was seriously amazing.  I think the high was 77 degrees.  It started out sunny and a bit cool but warmed up to summer like conditions by mid day.
I kept telling the kids that we weren't really going to have Easter the way we normally do with chocolate bunnies, chocolate eggs,

etc etc because I barely go to the store anymore and the last time I went on Monday I did not have Easter in mind and I was not going back to the store until after Easter Monday.  So, we had the couple of small bags of Easter treats that Marty brought back from Seattle weeks ago but other than a nice brunch

we would have a low key Easter.  But, I actually had thought about Easter last time I went to the store, last Monday and stocked up with a chocolate Easter bunny for each of them and a few other bags of treats.  I pulled up some small plastic containers that we had used to hide the chocolate in in years past.  And the night before I put a handful of chocolates in each plastic cup.  In the end they each had a basket full of candy and then each went in search of 6 plastic cups filled with

chocolate.  Marty does the honors every year of hiding the small Easter plastic "baskets" or cups.  When in Seattle that was always Opa's job.  They both do it where you don't need to open any drawer or cupboard and is basically in plain sight but there are always a few at the end that they struggle to find.

I had made cinnamon rolls the day before.  I let the dough rise a couple of times and then Josie and I spread the butter and sugar and cinnamon on top, rolled them up, cut them and placed them in the pan to sit in the fridge overnight.  I let them sit on the counter for 45 minutes in the morning before

popping them in the oven.  They were DELICIOUS!! Along with fresh fruit from the fruit stand by the Sbahn train station that I had picked up the day before (mangoes, blueberries, strawberries and pineapple) along with scrambled eggs, roasted potatoes and hard boiled eggs that the kids had decorated the day before.

We all lounged in the back yard after breakfast, went on a family walk and then had left over for dinner.  All in all a VERY relaxing and filling Easter day.