I decided to pop out of bed early to set up an Easter Egg Hunt for Andy. I know, sounds childish, but it was a lot of fun, and you could even see the excitement in Andy's eyes when he would come upon another hidden egg. Each egg was either stuffed with candy or little notes, one of which gave him a miriad of options for breakfast, (he decided on eggs, a fitting choice!)
After all 18 eggs were recovered, we enjoyed some mimosas and an eggceptional (sorry, I couldn't resist) breakfast. That evening we were expecting my family for Easter dinner, but before we started getting ready for that we decided to take a drive downtown to check out the cherry blossoms. I figured it wouldn't be very crowded and even though the trees are a few days from being at their peak, it was still a gorgeous setting and a great way to spend our Easter morning. We'll head back downtown next week to catch them in their full bloom.
We had decided to send everyone home with mini-Easter baskets filled with some chocolates and mini-sugar cookies in spring cut-outs. We had a lot of fun making the cookies the night before, but boy did that batter yield a TON of mini-cookies. We'll be eating little ducks and bunnies for the next month!
For Easter dinner we decided to try and recreate the menu/atmosphere from the Hotel Roanoke where we spent many Easter Sundays. For appetizers we had shrimp cocktail, assorted cheese and crackers, cucumber slices with smoke salmon and cream cheese, deviled eggs, and as a definite tribute to the Hotel Roanoke, a peanut soup. For the main course we did a lamb roast, scalloped potatoes with leeks, steamed asparagus, and a strawberry and spinach salad. We then finished it all off with carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. Needless to say, no one went hungry!
All in all it was a fabulous day and we were fortunate enough to have sunny skies and mild temperatures, always a plus on Easter.
2 comments:
What a great time!!
I think you could have made more food. I am a little disappointed in you! ;)
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