Happy Easter dear friends.
I have a very vague memory of this. 
Taken when I was 3 , my brother Tom is 2 and my brother Tim was about 10 months.  The year was 1960.
My parents had 5 more kids after us. Four more brothers and a sister.
We were living in Peoria, Illinois at the time.
 I was born there and many of my extended family (on my Mom's side) still live in that area.
What I remember most is how we always dressed up for Easter.  We always went to church and then my Grandma's house for dinner.
I always had a new Easter hat or bonnet. Sometimes a purse, gloves etc. to match.
When I was a little older and we were still living in Illinois we would sometimes spend Easter in St. Louis.
I remember being in awe of the big arch. 
I remember having dinner with my parents on a Riverboat restaurant that made us kiddie cocktails and our menus were printed on a deck of cards.
Today will be a little quieter.
My Dad is passed on but my Mom will be with us.
Sometimes it is very hard to get us all together but I do have a brother joining us for dinner as well as my daughter and step-son, grand-daughter and daughter's boyfriend.
Missing my Arizona family.
Happy Easter to all of you.
Cindy

Shabby Easter Table and egg coloring fun!

Hey friends.

Are you all ready for Easter?

I have the stuff all ready for my grand-daughter, sent the other grand-daughter her goodies in the mail and I have a table set but that is about it.

I am calling this my shabby Easter table because well... it is a bit shabby! hehe.

I made napkin rings out of green burlap and added green rick-rac to some napkins I already owned.

I purchased the Momma bunny with carrots at Hobby Lobby.

The basket was also from there.

I made the centerpiece with things I already had from previous Easter's.

I made the green burlap runner and just added a ruffle from fabric scraps.

I am loving the green burlap!

And I have yellow too.

Those plastic bunny and chick plates are from Michael's a few years back.  My grand-daughter loves them and I think they add a bit of whimsy to my shabby table.

When I first took pictures that bunny candy dish was full!

Now look at it.

Easter candy is my downfall for sure.

I had to scrunch up the runner a bit but it will be the perfect length when I add another leave for our Easter table.

Addison and I colored Easter eggs yesterday.

She was so proud!

It's a bit messy with a 2 year old but oh so fun!

She was so proud she wanted to show Lily our kitty her creations!

I left the room for a minute, came back and she had pealed her egg and was eating it!

Ha...she has never cared for hard boiled eggs.

I guess it helps when you make them yourself.

There is still a lot of snow out there as you can see.

I guess we will be doing an indoor Easter Egg hunt around here.

We are going to see about 50 degrees tomorrow which sounds like a heat wave right now.

To all of you have a blessed and happy Easter.

Cindy

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