Easter just kind of crept up on us this year! It was an interesting Easter this go around. Memorable is a better description. So what are the "lemons" in my Easter "When Life Hands You Lemons" post you wonder? The first is the terrible, horrible no good very bad weather we've been experiencing around here lately. It freak'n dumped 8 inches the other day and it looks like more snow this week - doesn't feel like Spring to me!The second "lemon" was Joel's accidental sign-up for a moonlighting shift on Easter morning - oops! He didn't even realize that he had scheduled a shift on the holiday until it was too late - who would've thunk the Easter Bunny would come in the middle of March? His intentions were good and we certainly needed the money so we decided to make some "lemonade" out of our 2nd "lemon."
Joel headed to work Easter morning with a trunk loaded with eggs, baskets and presents. His mission was to engineer a really cool egg hunt for the kids - which he pulled off quite well I might add. As a side note: We could do an egg hunt because this particular hospital where Joel moonlights is pretty empty -the first (out of 5 or something) floor is the only one used for patients. The entire 2nd floor is for the sole doc that's working the shift. It's really nice for us when we visit because the kids get to run around, find all sorts of abandoned medical equipment and have wheelchair races up and down the halls - perfect for an egg hunt.
So we spent Easter morning with our Daddy hunting for eggs & eating way too much candy (especially Christian - he was blissfully occupied with the first treasure he discovered). I 
managed to throw in there a nice little lesson (with visuals I might add) about the real Easter Story. We ended our morning with a brunch in the cafeteria catered by the one and only McDonalds - yummy! The kids were so full from their candy fest up on the 2nd floor, that they didn't eat much. 
Joel and I ended up eating most of their food - mmm... there is nothing like cold pancakes with margarine smeared all over them! The sad thing is that we had such a pleasant morning together and then Joel and I ruined it by getting annoyed with each other as we were ready to leave. Things were made worse by having a terrible, horrible, no good very bad afternoon at church. Ahhhh - it was just one of those days. I got over it when Joel came home that 
evening with roses - nice touch babe!We didn't get a chance to dye easter eggs until today. We made it our Family Home Evening activity. It, like our Easter weekend, started off really terribly (Camryn knocked the cup of hot pink dye into Joel's lap - staining his clothes and hands. And Christian kept throwing our hard boiled eggs around the room - here come more ants!). But in the end we ended up having a good time and the kids finally ate something healthy - some incredible edible eggs.
So when life hands you lemons, I guess it's best to make lemonade - no matter how tart!
~Happy Easter
7 comments:
It sounds like you guys had a fun day, overall. That's nice that Joel took the eggs with him and hid them for the little people. Having little people for holidays like that are fun to enjoy, then they become teenagers and just want their "stuff". It puts a damper on memories. We didn't even color eggs, even though I had bought dye and supplies.
Well, it sounds like you had a big pitcher of lemonade waiting for you at the end of a long day...
looks like a fun day despite the set backs. we spent Easter at the hospital too. nothing like cafeteria food for a good Easter dinner.. :)
It's amazing how we learn to adapt, isn't it? You guys look beautiful!
Sorry your day wasn't the greatest. It seems like when it rains it pours, you have a good attitude about all of it. We didn't have dye spill while dying eggs but my hands and the table were definitely stained from dye splashing all over. The best thing is in a few years you will most likely remember the lemonade instead of the lemons.
Your kids will definitely remember this Easter--egg hunt in the hospital halls! I'm always amazed at your creativity. I think I would have just ended up celebrating Easter a different day, silently pouting about it. I need to take some lemonade-making lessons from you!
Sounds fun! Ryan had Easter off too and he is in the ICU...pretty lucky (considering he only get 4 days off all month:)
Happy Easter
Our Easter was a little backwards too... Such is the life of a physician's wife, right? But ya know, your kids will probably love remembering the non-traditional holiday "fun" more than you will! :)
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