Easter

I hope everyone had a happy Easter! Ours was very nice. We didn't do much, which was perfect. I sensed a little disappointment about the Easter Bunny's hiding abilities, but hey, our Easter Bunny does not DO outside hunts. Who knew that it would cause so much suspicion by using our own plastic eggs (no doubt all memorized far in advance) to hide candy? Liam asked a few too many questions about why the Bunny used eggs we already had in the house. Now he knows. Easter Bunny is a cheapo.

We tried our hand at a few other Easter festivities (aside from the religious one where I read a "real" Easter story to Liam and then had to answer a million questions about what exactly is a cross, how does one get nailed to it, and WHY would this happen...maybe I should have stuck with the bunny story this year).

For those who do not realize, I am the World's Worst Baker/Cook (although I can make a few dinners - making anything for fun has always been a huge downfall). Not kidding. I have burnt microwave popcorn, ruined a cake made from a box, created a torch out of a fondue pot, made Christmas cookies that were so bad no one even pretended like they wanted to take them home... You get the idea. Yet I still persist in trying. So I got one of those kits at Target to make a chocolate cookie Bunny House. The directions, of course, said to wait 15 minutes after constructing the walls/roof before decorating. The directions didn't account for a 4 yr old and a 2 yr old who thought we were ready to decorate immediately. The walls seemed firm, so we started. It looked great for about 5 minutes. Then Natalie screamed "I did it!" and threw her hands up in the air, bumping the house. To be fair, I think things were already sliding...but after the bump...both pieces of roof slid quickly. I tried to grab them and hold them on. That resulted in one of the pieces breaking in two, and me getting covered in icing. The kids were screaming - ooohhh noooooooo. So we made the house a "convertible" and Aunt Amy wisely suggested making a tiny little eviction notice for the door. I think it was still fun pushing candy into the drippy icing (too drippy for house making, darn you, Target!!).

We then made a sunflower cake out of Peeps and chocolate chips. Hallelujah, this is the first thing I've ever baked that looks pretty much like it should. Enough said. I won't jinx myself by talking about it any more. Unfortunately, Jim must have enough bad experiences with my baking under his belt (no pun intended) that he is too frightened to eat. Chocolate cake is supposedly his favorite dessert EVER, and yet the Peeps cake was hardly eaten...hmmm...