Easter Vigil was beautiful despite the foul-ups of the fourteen priests who were presiding over it. I'm still wondering if the baptisms count since they were never officially welcomed into the church, but oh well. Sarah D and I didn't mess up the litany, and I spent the night mostly baffled by the amazing talent I was surrounded by - I mean - wow, what voices! It made me feel very small indeed.
Three hours later, I got home and God Love Him Tim was still up. We immediately went to bed not evening thinking about setting out the Easter basket for the next day.
We woke up late, but still managed to get everyone together and Easter-ized for the day. We even had another "Only Jenny" moment. I thought my little girl couldn't possibly top the Christmas giggle she gave us when she got upset over Santa eating all the cookies, but she did.
In our living room, we have a window seat and this morning (after a mad dash), Jenny's easter basket was sitting on said window seat. Once she'd finished her morning yogurt, the conversation went thus:
Tim: Jenny, do you think the Easter Bunny has been here yet? Go check by the window and see.
Jenny: (walks over to the window seat, climbs up, looks right past her basket to the outside) Nope, I don't think so . . .
Me: Then what's that basket there, Jenny?
Jenny: (getting very excited at last) Oh I see...Wow!
My darling little girl . . . so very cute.
Most of the time.
We survived church as a family today. No major melt-downs until we had to get into the car to come home. Someone didn't want to get into her seatbelt and was doing her best to fight it. (Hint: it wasn't me.) So a few minor issues - plus a decision we're never going to give Jenny apple juice again - and we were home (with a minor pit stop at Mc D's to help everyone get over the cranky- hungry syndrome that was causing all of us to be our unsweet selves.
An early nap for Jenny - church was exhausting - while I threw together some cheesy potatoes.
Then to grandma's for dinner - Jenny loved the ham, but didn't eat much else - so I saw, I'm sure grandma kept her fed - and Jenny had her first easter egg hunt. Thanks to Holly for helping her find her eggs.
Thanks also to Gabby for running around with Jenny and buring off all the sugar I'm fairly certain the Jenny ate today. She's sleeping quite well right now and hopefully will make it through her pre-school party tomorrow. That will be another adventure.
A game of Nertz (after an excrutiating game of euchre) and it was already time to go home.
Jenny had a great time and loved every moment of it. Happy Easter everyone!
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