Easter

Well Dad and I made the Italian Easter Pie

 Crosses made of palms from Palm Sunday (last year)

 Baby Nick arrived Saturday before Easter at a Whopping 10 lbs!!!

 I was able to make the Easter Bread......the bread was really good, but the eggs were a soft boiled. 

Also made the peep cake, but my peeps kept falling off so I stuck toothpicks in them -

maybe if I made my own frosting they would have stuck better

Got to mass with all the little ones.....Oh Sammy!!! 

We missed Pat, Jack and Grandma on Easter- but we seen them on the web cam as their boat took off!

 The 3 of us went to brunch together after mass and then for a walk downtown.......here's my cupcake....I never did eat :(  I ate a lot of other things I shouldn't have but not my cupcake.

 1st to the table

It was a good Easter

Prepping for Easter

Weis Market did have the butter Lamb- at first I couldn't find it- but I asked and they had them.

Dyed eggs with the boys at Pat's house

My dad picked up my shoes that my aunt picked up for me in Hazleton

I LOVE these shoes from Payless

they are designed by Christian Siriano for Payless

$32.99

 but the black ones are on sale right now for

$19.99

I don't believe the bone color is still available on-line- I had searched on it and finally found the closest pair- which was 2 hours away and my sweet aunt was kind enough to get them for me. 

It's not easy being a size 5 :)

Oh well Easter isn't all about shoes.................

Bunny Napkin

Hope this bread recipe works

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/braided-easter-egg-bread/

Oh Easter....I love you!

There are some things I miss at Easter- mostly going to Pennsylvania to visit family and eating at my grandmother's house (Mimi's).  I remember when my grandmother would put together an Easter Basket and it would get blessed.  I would give anything to see one of those baskets again.  Why don't we do that anymore?

Here is an example of a typical Polish basket~
click on the picture to read more on the Polish tradition

Oh and the lamb made out of butter- a couple years back I found one at the grocery store- I may look for one this year.  I just love that because it reminds me of Mimi's house.

Look at this adorable butter lamb

And then on the other side of the family we have the Italians- loud and proud and always Easter Pie- which most would think was some sort of meat pie.  I remember being little and not really digging this Pie- BUT now I actually like it and I hope this Easter I'll get a piece.  I have a wonderful Aunt who makes the best Easter Pie.

This year I would love to start my own tradition and maybe make an Easter Bread

I know for sure I want to color my eggs gold

And I bought the stuff and I hope to make this for our Easter dessert.....We would normally have a Bunny Cake made by Rob's mom- but this year will this Sunflower Cake will hopefully be what we end up with.  I'll miss the bunny and all that yummy coconut- but there is no way I'm pulling a bunny out of any of my hats...lol.