We had a lovely Easter this year, with both our offspring visiting with their families for the weekend. The weather cooperated, with sunshine and comfortably cool temperatures for lots of backyard play and patio sitting.
My older granddaughter loves to cook, so we made desserts
together. One fun project was making chocolate-dipped strawberry
"carrots" to garnish pots of chocolate mousse. Her younger cousin
enjoyed watching the process.
The "carrots" turned out really cute! And the mousse, topped with chocolate cookie crumb "dirt," was delicious, too.
Of course, we also needed to dye some eggs for hunting!
There was also some cute cousin cuddling time on the patio.
Sunday morning the grandchildren donned their Easter outfits.
After church, four generations sat down for Easter dinner in the dining room. The table was set with my Castleton Gloria china, and each plate was topped with gingham napkins from Pier 1 last year and Lindt chocolate carrots. Yellow tulips and silver dishes filled with candy eggs were the centerpiece.
Our menu was traditional -- ham, macaroni and cheese, green beans, rolls -- but we tried a new dessert, Emeril's banana cream pie. It was spectacular!
