Always Six.

It was a quiet, but good Easter weekend

here on the Bayou...We prepped the food

on Saturday, then went out for dinner.

I taught Princess to make our

family "chocolate pie"

that is made for EVERY family holiday.

Just a few more lessons and she'll

be able to make it by herself.

She also made her favorite,

"Butterfinger Ice Cream Pie"

And there were eggs to dye.

Mister and I reflected a bit about Easter

and how it was celebrated when we

were kids.

We both got new clothes and new

"Easter shoes" each year.

And my family always had to get

up early on Easter Day to allow

for photos to be taken before we

left for church.  My sister and I

always had pretty, pastel dresses

which were often worn under a coat

given it was usually cold on

Easter morning in Oklahoma.

Mister's family didn't go to church

but he and his brother and sister

would dress up and walk across

the street  to go to church on Easter.

We always dyed eggs at our house,

six eggs.  Never five or seven,

but always six.  It was fun and

something I always enjoyed.

My Mom, was a child of the Depression

era and nothing was ever wasted in our

house, which I'm sure is why we dyed

6 eggs.  Those eggs would later be used

for potato salad, and any more than six

would have been considered wasteful.

We didn't do the Easter Bunny "thang",

and I never missed it.

When we had our own children we also

decided not to bring the Easter Bunny

into our celebration.  Our children

always got new clothes and dyed eggs

to put into their Easter Basket, but that

was as far as we went.  If/when there

were gifts given they were given

a new Bible, or a cross necklace, etc.

As a child, the highlight of the day

was combining my six eggs with

the neighboring kids eggs and

having a big Easter Egg hunt on

Sunday afternoon.

When the family gathers the story is

always told about the Easter when

Mister was abt. 11 yr old and

he took all the girl cousins Easter Eggs

and batted them (with his ball bat)

into the neighboring field.

The girls all cried

and Mister got into "BIG trouble".

That Mister has always been

one to "tease the girls

and make them cry".

*snicker*

May the beauty of the Ressurection
fill our hearts daily
as we enjoy this
beautiful time of the year.