Eggs, Eggs & More Eggs!

This post should have been written in April right after our Easter celebration, but like so many other things it had to wait until I had time & the right mood to sit down, organize the photos as well as my thoughts. But better late than never, so here it goes...


Our Easter-themed chandelier decorations

Our Easter celebration this year turned out to be more elaborate than the one last year. I've started preparations at least a month in advance (bought the decorative eggs & the bunny ears as well as egg coloring).


Gerritt all dressed up with Easter baskets

Both of the kids were old enough to participate in an outdoor Easter egg hunt, which we did at the Vasa Park Resort.


In anticipation of the Easter egg hunt


Daddy & Sophia


Gerritt hunting for the Easter eggs

We probably enjoyed the egg hunt as much as the kids (not the aggressive parents though - some of them were egg hunting with their kids even though the signs clearly stated no parents were allowed on the fields ;-( ). Gerritt did very well despite the egg hunting field being literally packed with other kids some of whom were pretty pushy.


Sophia barely needed any help from Daddy

Sophia figured out what to do right away & barely needed any help from Daddy.


Sorting the goods

Most of the colorful plastic eggs were filled with chocolates & candy. Some of the eggs had small papers with numbers on them inside. At the end of the day each paper was traded for a toy prize.


Gerritt absolutely loved the Easter Bunny! After posing for photos, he went back to him not once but twice - to hug him, sit on his lap & give him a few high fives. :-)


Gerritt with the Easter Bunny


The kids & I


First tulip of the spring


Gerritt coloring eggs

After all of the morning activities, Sophia took a nap. Gerritt & I used this time as an opportunity to color the Easter eggs. I told him ahead we were going to do the egg coloring in the afternoon & of course, he was way too excited to nap.


Sophia's Easter photo


Gerritt posing for camera


The Easter eggs & Russian Easter bread

In the evening, the kids enjoyed sampling the Easter eggs as well as the traditional Russian Easter bread - "kulich." Kulich is fluffy & light sweet bread with raisins which is usually served side by side with cream cheese like dessert paste - "paskha." Kulich is something I grew up with in Russia. Serving it for Easter was a perfect opportunity to introduce some of the Russian traditions to our Russian-Korean family. At the end the Easter celebration was a bit exhausting, but as usual, I am glad we did it!