At times, I feel like a terrible mom. Daniel and I have never been really into doing a lot on any holiday. We are not against it, its just that neither of us find the fun we have doing things off sets the clean up or the planning that goes into it. I am sure as JoAnn gets older that will change, but she is still young and has no idea that Easter is different from any other day. However, I do feel a little guilty every time I read about or see pictures of what others are doing on Easter. I think next year I will put a little more effort into celebrating it. Nevertheless, this year we didn't have Easter baskets, colored eggs, or an egg hunt. I barely even thought about getting JoAnn into an Easter dress. In fact, I didn't think about it until Sunday morning, but I still managed to find a dress she hasn't worn yet that looked sort of spring-ish (even though it is considered summer here right now).
She looks real happy about being in a dress doesn't she. She actually really liked it (especially the shoes she picked out to go with it), she is just upset that she had to stand still for me to get a picture. Anyway, when we got to church I was pretty happy that I didn't go all out on her dress since I think out of everyone at church she was one of two people who had on a skirt/dress. It always amazes me here how Easter seems to not be anywhere close to as big of a deal as Holy Week. I have always found it ironic that nothing is open on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Black Saturday but everything is open on Easter. I am not exagurating either. Daniel and I tried to go out for a little bit on Thursday and it took us 9 malls to finally get to one that had something other than a restaurant here or there that was open. The good thing was that since nothing was open and no one was working there was no traffic. It took us about 20 minutes to go where it usually takes more like an hour to get to. That part is great. Anyway, here are a few more pictures from Easter. Instead of doing anything big we just went out to eat at Outback for lunch after church. It was a fun treat for Daniel and I that we don't do more than a couple times a year.
When I asked Daniel if we could get a family picture since it was Easter this was his first attempt...not quite what I was thinking.
She looks real happy about being in a dress doesn't she. She actually really liked it (especially the shoes she picked out to go with it), she is just upset that she had to stand still for me to get a picture. Anyway, when we got to church I was pretty happy that I didn't go all out on her dress since I think out of everyone at church she was one of two people who had on a skirt/dress. It always amazes me here how Easter seems to not be anywhere close to as big of a deal as Holy Week. I have always found it ironic that nothing is open on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Black Saturday but everything is open on Easter. I am not exagurating either. Daniel and I tried to go out for a little bit on Thursday and it took us 9 malls to finally get to one that had something other than a restaurant here or there that was open. The good thing was that since nothing was open and no one was working there was no traffic. It took us about 20 minutes to go where it usually takes more like an hour to get to. That part is great. Anyway, here are a few more pictures from Easter. Instead of doing anything big we just went out to eat at Outback for lunch after church. It was a fun treat for Daniel and I that we don't do more than a couple times a year.
When I asked Daniel if we could get a family picture since it was Easter this was his first attempt...not quite what I was thinking.
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