Easter Weekend

Four day weekends are glorious. I'm so thankful that the weather was pretty good, that everyone was healthy, and that we just had time. Time together, time to do some things around the house, time.

Friday
We had a quiet morning and then we went to see the live action Beauty and the Beast at the movie theatre in Whitby. It was so great. We all loved it. After the movie it was so nice out we needed to go to a park.

We got to the park and about five minutes later Kate said she needed to pee. Awesome. Ken took her home and that's when after consulting google maps, Alice, Fiona and I decided to walk down to the water. Ken and Kate found us and we had a lovely walk around, until Fiona needed to pee, then the fun was over!

We went home and Ken BBQ'd and we had a lovely evening.

Saturday
We started with the Easter Egg hunt in the morning. The girls were very excited. They hunted in the basement for their eggs, and then came upstairs to open their Easter Jammies.

The girls then ate most of their chocolate. We weren't moving very quickly, so eventually the girls all got dressed and we made our way to the mall to see the Easter Bunny. We had thought of doing a farm today, but it clouded over pretty quickly this morning and poured buckets of rain. So the mall it was.

We had an interesting food court adventure... The girls crawled all over Ken. He left and went up to Mastermind with Kate and Alice, then Fiona spit apple juice on me during a selfie, then I accidentally spilled the rest of the bottle all over her when I was trying to get myself cleaned up... oops.

Then it was home, quickly get organized, clean/do dishes/bathe apple juice soaked Fiona, then I ran over to pick up Chantelle. Ken and I went on my birthday dinner date! There's this awesome place in Whitby - KB Food. The chef is Kevin Brown. He changes the menu every week, they try to locally source food, and it is just so good. We went a month or so ago with Joaquin and Laura. YUM! And date night, what's better than date night?!

Sunday
Church. I like this day to be separate from all the commercial stuff, and so it was. I have put up the Holy Week signs in the front hall, and we've talked lots about the resurrection and about Jesus suffering for us, and Jesus loving us. I pray that my girls come to love their Savior and that they have their own personal relationship with him.

Monday
Ken went into work for a few hours and the girls and I had a quiet morning. Then around 3 Emily, Jinx and the kids came over. The kids played and played, and then after begging to go to the park for the 20th time, we finally relented.

We came back to our place, Ken BBQ'd and the kids played. It was so cute tonight - Fiona and Hazel have finally made a friend connection. Hazel is finally old enough to actually play with Fiona. They played in her room with the kitchen. It was so cute. At one point Fiona put her arm around Hazel to guide her up the stairs. Holden and Alice were having a potty mouth frenzied giggle fest. Why is poop such a funny word?!

It was such a lovely weekend. I'm not excited to go back to work, but there's no Sunday night dread as there so often is. Four day weekends, pure bliss! I'm thankful for Easter, for the concentrated reflection on my Savior and all the He means and should mean to my life. I hope I can continue to be a little kinder, a little more patient, and a lot more loving.