Easter

Spent Easter with mom at my sisters home.   Beautiful day and pretty azaleas blooming in her yard.   

Mom had a wonderful time and ate a great meal with us.

pulling into drive we are greeted by some fire red azaleas

Fountain was running with the sound of water trickling

Pretty white azaleas in front yard 

Inside on the table in the kitchen were these beautiful Dianthus that Amy and Jeremy brought her mom.

Amy has it under control helping prepare the meal

My macaroni and cheese made with extra sharp chedder cheese

yummm

mom enjoying her meal outside

In the distance from the patio are more blooming azaleas 

Quite a few crepe myrtles planted and trimmed

Like this little guy here

Mom ,  Donna and Amy

Me taking a picture of Jeremy taking a picture

Mom with a goody Easter bag of puzzle and books, and candy

Fun was had by all

Before we came to my sister's home,  I dropped by my grand childrens home to drop off some Easter goodies and they had just gotten back from church and dressed so pretty in their Easter dresses.

Genevieve with her smile

Adalyn

pretty little shiny shoes with the floral dress she picked out herself.

fun day

Looking for something to do with the girls, so we decided to take them to the Childrens Museum.   The Science Museum of Virginia is closed on Mondays.
While they played at different play stations there were some interesting posts on the walls about Easter traditions.

first in adalyn had to go down the slide

then genevieve - the area has like a little tree house type structure and they run up the steps to the slide.

carousel ride

Exchange of Easter Eggs dates back way before the holiday had even existed 

yet.       People use to practice the tradition of giving out eggs because they 

considered it to be symbolic of rebirth. 

There was this very large cow

The children took a shot of trying to milk it.

They both did well first time.

First time for Genevieve,  she squirted the water right in her face.

Adalyn takes a turn

As stated above:  

When taking a bite out of a chocolate Easter bunny, 76 % of Americans prefer to bite off the ears first.

57% prefer to eat the feet first.

About 47% prefer to eat the tail first.

In the old days, people associated pretzels with Easter.....

not chocolate.

This was because the twists of a pretzel resembled the folded arms when in  prayer.. 

The tallest chocolate Easter Egg was made in Italy...

it was 10.39 meters tall

and weighed about 7, 200 kg.

The dino cave looked dark and a little scary.  Adalyn was trying to 

persuade Genevieve to go in first... and she did.

got the all clear for Adalyn to go in.

water play

had to climb on 

she wants one at home of course

Easter symbolizes the Joy and celebration of new life.

Spring represents New Life .. Many animals have their babies in Spring.

Nice little facts posted here and there for the children to learn from..

Craft area for the children, they loved it here.

They wanted lemonade after this

Outside at the picnic area for a yogurt with oreo cookie crumbles and drink.

This is the Science Museum next door.  Will go there on a Tuesday thru Friday

Easter Art

So pretty here today.   I am potting some plants I purchased at Lavender Farms yesterday, in the meantime I am sharing some Easter art done by the grand girls last week.

genevieve's rabbit 

made with paper plates.

She wanted two different color eyes

Adalyn

showing opa

Outside on the porch is a good place for glitter, glue and cutting with scissors.

You will notice that the artwork on the brick is done by Genevieve,  she just had to pick up the colored chalk for a quick warm up.  

Adalyn

adalyn