Dedication

Nana is one dedicated person.   Dedicated to having an Easter Day meal that wasn’t compromised just because of a little thing like being out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean for the last nine days.   That’s right, Nana got off the plane and instead of going home, unpacking and getting some rest she and Papa missed out on during the overnight flight from Maui, she got in the very long Honeybaked Ham line in the hopes they still had ham by the time she got to the front of the line.

She didn’t have her Easter dishes, she told us, but she got Easter candy, napkins and other things and dressed her table up so well that unless you knew they weren’t her special Easter dishes, you wouldn’t have guessed.

Then she cooked.  There were eight items to wedge onto your plate.   Maybe nine, I can’t remember if when Papa and I were counting that included the bread or if it was the salad we forgot to add in.  There were enough things that you had to do space management on your place to get some of everything in.

And then there was dessert.   Nana had baked and decorated a cake.   All this less than twenty-four hours after we’d landed back in town.    She and Papa had my parents and us over for an early dinner.   We all had a good time.   Thank you to Nana and Papa for making our Easter Day a special one.

The Big Boy Tiny Girl Egg Hunt Alternation:   Nana, I mean the Easter Bunny, had hidden some eggs at their house when we arrived,   Blue for boys and pink for girls.   This was so my son wouldn’t  get more than half the eggs, and it was a good idea for sure.  My son helped his sister find hers, which she appreciated.

Then each child hid some additional eggs with Mimi.  She and my daughter hid some for her brother and after he had found his eggs, he and Mimi hid some for Reese.   They enjoyed being the “hider” of the eggs and the both liked getting extra eggs for their baskets.