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Easter is Familly Time {Contest}

4/6/2012

 
What is your family Easter like?  Mine has changed a lot over the years.  Leave a comment below for a chance to win a beautiful green stone necklace and $10 Amazon Gift Card.  One random name will be drawn to win on April 9th.  Don't forget to check out all the other blogs at www.thebloghopspot.com.
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When my children were young, we used to love coloring eggs.  We did it the old fashioned way with white vinegar and the pills of color.  White crayons always made names stand out or designs.  I hated the different non-traditional ways.  They didn't promise the beautiful colors that came from simply dunking the eggs.  My sisters and I (as well as later, my own children) used to try double dunking or dunking only partway to get certain colors, blends and designs.  
    The big day, the eggs were hidden and the baskets were full of chocolate and jelly beans.  I remember a few of those eggs never being found until weeks later.When my children were younger, we switched away from the candy (my kids didn't really like candy) to small toys.  I was always prompting my children to help them find the eggs.  Of course with that many eggs we would enjoy deviled eggs with our Holiday Ham dinner and many lunches of egg salad sandwiches. 
    We would dress up in our finest and head off to church that morning.  Then spend the rest of the afternoon searching for eggs again, enjoying our extended family.  Those hours were filled with delicious food, warm embraces and loving laughter.
    Today our Easter Holiday is much different.  With my children being grown we don't color eggs and hide them anymore.  And as a part of a divorced family... sometimes the kids have plans with their Dad's family.  But it is still important for us to get together as a family.  My mom passed away almost fifteen years ago and my dad decided not to host the big family dinner anymore.  He got ride of the dinning room furniture.  My husband and I (and any of the children who want to) drive down to Amherst, Ohio to an Easter bruch at a local restaurant.  We still have the delicious food, warm embraces, and loving laughter.  So in that way our holiday hasn't changed much.  Only the location has changed.  
    If you happen to be traveling this weekend, be safe and enjoy your time, traditions and family.  And if you are having Easter brunch at Deluca's, stop by and say hi!

Debbie
4/6/2012 12:01:25 am

Reminiscent memories of my child hood Easter activities. With 1/2 of my kids grown and one still "waffling" on the reality of the Easter Bunny, we still color the eggs - with vinegar and the colored pills - we still hide the eggs and we still get Easter baskets. All of my kids eat the candy so we still do that, but we've incorporated toys and an item we think they'd want. This year will be probably about the same as every other year - we'll hide the baskets, hide the eggs then all the kids will go their separate ways with hopes from me that they all come and end the day with a home cooked Ham dinner and some family time!

Melissa link
4/6/2012 04:55:44 am

I know how hard it is when kids get that age Debbie. I remember telling my sister that I saw the Easter Bunny standing over her hiding an egg by her bed, in order to keep her remembering!

Mike Woody
4/6/2012 12:19:14 am

My family still has an Easter Egg hunt, all ages included, but I do feel a little guilty knocking my 3-6 year old cousins down to get to an egg first. Hey, we're on the grass. And there's money in the eggs, usually just change but there's always a $10 egg too. I'm a writer, I need all the money I can get. What do little kids need with money?

Melissa link
4/6/2012 04:56:29 am

Hey Mike, maybe you will win that gift card! It's worth $10 too!

Peggy Browning link
4/6/2012 12:24:15 am

My children are busy with their own lives, so I don't plan a big feast. I do, however, go to the town where they live and watch my grandchildren hunt eggs at the City Egg Hunt on the Courthouse Square. This year, I have a new granddaughter who lives farther away from me. I'm mailing her Easter goodies to her.

Melissa link
4/6/2012 04:59:19 am

I imagine that I will be there too someday. Grandkids are wonderful but when they live far away it can be sad as well! Happy Easter!

Jeanie
4/6/2012 12:32:47 am

OMGosh I will be at DeLuca"s ....small world!!!!!

Melissa link
4/6/2012 05:00:00 am

Guess you will just have to sit down and eat with me then!

Karen H in NC
4/6/2012 01:32:33 am

Don't do much for Easter anymore. I'm in NC and my family is in MI. I'll see them again in July!

Dying Easter eggs...used to love that when I was a kid but there were so many of them, that I eventually got tired of it. Sort of like icing those 144 sugar cookies at Christmas...fun when it started but couldn't wait to get done!

kareninnc at gmail dot com

Melissa link
4/6/2012 04:57:33 am

Oh Karen you reminded me of the down side of those colored eggs! But in my family there were five girls so we always fought for the extra eggs!

Jessica
4/6/2012 03:18:47 am

family easter day? not much of gathering as my brothers are living away from my family. Now it's just me, parents and my sister for easter day celebration. pretty quiet without all the noisy niece.

thanks for the giveaway & happy easter day!

jessica
jessica_klang(at)hotmail(dot)com

Melissa link
4/6/2012 05:01:05 am

Jessica,
There are times when less is more! Enjoy your holiday!

Krista
4/6/2012 03:42:32 am

We don't live near any family, so we have a big party with all of your close friends. Lots of food and eggs :)

Melissa link
4/6/2012 05:01:42 am

Krista,
That sounds like a good time! Enjoy!

Jane Carroll link
4/6/2012 04:41:25 am

My favorite memory from my youth is having my picture made with my two sisters under the dogwood trees in Mother's yard...they seemed to bloom at the perfect time each year.

I used to make an Easter bunny cake with the girls when they were younger...never much of an egg dyer...

Happy Easter!

Melissa link
4/6/2012 05:02:36 am

Jane, I love the dogwood trees. We had one when my kids were little. It was the perfect for photographs! Happy Easter!

Trix
4/6/2012 05:14:47 am

Getting together with the family...might even dye some eggs!

Melissa link
4/7/2012 12:16:56 am

There are many different ways to dye eggs these days! Will you go traditional?

Ollie Moss
4/6/2012 07:36:55 am

Easter at my house has always been Sunday dinner, Easter baskets, and coloring eggs.

Thank you,

Ollie Moss
ollimo91@aol.com

Melissa link
4/7/2012 12:16:06 am

Isn't wonderful when you have these special holidays?

Suzy Roy
4/6/2012 07:40:48 am

Looking forward to Easter and the family gathering...Have a wonderful Easter!

Melissa link
4/7/2012 12:17:35 am

Family is what is important!

Megan
4/6/2012 08:37:22 am

We always do a cookout after church and hunt eggs (well the kids hunt, we watch). Thanks for the hop! Happy Easter!

megy_pooh@yahoo.com

Melissa link
4/7/2012 12:18:29 am

So many of our holidays are special because of the children. I love watching them delight in the hunt!

Lisa Walker
4/6/2012 08:38:21 am

Everything you described sounds exactly like my childhood! Even the forgotten eggs. One year we found one in the backyard on July 4th!
Thanks so much for the giveaway and Happy Easter!
sqwalker2@hotmail.com

Melissa link
4/7/2012 12:19:21 am

Lisa,
Can you believe that now they tell you not to use real eggs? Because you can't leave them out over night! It is silly how the things we did as kids can kill us today!

JeanP
4/6/2012 08:58:56 am

Nothing big this year, just a quiet Sunday dinner. Happy Easter!
Jean
skpetal at hotmail dot com

Melissa link
4/7/2012 12:20:25 am

Sometimes the quiet Sunday dinners are nice. Will you have ham?

Sue Sattler
4/6/2012 10:04:09 am

My kids and I always dyed Easter eggs and this year my grandkids will be here doing it. Because of a very bad year last year, two of my kids moved back home with their kids, 5, 4 and 2. We only hide plastic eggs and it has to be outside otherwise my dog Cujo will eat them all. I make a big breakfast and then we all go to my dads for dinner and more fun.

proudarmymom32(at)yahoo(dot)com

Melissa link
4/7/2012 12:22:45 am

I guess I didn't remember my mom doing anything different for us because of the dog, but it could be that I didn't know. I can just imagine seeing the colorful shells all over the place and your dog's innocent face. Thanks for the memory!

sue brandes
4/6/2012 11:25:29 am

When my kids were small we would color Easter eggs and put up decorations. Easter morning was church and then come home to find the eggs and baskets. And then a nice Easter diiner. Thanks for the giveaway.
katsrus(at)gmail(dot)com

Melissa link
4/7/2012 12:23:59 am

Decorations have certainly gotten larger than when I was a child. We were at the store the other day and saw a huge display. It is like Christmas or Halloween these days!

Cheryl Lynne
4/6/2012 11:38:40 am

I'm spending Easter with my family. We're watching some movies and I'm cooking a ham dinner.Thanks for the giveaway! happy Easter! cheryllynne(at)rocketmail(dot)com

Melissa link
4/7/2012 12:27:46 am

What movies will you watch? There are so many more fun Easter holiday movies than when I was a child!

Lexie@BookBug
4/6/2012 12:29:07 pm

My Easter is so much better now that I have children. I love to watch my son hunt for Easter eggs!
Thanks for the giveaway and Hoppy Easter!
lexie.bookbug at gmail dot com

Melissa link
4/7/2012 12:24:55 am

Kids make it so much more special. I loved when my kids were young. It made me feel like a child myself!

Sherry S.
4/6/2012 02:53:28 pm

I don't really do anything for Easter anymore sometimes I go to one of my brother or sisters.This year I'll be working.
sstrode at scrtc dot com

Melissa link
4/7/2012 12:26:52 am

Sherry,
Isn't it sad that as we get older some of those holidays change? But then again, I really value the people who work on the holidays. They should definately earn more. Happy Easter!

Juliana
4/6/2012 04:54:46 pm

Thanks for being part of the Hoppy Hop! Count me in, please! I celebrate Passover, which is fun and delicious.
OceanAkers(at)aol(dot)com

Melissa link
4/7/2012 12:29:07 am

Juliana,
I used to work for the Hillel on campus when I was first married. I was basically the Rabbi's secretary and remember all the work that went into the preparations for Passover! Enjoy!

Carolsue
4/6/2012 05:08:01 pm

Sometimes my daughter's birthday would fall on Easter -- then we would have a double celebration. Nowdays, it's pretty laid back and quiet. Thanks for the contest.
Digicats {at} Sbcglobal {dot} Net

Melissa link
4/7/2012 12:30:39 am

I remember the year that my sister was born. It happened to be Easter that year and we went to my grandmother's to find the eggs and celebrate while my mom was in the hospital. I can just imagine how much fun it was having a birthday on Easter!

Nancy S
4/6/2012 06:08:51 pm

The grandkids here are too old to hunt eggs (10 and 16) but they still get candy baskets. My favorite thing to do is snitch the Snicker's Eggs from their baskets.

Melissa link
4/7/2012 12:21:15 am

Aren't the Snickers eggs yummy!

Cora Shott
4/7/2012 04:02:47 am


This is a great way to introduce your books to new readers! I love discovering new authors. Thanks for participating. Have a Happy Easter!

My best Easter memories are of going to Easter Sunrise service (in a cemetary!) with my mom when I was a child and Easter egg hunts with my own children. Lots of wonderful memories of this special time of year!

Melissa link
4/7/2012 04:59:36 am

Thanks Cora! My book is a great price right now at $1.99! We used to do the cemetary for Memorial Day and even had a picnic! It was a big deal for the small town I lived in. We were small enough that everyone had family in that cemetary.

deb p
4/7/2012 05:39:29 am

We use to do an egg hunt, but now it's a nice meal and just alittle candy with family. Deb P
r.d1@myfairpoint.net
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Melissa link
4/7/2012 06:06:48 am

Deb... family is the most important part. Do you miss the egg hunt?

Crissy M.
4/7/2012 06:24:38 am

I spend every Easter with my nephew. We'll go to church in the morning. Then we'll go home to dye Easter eggs which inevitably ends in a war with dye in my hair. We'll take his sister on her first egg hunt. Then we'll cookout. He's getting to an age where he likes to help cook so he'll most likely be with me ALL day. i wouldn't have it any other way.

Happy Easter!!!

morris.crissy@gmail.com

Melissa link
4/7/2012 01:36:47 pm

That will be exciting for you to see your niece's first egg hunt!

Anne
4/7/2012 07:10:41 am

As a single adult I don't do anything special. As a child we did church, got treats from the Easter bunny and had a nice meal. That was pretty much it.

acm05atjuno.com

Melissa link
4/7/2012 01:37:47 pm

Anne,
I hope you at least get to enjoy the day with some fine weather! :)

Dovile
4/7/2012 08:46:16 am

Inmy family we don't hunt eggs, only eat them.

Melissa link
4/7/2012 01:38:29 pm

Eggs are a favorite for breakfast in my house! We go through about a dozen on the weekend mornings!

Lisa
4/7/2012 10:25:34 am

As a child, I didn't celebrate Easter since I am Jewish. My hubby is Catholic, so he goes to church. My kids don't understand the need to be quiet, so I stay home with them.

Wolphcall(at)bellsouth(dot)net

Melissa link
4/7/2012 01:39:24 pm

Lisa,
Will you get to celebrate Passover with your children? I find that children who have dual religious parents are doubly blessed!

Renee B
4/7/2012 02:52:17 pm

Woohoo! Blog Hopping! Hoppy Easter!

What a great way to discover new authors/blogs and visit with old friends. Everybody wins this way!

Easter is a time when all the family gathers and shares good food, fun and fellowship.


Thanks for being part of the hop and for the chance to win! <^_^>

reneebennett35(at)yahoo(dot)com

Melissa link
4/8/2012 12:13:55 pm

Renee,
I love your thought of finding new authors and visiting with old friends. :)

Brandi Slater
4/7/2012 03:29:54 pm

We still do egg hunts, sometimes church, and a big family dinner. Happy Easter and thanks for being part of the blog hop!

flava_sava_chick@yahoo.com

Melissa link
4/8/2012 12:14:59 pm

I hope you had a wonderful day with egg hunts, church and family dinner.

Linda Henderson
4/7/2012 04:26:44 pm

My kids are grown but we still have an Easter egg hunt for my grandkids. We usually try to have a family get-together for a big luncheon followed by the egg hunt. It's usually a pretty full and exhausting day. Thank you for the giveaway and I hope you have a wonderful Easter weekend.

seriousreader at live dot com

Melissa link
4/8/2012 12:16:24 pm

I hope you had a chance to rest today. :) It is fun to have fun with kids... they love holidays.

Elizabeth Hyatt (BookAttict)
4/7/2012 06:13:37 pm

Always a big family dinner with an Easter egg hunt for the kids!

elizabeth @ bookattict . com

Melissa link
4/8/2012 12:17:00 pm

I love the big family dinner! Did you have ham?

Krysta
4/7/2012 06:42:50 pm

Thanks for the chance to win :)

Morganlafey86(at)aol(dot)com

Melissa link
4/8/2012 12:17:28 pm

You are welcome!

JessS
4/7/2012 07:50:50 pm

Thanks for the giveaway! And Happy Easter! I'd love to enter if it's international.

jessicamariesutton(at)msn(dot)com

Melissa link
4/8/2012 12:18:21 pm

Thanks Jessica. If you win, I promise to send it to you! Where do you live?

Karen Propes
4/7/2012 10:00:00 pm

We love going to sunrise service then we have dinner with desserts that could only mirror Christmas. I bake all day Saturday, also making my chocolate candy treats. We have a egg hunt with prizesl like toys, candy and money. Love the Family gathering, catching up and sometimes making homemade ice cream.
ncjeepster@aol.com

Melissa link
4/8/2012 12:19:09 pm

Karen, It sounds like I should head to your house! Wow.. the whole thing sounds fun and yummy!

Rae M.
4/8/2012 02:07:39 am

Even though we're all older now, every other year I talk everyone into dying a few eggs. (And hey it's still fun!)
Instead of the Easter Bunny or Easter Egg Hunts, we'll have chocolate and candy put out on the table. (Pretty much any excuse to eat chocolate!)
We don't get dressed up anymore, like we did when we were kids ( thank goodness, it's only so long a girl likes ruffled socks and patent leather shoes!)
But we still do Easter dinner with ham. So basically it's a day of hanging out!

Thanks! Off to go convince some adults to dye some eggs!
rae.gwendy(at)gmail(dot)com

Melissa link
4/8/2012 12:21:05 pm

I love to have that family time to hang out! We hear some silly stories!

Mel Bourn
4/8/2012 06:56:24 am

I don’t have many memories of Easter as a child as we didn’t celebrate it. However, I make that up with my children. We go to church, hunt eggs, and go my husband’s parents’ house for dinner. Then the annual 4 square competition begins. It is so much fun!

Mel
Bournmelissa at hotmail dot com

Melissa link
4/8/2012 12:20:06 pm

Mel,
I'm glad you are making up for lost time. Children make every holiday better.

Ann Montclair link
4/8/2012 11:41:48 am

Lovely blog and terrific message. You are a true artist.

ann@annmontclair.com

Melissa link
4/8/2012 12:21:36 pm

Ann,
Thank you! :)

Shadow
4/8/2012 12:52:13 pm

Happy Easter! Thank you for the awesome giveaway! Im not doing much easter excerpt hanging out with my family. Were having a good time. :) Thanks!
shadowluvs2read(at)gmail(dot)com

Catherine
4/8/2012 01:56:05 pm

I love seeing girls in Easter bonnets. I only had a bonnet once when I was young. I got a pretty dress and white patent leather mary janes that same year. My parents couldn't afford it. That one year, when I was about 9, my grandparents bought the outfit. I felt so special and spiffy to have real Easter finery! It's a nice memory, even today.

catherinelee100 at gmail dot com

Fedora
4/8/2012 03:08:19 pm

We love the chance to celebrate the resurrection with our friends and family--it's a special time every year! Hope your weekend was lovely, too, Melissa!

f dot chen at comcast dot com

Barbara
4/8/2012 03:13:06 pm

We usually have dinner with the family...then my hubs and I settle in to watch The 10 Commandments on the TV. We're VERY laid back here. Hoppy Easter to you and yours...thx for the giveaway! :)

barbbattaglia @ yahoo.com


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