Monday, April 21, 2014

It's Monday - Happy Easter!


Happy Easter! 

I'm glad to report that this week was much better than the last one. I drove down to see my best friend on Friday afternoon (you mean you don't brave Easter weekend traffic and cross state lines on a whim?) and then came back on Saturday. On Sunday, the Easter bunny came to visit the kids, of course, and then we were off to church. 

Afterwards, we headed to my parents' house for lots of food, naps, and games of brains and skill. Our family plays a traditional game where you tap a hard boiled egg against the egg of the person next to you. If yours doesn't break, you get to keep playing. Yours truly was the winner this year(!). We also take the Easter egg hunt to a whole new level. You really haven't enjoyed an egg hunt until you are wondering if you should climb up on a roof or dig up a flower garden in order to find your eggs...

Happy Easter from our crazy, happy bunch to yours!

Read This Week:
While Beauty Slept
By Elizabeth Blackwell

The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
By Gabrielle Zevin


Posts from this Past Week:
Review of Attachments


Reading Now:
The Museum of Extraordinary Things

Up Next: 
Outside In
Outside In
By Doug Cooper 

What are you reading this week?

19 comments:

  1. Happy Easter! Sounds like you guys take your Easter egg hunts seriously! Nice review of Attachments last week too...

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    1. Thanks Greg. I hope you had a happy Easter as well!

      We do take our Easter egg hunts quite seriously, especially when my sisters bring a boyfriend home. Those poor guys need a long time to find their eggs!

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  2. Ooo While Beauty Slept looks really good!! I really liked The Museum of Extraordinary Things.

    It sounds like you had a wonderful Easter. :)

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    1. I'm liking The Museum of Extraordinary Things so far, but I think I liked The Dovekeepers better. Have you read that one?

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  3. Happy belated Easter! Sounds like a fun day was had by all. Love the photo too-- great photo op. Talking about family gaming, the (unfortunately) rare times that a large group of my extended family gets together we also play something. We had an early holiday get-together last weekend at my brother's and we took out 2 scrabble boards and played side by side tournaments for a couple of hours. Some of us are competitive :) Have a great week.

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    1. That sounds like a lot of fun! We don't play too much Scrabble, but we will play Uno, Apples to Apples, Phase 10 or Dutch Blitz.

      I hope you have a wonderful week too!

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  4. Sounds like a fabulous family weekend. I'm hoping to read the Museum of Extraordinary Things soon.

    Have a great week!
    Shelleyrae @ Book'd Out

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    1. It was great. It's so nice to have everybody together. :)

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  5. That egg hunt sounds like fun!
    Hope you are enjoying your books this week, Outside In looks very good.

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    1. Thanks Ciska! I am looking forward to starting it.

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  6. Really would like to have the Alice Hoffman one.

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    1. I got it from the library and I'm liking it so far!

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  7. While Beauty Slept sounds like a good one!

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    1. It was a good read. I feel like I need to add more fairy tale retellings to my life! :)

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  8. Happy Easter! Looks like you had a nice time with your family.

    I've heard good things about Alice Hoffman's latest - hope you like it. Enjoy your books this week!

    Sue

    Book By Book

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    1. I did have a nice time Sue. How was your Easter??

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  9. Glad you had a good week! I hope this one is good too.

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  10. Love your Easter tradition! Have a great week.

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