Happy Easter

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For I remember it is Easter morn,
And life and love and peace are all new born. ~Alice Freeman Palmer

Easter was one of my favorite holidays as a kid. I'll admit, though, I was and still am a holiday-a-holic. Easter was fabulous because there were no stipulations with it. No one ever says that the Easter bunny sees you when you're sleeping and when you're awake. He doesn't care if you've been bad or good. Or at least he didn't at our house.

Easter also made it officially feel like spring, even though spring usually started much sooner. Baskets, flowers, pastels, kids running around, the school year almost ending...what's not to like?

Here are some of my favorite memories from childhood Easters...what are yours?

• The church Easter egg hunts. Loads of kids running around a field trying to find eggs - there's sure to be some drama there!
• Wearing my new Easter dress, hat, gloves, shoes, and purse. Yes, I was dressed to the nines - like an 80 year old in a 5 year old's body.
• Peanut butter filled chocolate eggs. I don't dig the solid chocolate bunnies.
  
• Easter egg hunts at my grandparents' house after the church Easter egg hunt.
  
• Easter egg hunts at our own house after all of that. You can't hunt too many Easter eggs.
  
• Ham. Enough said.

I hope you all have a very Happy Easter today. Enjoy your families, eat lots of Cadbury cream eggs, and try not to go up a pants size.

Happy Easter