Over the weekend, we had an
Easter Egg Hunt and Brunch for Little P and a few of her friends. The candy was
plentiful, the food was tasty and the Mimosa's were flowing (cause, you know,
that's how I roll).
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| 'I see it!' |
So this week, instead of a 'Nailed It' post, I'm going to do something a little
different and show you how we managed to pull of this little feat, considering
I was out EVERY. SINGLE. NIGHT. leading up to it (not on purpose, I swear, it's
just kind of how it worked out), and let me tell you, I was one tired Momma by
the end of it. But all the effort was so totally worth it.
First, I had to work out if I was going to theme it (there are way too many
ideas on Pinterest for this), but in the end decided to keep it pretty simple. I
used this bag topper, from the lovely ladies at eighteen25,
got these great chevron goody bags from 'Pick Your Plum', and my very talented friend Sierra,
made bunnies for the kids to take home with them.
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(excuse the quality and the backgrounds - I was running around
madly trying to get pic's taken before everyone turned up) |
Then it was a matter of deciding about the food. I went with a simple BBQ idea,
as it was going to be early (everyone arrived around 10am) and our guests
brought a side dish to go with the burgers, hot dogs and chicken that M had on
the grill (which I of course neglected to pictures of).
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| 'Found another one!' |
And of course, there were plenty of chocolate Easter eggs to go around (I think
these were probably the biggest hit).
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| The hunt in progress |
The kids had a blast finding the eggs, the grown-ups
got to enjoy a little conversation, some tasty treats and a liquid libation or
two.
At the end of it, the kids went home with their bunnies, goody bags and 'Bunny
Tails' (and were probably a little wired from all the chocolate that was
consumed while they were here), the grown-ups left with full tummies and happy little ones, and M, Little P and I
all promptly went and had a nap.
Sounds like a pretty good day to me. What says you?
Till next time,
K
Sounds like a job well done and good time had by all.
ReplyDeleteI didn't get nearly as many photo's as I would have liked (hard to play hostess and take pictures), but it was a blast.
DeleteLooks like you all had a great day. Someone pass me the burgers and chicken. I'm hungry! LOL
ReplyDeleteThanks. And we had sooo much left over. I swear, we always wind up cooking for an army, even if it's just 4 people.
DeleteLooks like they had a blast!!! That reminds me, I have to get my hands on some baskets... I'm such a Last Minute Lucy -_-
ReplyDeleteAnd I always have way too many on hand. I see a new cute one each year (that I just have to get), friends give them....it kind of just explodes from there.
DeleteWe always do BBQ for Easter, people think we're weird but it's our tradition and it's easy. It looks like fun and sometimes simple is better since you're not stressed.
ReplyDeleteHow can anyone agree with BBQ? It's quick, it's tasty and there's usually not a lot of washing up to do after. Sounds like a 'win win' to me.
DeleteSounds like fun!
ReplyDeleteI actually think the grown ups had more fun than the kids, but, hey, you get that.
DeleteThe easter bunnies you made are so cute! Procrastination at it's finest I just went easter basket shopping for JAM yesterday to avoid the rush of the last minute weekend shoppers. Growing up we always had BBQs and egg hunts with the family (i'm the oldest of 15 grandkids) so it's weird celebrating on our own since all of our family lives in Chicago. JAM has a ball though. A whole egg hunt and all the candy to himself :)
ReplyDeleteOur Easter Day growing was usually spent at the beach, so this is about as close as I get to emulating that tradition (till we manage to move back to Australia that is).
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