Easter

On Good Friday, we set up a Easter tree with all our decorated eggs.  We made bread dough shapes.  Ate most of them and hung a person, a cockerel and a sun shape on our branch.    The story - "Cock a doodle doo" crows the cockerel, 'Wake up man!!, Wake up!!  The sun (Son) has arisen!!

On Holy Saturday, we baked and baked - hot cross buns and Colomba di Pasqua, the traditional Italian Easter bread.

and played with gooey goo (cornflower, water, food colouring)

On Easter Sunday, we left out some lettuce and carrots for the Easter hare.  He collected these and left Easter treats hidden in the garden.  What excitement and what a lot of chocolate eating! Although little Noah prefers unwrapping the chocolate to eating it.   The magical Easter bird also left several magical eggs (secretly prepared- deep red onion skin dyed chicken eggs).  

Then grandparents and aunt and uncle joined us for a family meal and fun for the rest of the day.

Today, Easter Monday, was handmade pasta making with Daddy.  In our family, traditionally the men usually make the pasta from family recipes passed along from Mark's Italian grandmother, Marcella.

Rolling out.

Hanging on the line to dry.

Cut and ready to cook.

Delicious with amatriciana sauce, sweet basil and parmesan.

And a long, happy Spring walk in the late afternoon.  

The hedgerows are in blossom.

Sol found an old tyre just perfect to serve as a seat in his secret den so it was father's duty to carry it home on the end of a stick..

The bluebells are just starting to peek out.....

On the way home we saw two brown hares sprinting across the field - magical and perfect.

Festivals, family, food and fun outdoors = happy days!