eastover 2012

Yup, you read it right- it’s Eastover! (Easter + Passover) and we celebrated it this past weekend.

It all started with the dyeing of the eggs and Matzah to eat. Along with Elijah’s cup. Just in case he wanted to show up and help with the eggs…

Grandma & Grandpa came over to help too.All the egg festivities were then followed by the traditional viewing of The Ten Commandments on TV while eating Matzah & Tunafish sandwiches. Timmy asked to go to bed around 10:30, followed pretty much immediately by John. The boys and I stayed up till the end (about midnight). Can’t miss the whole parting of the sea…

And I would just like to mention that Yul Brynner was a hot pharaoh. Is that wrong? So let it be written…

The next morning, the boys went to Easter mass while I baked paper bag cookies, brownies and a green bean cassarole. We went over to Grandma & Grandpa’s with my parents, Uncle Nelson, Aunt Anne & Bobby for dinner. Or Linner. (since it was about 4pm when we ate, it is NOT dinner).Timmy’s new pose for every picture. And Tebowing. Well, it is a religious holiday after all.And my favorite part of Eastover- the positioning of the ham right next to the matzah. See, we can all get along!! Even the food.And finally the wearing of the Eastover bonnet. Hoping you all had a lovely Eastover too. No matter what parts of it you celebrate!! (oh, and I didn’t mention above that on Good Friday I had a chicken parm hero for dinner. Wrong on countless number of levels, but it sure tasted good…)