Happy Easter

We had a very low key but very happy Easter here at our little Brown house.  Hannah and Lily are on the mend and feeling better with each passing hour.  They both slept in this morning, which meant Matt and I could sleep in too!  When they finally did roll out of bed they were greeted with some Easter treats left by the Easter Bunny last night.

Hannah is wearing the same pajamas that she wore for Christmas.  She would wear nothing else last night saying she wore them for Santa so she had to wear them for the Easter Bunny.  Nothing says Easter like wool red plaid pajamas. :)

At the beginning of Lent we made a crown of thorns out of a grapevine wreath and some toothpicks.  Each time Hannah or Lily did a good deed or made a sacrifice they could pull one of the toothpicks out of the crown.  Their goal was to have all the thorns removed by Easter.

The thorns were all gone this morning and the crown became an Easter centerpiece for our table to remind us of the beauty of this wonderful day.

I was a little worried about breakfast this morning with our new non-dairy, non-egg and non-peanut diet.  Usually we break out the sausage balls (with cheese), cinnamon rolls (with milk and egg), and fruit for holiday breakfasts.  With a little thought though we managed to still have a breakfast that felt somewhat special with real deal bacon, non-dairy, non-egg cinnamon muffins (via my new cookbook The Food Allergy Mama's Baking Book) and some strawberries on the side.

After breakfast we went outside to hunt Easter eggs left by the Easter bunny in the backyard.  We did not go to church this morning because of lingering germs and with Hannah and Lily still not feeling 100%.  They were both in good spirits after breakfast and so I did coax them into putting on their Easter dresses to hunt eggs.

 
The Easter Bunny got a little creative this year with treats inside the Easter eggs.  No more milk chocolate bunnies, m&ms, etc...  Thankfully though, both the Easter bunny and I have discovered the yumminess of non-dairy chocolate chips.

These plus gummy fruit snacks and barrettes filled many of their eggs.

Oh, and funny how Hannah happened to find a land cruiser in one of the Easter eggs.  I think that egg was somehow meant for Matt. :)  The Easter Bunny knows us so well.

This was not our normal Easter but thankfully we were able to watch Mass on television and enjoy some quiet time at home.  I am looking forward to next year when we will hopefully all be healthy and celebrating Easter morning at church in the congregation singing Alleluia and then eating our Easter meal surrounded by extended family and friends. 

I hope that you all had a healthy and very blessed Easter day.