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Bunny Bottom Breakfast

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Easter morning, the littles dined alfresco on these darling and refreshingly easy “bunny bottom” pancakes, green grapes and yogurt with a handful of sprinkles on top.
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Are those not positively the cutest?!?! Credit goes to the Chick n Coop. Hop on over there for the full how to.

xoxo

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Resurrection Eggs

Resurrection Eggs

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I’ve seen this floating all over Pinterest and thought it was an outstanding way to help intertwine the Easter story into the day’s festivities. Simply number twelve plastic eggs and fill each with the corresponding piece of the story and item. I followed this guide.
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#1: When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the people waved branches because that’s what people used to do when a king walked by. Mark 11:8-9 (a leaf)
#2: Later, Jesus had a special dinner with his friends. A woman came and poured perfume on his head. This showed that she knew that he was the Christ and she knew that he would die soon. Mark 14:3 (a piece of cloth with perfume on it)
#3: The next day, Jesus had another special meal with his friends. We call this The Last Supper. Jesus said that people who followed Him should have bread and wine or water to help them remember Him. Luke 22:19 (cracker)
#4: Jesus went to a garden to pray. (a flower)
#5: Judas was supposed to be one of Jesus’ special helpers, but instead he helped other men arrest Jesus. He did this because those men paid him money. Mark 14:10-11 (3 pennies)
#6: After Jesus was arrested, the soldiers were really mean to Him and made fun of Him. One thing that they did was to put a purple robe on Him. Only kings wore purple robes. They didn’t realize that He really was a King, they were just teasing Him because people thought He was a king! Mark 15:16-18(piece of purple cloth)
#7: Jesus was crucified. Mark 15:25 (crucifix or paper cross)
#8: When the soldiers put Jesus on the cross, they pounded nails into His hands and feet. (nail)
#9: Another thing the soldiers did to make fun of Jesus was to put a sign on the cross that said “THE KING OF THE JEWS” Again, they thought they were making fun of Him, they didn’t realize that He really was the King of the Jews! Mark 15:26 (paper sign that says “THE KING OF THE JEWS”)
#10: After Jesus died, His friends put his body in a tomb. Later, some of the women who followed Him came to the tomb to put spices on His body and wrapped Him in white cloth. That was something they did back then when someone died. Mark 16:1 (whole cloves and/or white cloth)
#11: The tomb had a rock that could roll over the opening to seal it. While the women were walking to the tomb, they wondered how they would get the stone out of the way. Mark 16:3-4 (smooth, round rock)
#12: When they got to the tomb, they were amazed to find that the stone had been rolled out of the way – and Jesus’ body was gone! Then an angel came and told them, “He is risen; he is not here” This egg is empty because Jesus’ tomb was empty. Jesus’ tomb was empty because He was resurrected!Mark 16:6

After our hunt, we took turns opening and reading the story to the littles in what was the sweetest part of my afternoon!
xoxo

A Dixie Delights Easter:

Easter Tablescape
Bunny Bottom Breakfast
Resurrection Eggs

The Bunny-tini

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Y’all know how I love my cocktails. This one was so divine last year that it made a reappearance for Easter 2012 and was deserving enough for mention in countless other posts. Pin this one for next year cause it’s a keeper…
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The Bunny-tini
3 1/2 cups Simply Raspberry Lemonade
3/4 cup coconut rum (Malibu)
5/8 cup amaretto
Simply mix, pour and embellish with a bunny Peep (cut a slit in the bottom of the Peep and the marshmallow inside will help stick it to your glass.)

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And fill up the little’s glasses with straight up raspberry lemonade. Which is incredibly delish in it’s own right.

Sister did in fact break her foot and is now sporting an air cast on from knee to toes. It's quite the fashion conundrum, that thing. Some are blaming the episode on the Bunny-tinis so please consume with caution :-)

Mother, the baby and I are headed to lunch with the PCP and will be making an appearance as Mystery Reader for his class. Since he has visitors coming, the PCP is pleased as punch to be buying his lunch. And luckily, sassy little E in his class let him know that only the vegetarian salad is a good choice seeing as it's slime free. A little nugget I'm glad to know as I embark on the always interesting school cafeteria adventure...
xoxo

A Dixie Delights Easter:

Easter 2012
Easter Tablescape
Bunny Bottom Breakfast
Resurrection Eggs

Easter 2011

Peep Pops

Easter Tablescape

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It will probably take me all week to wrap up Easter...so bear with me. Besides, I'm too exhausted from Spring Break to do much of anything new :-)

The table was set with an ivory and white linen monogrammed runner and coordinating napkins. The china and candlesticks are Lenox Butler’s Pantry, silver is Gorham Strasburg and crystal is Waterford Lismore Tall. The cloche pedestals are from Pottery Barn, nests are collected and eggs are from a local shoppe. Sister dolled up a Whole Foods lemon cake with edible grass, a chocolate bunny and large robin’s egg for the centerpiece.
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As for today, I’m packing away Easter, doing a bazillion loads of laundry and probably watching the baby's new Curious George movie on a never ending loop. Time to get this place back in order and the little people back on a schedule.
xoxo

A Dixie Delights Easter:

Easter 2012
Bunny-tini Cocktail

Easter 2011

Peep Pops

Easter Tablescape
Bunny Bottom Breakfast
Resurrection Eggs

Happy Easter

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I hope all of you had a wonderful and relaxing day, soaking up the company of loved ones and remembering the true meaning of Easter.

If there’s one sure fire thing about this family, we never ever pass up a photo op. And Easter is one of my favorites…I mean, how often have y’all seen Honey sporting a tie?!?! April 2012 444 copy

After we exhausted ourselves forever documenting every combination of ourselves in the front lawn, Honey’s Maple Bourbon Ham on the Big Green Egg made for a divine “linner” (or so we call the meal between lunch and dinner.)
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With our gullets sufficiently stuffed, Sister and her Mister headed out back for some highly inappropriate activity.
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Okay, I’m totally kidding. But it does look bad, no? She thinks she broke her foot hiding eggs and when her Mister tried to carry her to a chair in the shade we were all laughing so hysterically that they collapsed in the yard.
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Meanwhile, some bunny rang the bell…what could it be???
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Well, the Easter bunny, of course!
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I threw together these mason jar treats for the littles at about one a.m…
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And then more hysterics ensued when Mother came up the walk rolling Sister in the wagon…
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After pouring through the contents of our baskets, we were delighted to find out the bunny had been busy hiding eggs around back!
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After collecting up the loot, we had to sort and divide. Y’all see, I had the ingenious idea to buy each one a mini lego set and stuff the eggs with lego pieces. Well, each little had different colored eggs and it became a slight logistical nightmare to get everyone to hand them over to then divide them back up. However, they were super excited to put their pieces together! There were also twelve Resurrection Eggs in the mix so we took turns opening them and telling parts of the Easter story.
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After cleaning up the first round of dishes, it was time for dessert on the deck and a friendly family game of kick ball. We brought out the basket of Peep Pops, brought back last year’s Bunny-tinis and Sister outdid herself with the darling cake.
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The house is clean and quiet and I’m off to bed. I can hardly believe it’s back to school at the crack of dawn!

Happy Easter, y’all!
xoxo

PS. We don’t yet know the status of Sister’s foot as she refused the ER and no urgent cares were open today. She’ll be getting it checked out first thing in the morning.

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Easter 2011

Easter Eve

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Like last year, we spent Easter Eve hunting, dying, eating (and later stuffing) eggs! It was like wrestling with pigs getting these two dressed up for the day but it was well worth the effort to step out with such handsome lads in tow… (I die at that madras blazer.)
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We started our day with brunch and a hunt at the club. Mother and Daddy-O and Sister and her family were all in attendance at the days festivities. Oh, and Cookie was positively squealing with delight when the “big bunny” made a picture with his “little bunny” named “ears”.
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Back at home we completed the annual boiling and dyeing of the eggs. Of course the littles thoroughly enjoyed dipping and redipping theirs until they were all a lovely shade of brown. Alas, they will be devilled by morning :-)
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And now that the littles are tucked sweetly in bed, it’s time for the big bunny to get busy preparing for tomorrow!

Happy Easter Eve, y’all!
xoxo

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Your Weekend...

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Peep Pops {Free Printable}

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I know, I know…Peeps. AGAIN! I just can’t get enough of their marshmallowy goodness and all around adorbleness (yes, I just invented two words there.) We’ll be having a basket full of Peep Pops for our egg hunting extravaganza tomorrow afternoon. And you know I’ll be bringing back the bunny-tinis. A girl needs her cocktails, after all.
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The only thing better than having our very own basket of Peep Pops is having a few to share with our besties. Wrap them up in a cello bag, tie on my free printable tag (below) and voila…Peep Pops for your favorite peeps! I mean, who wouldn’t love puffed sugar rolled in sugar dipped in sugar and, finally, sprinkled with sugar?!?!
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To whip up your own Peep Pops in no time at all, simply melt white chocolate candy melts (Michael’s or any craft store) per the package instructions, roll your Peeps around in the chocolate and embellish with sprinkles.
Happy Easter gift tags
Happy Easter, y’all!
xoxo

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