Easter around here

Sunday Easter was yesterday already.

Time is passing faster or slower? I am not certain.

Is it the pressure to keep everything going as normally as possibly for the kids, but with as so much to do and with so little resources, I find myself having almost no time at all. True, I have been writing on my blog more often... But that is also an exercise to keep my anxiety at bay. Focusing on little tasks to keep my mind busy. Focus on what I can manage...

To Easter egg hunt for kids, check!

Bake, check!

Write blog, check!

I prepared our Easter event as usual, a mini egg hunt around the garden. It's for kids such fun to search for the eggs that are hidden away! They run around searching everywhere and enjoy finding the eggs....and mostly eating the chocolate!
I then have to cope with ecstatic  kids for the rest of the Sunday but their happiness is a joy to watch. I hope that these little moments will be with them forever!

I start by placing eggs in really obvious places, we still have a little one that really needs to find some eggs too!

After finishing our egg hunt we had some Easter races! Our oldest was really keen on using the little bunnies to mark a race track! I had no idea that these little bunnies would be so much fun for the kids!

I still haven't finish my Easter embroidery. I started this little embroidery last year, but with everything... It pretty much remains untouched. Maybe some time this year I will manage to finish it! Nevertheless it still added some Easter sweetness to our home this year, and I managed to grab a few Flowers from our garden to add a special and different touch to our Easter Sunday lunch!

 We also had a special dessert Pao de Lo de Ovar. Maybe some time later I will share the recipe, bu today I will only drop the photo! This was lovely dessert and really tasty! Another sugar rush for the rest of the afternoon!

And this was our Easter Sunday!

Pandemia still lurking outside, but yesterday was just us. and I hope everyone enjoyed it!

I hope you enjoyed yours!

xx

Thinking about Easter

Hey you lovely reader!

I have been away for a while haven't why? So many apologies for that... Life and running around after two extremely energetic kidos just gets in the way of your favorite hobbies. I cannot believe that my oldest is already in primary school. I still feel that just yesterday he was a little toddler and moving to a big cot! I have really been missing writing and updating my blog. And yes, also my crafting and DiYing has been sidetracked. I will during time fill you in in recent changes and updates...

But for now, is all relating to crafts and easter crafts... Decorating the house with very cute and funny, but most importantly, reusable and ecological friendly easter evoking bunnies, chicks and eggs! And if the kidos can help me with is, better, as we all be crafting and enjoying ourselves... and keeping them busy! My oldest notices when I decorate and change little things around the house, and he usually does ask me to join in and help me. I have been making banners to mark important days, as birthdays, or recently, the 'World book day'. I make these with paper and craft thread! when it is finished and hanged, when they see it they all cheer and try to read it. Besides a colourful decoration with its bright paper and letterings, it is very didactic. The banners helps the kidos  get more familiar and confident with letter recognition and overall helps them to be confident readers!

Since Easter is approaching I am getting all materials to decorate for Easter, and started to cut out bunnies and circles for my Easter banner. The lidos very often want to join me with these activities. I am certain that if you have more time you can make these preparations faster and closer to the event, but since I am managing more things besides decorating, I am taking things slower and requiring more time... Just taking things very slow!

I am also preparing for a Easter egg hunt. I have bought last year egg containers to put treats inside, either chocolates and sweets inside,  and a puzzle. I will spread these randomly. I will not be only adding sweet treats... As puzzles can be so much fun to assemble together! They loved it last year so I will once again follow the same idea. For my Easter egg hunt I have already prepared some signalling bunnies, but this years I also added some eggs to identify the places where the eggs really are:

 In true honesty, I don't really know who does have more fun with this... Me getting all this prepared or them, really looking for the eggs! Hoping that both! I will add a template with all my designs if you wish to make these.

My favorite Easter project is an embroidery Easter hoop that I anted to hang as well. I inspired my design from a series of images that I googled...I am also attempting to do some new stitches, hoping that this will be finished in time...

Just a few little craft projects Easter themed that I am working on... Are you preparing for Easter as well? Let me know...!

xx