What do you do for Easter?

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notanewuser wrote: »

Am mystified by the hordes of people on FB who seem to have gone utterly berserk buying 10+ eggs per child and piling them all up for th to find with cards and other presents this morning! !!!!!! is that about?!

It is definitely a world gone mad... mini Christmas... and I see and hear way too much parents putting all decisions on what their children do or don't want to do... One friend on facebook put up a post where they had booked a camping holiday for the family and because the 5 year old didn't want to leave the telly they didn't go... cue 'cute' photos of the 5 year old surrounded by chocolate eggs in front of the telly with a 'isn't she sweet' status......where's the "I'm the parent and you'll do what you're told" gone!

CH27

Dad always comes for lunch on Easter Sunday & we always have a roast lamb dinner.
At M&S on thursday you would have thought the world was ending the way people were piling their trolleys up.

balletshoes

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In the country where I was raised we always had a big lunch at the Grandparents or Uncle/Auntie's house. Big gathering lots of kids running about on mad chocolate sugar highs... playing cricket in the back garden, chatting to extended family members, massive lunch etc..

Now I live in Scotland it's not that big of an event. I'm sure it's down to family tradition, however, I do miss the old days....

What do you do, if anything, for Easter Sunday?

i grew up in scotland - our family tradition then (and still is) is for all of us to get together in the morning, outdoors if the weather is alright, to roll our hard-boiled coloured eggs. You have to keep rolling them until they crack, which with young kids can take a fair while :rotfl: Then as its Sunday we have Sunday dinner somewhere altogether, and of course, in between times, the kids get stuck into the chocolate eggs.

On the occasion that the weather is too bad to go outdoors to roll our eggs, the kids get to chuck one of their chocolate eggs down the stairs .

margaretclare

We used to do hard-boiled coloured eggs when I was growing up in Yorkshire. Onion skins on white eggs makes for a nice warm yellowy-brown, cochineal makes them red.

We never had chocolate eggs - sweets were rationed!

I don't have chocolate in any shape or form nowadays and not in contact with any children to buy chocolate for. I think I'd rather attempt doing the coloured hard-boiled eggs in preference to chocolate.

The shops are only closed for ONE day, and not even all the shops. The big supermarkets are all closed but Sainsbury's Local is open today.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Presently, I'm in bed. Partly because everything aches after;

Monday: meeting a producer mate who has set up a small record label and has some ideas he wants me to be involved in

Tuesday: seeing a mate who's a promoter, out with her and her OH for a curry

Wednesday: painting my bedroom to use up the last bits of paint from doing the living room. Well, three walls - I've yet to find the perfect red for behind my bed.

Thursday: huge gig in London

Friday: out with my best mate

Saturday: trip to the seaside with DD, Lovely Fella, LF's DD, looking after LFDD whilst he got some recording done and cooking a big pasta meal (that little Miss I'm Not Hungry Enough To Eat My Dinner But Is There Any Ice Cream For Afters demolished. And forgot about asking for ice cream again :A )

I've also fitted in a million loads of washing, cleaning the living room and kitchen and spending time chilling out with DD, as it's her last week here before moving into her Dad's new flat (:( for me, for her).

In a minute, because a) I need the loo and b) I'm starving, I'll get up, feed the cats, grab some marmite on toast and start cleaning the bathrooms.

It's been raining all morning, had some thunder and lightning earlier, so I'll only go out if DD wants something in particular to eat. As I'm in the town centre, there are plenty of shops open.


Tomorrow, might be seeing LF and LFDD again.

And then I've got a day at home alone when DD is back at school to get some work done (should take up a few hours), then I'm back at work on Wednesday.

Alchemilla

Easter eggs for breakfast-church-easter egg hunt-family lunch-easter egg hunt.

seven-day-weekend

We are in a village near Oxford looking after our friends' dog. I went to the village church service and it was very moving. I am not an Anglican and never have been, but I enjoyed the service and especially the part where I renewed my vows to follow Jesus.

Going to a car boot sale now with hubby. He had a headache and didn't feel well this morning - so going to see if some fresh air will sort him out x

Not an Easter egg in sight

Artytarty

We have a big family meal, turkey and all the trimmings, so basically it's like Christmas Day without the presents!
Argh, what am I doing on here?

marisco_2

A lovely long lie in. Then I was woken up by two little boys wearing bunny ears, bringing me my favourite breakfast in bed. I was very spoilt with two Easter eggs, cards and flowers . They nagged and cajoled me into getting up and starting their Easter egg hunt. They each get a couple of eggs, a t-shirt, some mini eggs and a Lindt bunny to find.

It has been raining all morning, sigh. So we have been snugged up nibbling on chocolate, drinking cuppas and watching some great movies. Some friends and their children are coming over later and I am cooking a roast for us all. Perfect!

tanith

Watching Netflix ,its cold wet and windy. I have a roast chicken dinner on the go .