There is no flippin way it's already the end of March! Yes, yes. I've been totally lax with the blog. It's been a mad roller coaster ride since right before Christmas so the blog took a backseat or otherwise got forgotten in the mess. But I'm back! (for now)
Will start with Easter, of course. Very quiet afternoon home with grandparents from Mystic and Aunt Betsy. Grandpa John treated the neighborhood to an impromptu bagpipe concert. It sounds really cool actually echoing through the trees. He'll be marching in the Mystic Parade on March 30th with his pipe and drum band (in full Scottish uniform too boot!). We'll be there to cheer him on.
I took about a dozen eggs and blew out the yolks for the kids to decorate. Yes, makes them much more delicate to work with. But Dana (and I) like it better this way. Alex doesn't give a hoot... he'll break the egg whether it's hardboiled, blown, fresh, whatever. In his view, eggs are for eating... anything else done with them is a waste of time. I colored one for him anyway... the wierd green thing with eyeballs. It's supposed to be Larry The Cucumber from Veggie Tales in his "Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" outfit. Well... Alex liked it :). Dana colored a bunch and so did grandma Cathy. The pic was taken right before Ani (our cat) kidnapped one of the little yellow chenille chicks.
Dinner was ham with an orange-rum glaze (yes, most of the rum made it into the glaze), mashed potato and parsnips, cranberry-pineapple sauce and sauteed green beans and mushrooms. The best part... tomorrow I get to make pasta fagioli with the ham bone!!!
