Happy Easter!!

When I was a little girl, my family made a big deal out of Easter. Out of all the Holidays, Easter was probably the family favorite. We always had Easter dresses, a few times we made our easter baskets, and we always went camping on Easter weekend (although, we never went too far). When we went camping, my mom would say something like "Oh, darn...I can't believe I forgot the matches! Now how are we going to start the fire. I guess I'd better run home and get them." Noone really thought this was strange because, well...of course my mom would forget something (as would any of us, for that matter. Forgetfulness is a dominant gene in my family). Well, when we'd get home after camping, all of our Easter baskets would be full and waiting on the kitchen table! But how could that be? We were all camping! Man, was I surprised to find out that it wasn't the Easter Bunny...but my mom.

The Nickle's had a pretty fun Easter this year. I really want to incorporate some of the same traditions with my little family. I made Mikayla's Easter basket out of a doily, glue, and a bowl. Next year she'll be able to help a little more with it. It was so cute when she found her Easter basket, she whispered "whoa" and proceded to climb onto the chairs to rummage

through all of her new goodies.However, besides the basket...this Easter wasn't the greatest. Mikayla was super rowdy at church, which mad Joel cranky...so I ended up taking them both home, then I came back to teach my class. PLUS...I have a super head cold and I can't breathe. So, instead of a fancy Easter dinner...we had frozen Pizza (which when I remembered that we had bought it, I almost cried I was so happy. I did not want to cook!) On the plus side..deosn't Mikayla look pretty in her Easter dress...awww...