The Spring Holidays, in my opinion, are just as much fun as the winter ones, with somewhat less stress. They also seem to be just as tradition filled, even though they don't revolve around present giving.The Spring holidays, to me, mean religious celebrations (big and small), family dinners, enjoying the warmer weather and a kick off to outdoor fun.
Every year when I was a child, my mom made a lamb cake. It was a stand alone 3D cake, and it sat in a bed of green coconut. I was always mesmerized by the colored coconut. My husband's Easter memories also involved lamb - roasted leg of lamb with garlic. Our first Easter, when we attempted to combine both traditions, made for an unpleasant holiday. He was expecting lamb, and he got a lamb cake. No garlic involved.
When I was a child, we always hid plastic Easter Eggs. One year, my uncle drove up for dinner on his brand new motorcycle. We were all enamored of it and he took each of us for rides. When it came time to hide Easter eggs, it was only logical (to my 8 year old mind) to hide an Easter egg in his tailpipe. It wasn't until much later that evening, after he'd left our house and gone on an extended ride, that we discovered the forgotten Easter egg - melted all over the inside of his tailpipe. It was an expensive lesson for us.
We have the biggest family in our extended family, and we have the biggest house, so we are often the home to host the Easter dinner. Every year, we try some new dishes, but we always have carrot souffle, corn pudding, baked ham and fluffy crescent rolls. It's a comforting monotony that I wouldn't change for anything. I love to have people over, love to decorate and feel warm and fuzzy inside when I see everyone around the table - even if we use plastic forks and paper plates. It's the family together that counts - hearing the uncles tease the little kids, listening to Grandpa's war stories and watching the babies grow. I'm anxious to have people over this year - I have several new decorating ideas that I've found on Pinterest and I'm ready to wow my family.
Will you entertain guests for the spring holidays? What are your best tips for preparing?
I don't think we are entertaining- but my best tips would be make sure to have plenty of food- and flexablity for those plans not to go exactly how you picture them!
We're not entertaining, we're going to the inlaws for a meal.
No tips... :-/
Quoting SabrinaLC:We're not entertaining, we're going to the inlaws for a meal.
No tips... :-/
Enjoy the time with the in laws!
no, we wont be. its always just our immediate family. we will go to my mils house in the morning, after the kids have discovered their baskets, ate breakfast and then get dressed. they will have an egg hunt there and we will come home for ham dinner. My Dh really doesnt have many holiday traditions. His family was not as into the holidays as we were growing up, so basically we go with my holiday traditions and he is ok with that.
I think that is the biggest tip anyone could fallow. Because we all know, that picture in your head isnt always executed as was as it looked in there LOL.
Quoting gacgbaker:I don't think we are entertaining- but my best tips would be make sure to have plenty of food- and flexablity for those plans not to go exactly how you picture them!
Normally I always host everything at my house but right now my hubby's family are all fighting with each other so no one is doing anything this year.
We just get together with my parents and brothers family. Egg hunt for the kids, egg toss game for all, dinner. Easy and relaxing.
What Is For Dinner? 5/21
- Carmen S
on Apr. 4, 2012 at 12:00 AM