Easter in Isolation

We're like two weeks past Easter now right - oh well. Turns out that stay-at-home orders really turn every day into the same day and then they FLY by. You're all "what the heck happened?" especially when you realize we have been home for six weeks. But during that time birthdays and holidays still roll through and Easter was no different. I'll admit, I was toying with the idea of skipping. Easter could have come and gone and the boys would have had pretty much no clue. But then it was mentioned on one of their classroom chats and their little ears perked right up. Eggs and candy! How many days Mommy? How many days until the Easter Bunny comes??

We managed to pull together some baskets and while we knew that Sunday mass was being live-streamed, we didn't watch it :-/ Instead we did the usual egg hunt and then we went for a family hike to Pegan Hill in South Natick. It wasn't a long one but it did get VERY muddy and it was quite strange to pass people and have them wearing masks and pull over 6 feet. One of the things I've noticed about social distancing is that people have kind of stopped smiling too. Just because you have to maintain personal space doesn't mean you can't look at people and greet them right? It happens everywhere now! Even people walking by our house. So weird. Smiling and waving doesn't make the virus more contagious. But anyway as you'll see the hike was very muddy and we eventually tromped through it all. Ashton was very excited about it and kept saying it was "an Easter adventure and a membory [sic] that I'll never forget!"

One more note about this Easter: my dear grandfather Papa passed away on Holy Thursday at the age of 92. I have some awesome blog posts with him in them (here and here are favorites). It was incredibly sad to lose him. I have so much gratitude for the many warm memories and the long life he lived. He was wonderful in every way.

Without further ado, Easter Sunday pictures. A basket, a hike, and some meatballs for dinner. Xoxo