Easter Sunday Highlights

I didn't expect Easter Sunday to be as lovely as it has been, I thought it would be pretty low key and didn't think Henry would really understand any of it, but we've had such a lovely day full of gorgeous moments and memories.

It started with an Easter egg hunt which Henry absolutely adored! He kept saying 'more' and was thrilled every time he found an egg. Hidden inside each plastic egg we'd put a mini Oreo or a foam banana or shrimp and it would be fair to say they went down a storm for breakfast.

Whenever Henry goes to playgroup or to the garden centre, he's makes straight for the cars. We've been meaning to get him a Cozy Coupe for ages but they're over £55, which isn't the sort of money you just spend on a toy. On Friday I was in Tesco and they were reduced to £35 and I just couldn't resist. I'm really NOT a fan of families that spend hundreds on presents at Easter and won't ever be the type of mum to buy my children presents at this time of year, so I'd like to stress now...this is absolutely not an Easter present hahah. Anyway, Henry was so happy when he found this waiting for him downstairs this morning, he played with it for hours and even sat in it to watch TV. His little face made it worth every penny.

Last Easter Henry was only 6 months old and had just been diagnosed with a dairy allergy, so this was his first ever Easter egg...a Hotel Chocolat one nonetheless!! He loved it and ate plenty more chocolate throughout the day; thank goodness for good dairy-free chocolate and very generous and thoughtful relatives!!

In the next village down from us there were hundreds of these beautiful knitted daffodils hanging all around the village for people to take home. They were knitted by members of the church there to spread the Easter message and just to wish people a happy Easter. The village looked so beautiful and it was such a lovely thing to do, I wish more villages had such a brilliant community spirit.

All the daddies went to the football after lunch, so the girls and children all went to the farm. Henry is such a farm boy, very unlike me and his daddy!! He had a brilliant afternoon feeding the lambs, stroking the donkeys, holding the chicks and feeding the goats with his big cousins. He was trying to make an eeyore noise like the donkey and must have said 'baaa' at least a hundred times. A really lovely afternoon in the sunshine.

After tea at Marmar's and a bath with his cousins, we finally got Henry home and to bed and we are now sitting in the peace and quiet and I'm about to tuck in to this bad boy Easter egg!! What an absolute treat after a busy day.