Happy Secular Saturday!!

Secular Saturday dates back to the early 1970s...when a newly formed union (also known as The Hatch Batch) wanted to instill the true importance of Easter and its meaning in their young brood. We, along with my siblings, have continued this family tradition. Festivities started on Friday night with a classic egg dying session. In our home, we usually dye raw eggs b/c I and the rest of my own brood do not care for hard boiled eggs. (Then we can reuse them. haha. And no raw egg has ever been broken during the hunt, I am pleased to say.) Of course, I did eat one or two of my late Grandmother's deviled eggs in the past. A couple of years ago, my sister C* and her kids spent Easter with us. With that many cousins in the house, I did boil the eggs. This year, I did boil the eggs...but that is simply a waste of eggs. Next year, they will be dyed raw again!






This year the Rascally Rabbit switched things up. Instead of hiding our dyed eggs, he hid plastic eggs filled with CANDY around the house. Each child had a designated color to find. Dad tried to get some good shots in, but of course, they was so much scurring about, that it was hard to get a focused shot. (DH likes posed pictures.)







Here are C* and M* sorting their eggs...I think this dates back to how we sort Halloween candy...hehe.




Although the Easter Bunny did not leave his usual (flour) footprints in the kitchen this year, he did leave some great toys.... and rather loud toys. I don't think that SHE realized how loud. But hey, it gets them off the computer/video/tv! I'm not complaining.







As with all great Secular Saturdays, today was spent lounging about, playing, eating candy (I think most of the candy is gone) and doing something fun as a family. The kids wanted to go eat lunch at an indoor playstructure. DH wanted Burger King...his favorite fast food that isn't super nearby us. I told him where we could find one with a playstructure and off we went! (I guess we should have brought our camera!)


With that, it's nearly 11pm...the kids are STILL awake. C* just asked, "Mom, what can I do?" Grrrrrrr...I said, "Go to bed, it's almost 11 o'clock!!"

Hopefully, they will sleep off this sugar fit and we'll have a peaceful, restful Sabbath, celebrating Christ's Atonement.

Happy Easter!!

LAST DAY to RAK Allison

Okay...tomorrow is the last day to RAK Allison and to let me know that you did it. Scroll down a bit to find the entry. Email me if you need her address. I'll be announcing the winner of the Gently Falling Stamp set first thing on Easter morning. (The Easter bunny comes to our house on Saturday morning. So that Sunday is left for the true celebration of Easter.)

Lookie here!

Here is my WATERMARK...by Cindy of Watermark Designs! I love it. And you can see it on the cards that I'll be posting to my SCS gallery! Thanks Cindy!

And the WEINER IS...

Wife2TJ!!!

Yeah! She wrote:

Wife2TJ said...
My guess is 250. Beautiful job on the tin!!!



There were 251 jelly beans in that stamp case. (And then we ate them. hehe.) So, Wife2TJ, please email me with real name and your addy. (dawnmercedes at hotmail) Be sure to write what colors you tend to use so I can punch out a bunch of scallops and fold up some card bases before I mail out this fabulous tin. (Ooooh, I really need to make one of these for me!)

To the rest of you, I wish I had a bunch more tins b/c you were such great sports at guessing. Many of you were in the correct range. While some of you...wel...I think you were just hoping there were 400+ candies in the box! :)

But, as you probably know, I have another contest going on...RAK Allison. Scroll down (to March 28th's entry) and you'll find the details, but she's a super great blog candy hound! You can email me for her addy. BE SURE TO POST a comment when you have mailed a card. I have given her email out to more people than the number of comments. I'll be doing the drawing based on those who left a comment. (Am I beating a dead horse here? I don't want anyone feeling left out b/c they didn't follow the directions. I know we all love FREE RUBBER!)

With that, I'll going to try to get some zzzzzzzzzz....

Coming soon...

My very own WATERMARK!!!

Today, I was picked to get a free watermark from Watermarkdesigns by Cindy Keery. Wow...I just went to her blog to get the link and she already has it done. It looks fabulous! Many thanks. Boy was that fast. Now...to figure out how to put them on my pictures! Meanwhile, go over to her blog and check it out!

Blog candy updates...

So I think I'll close the Jelly Bean Guessing Contest on Monday night...The person who guesses closest to the number of jelly beans in the stamp box, will get the tin with extra goodies inside! (Scroll down to see the prizes and make your guess.)

The RAK Allison contest will go on until Easter Sunday. I posted the prize here. Be sure to leave a comment after you have RAKed Allison so you are in the running! You can PM me on SCS or email me for her addy.