Easter is less than a week away! Yikes!There is an interesting e-mail going around about Easter. "Easter is always the first Sunday after the full moon after the Spring Equinox (which is March 20th). The dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew people used to identify Passover, which is why it moves around on our Roman calendar.
Here's the interesting info. This year is the earliest Easter any of us will ever see the rest of our lives! And only the most elderly of our population have ever seen it this early (95 years old or above!). And none of us have ever, or will ever, see it a day earlier! Here's the facts:
1) The next time Easter will be
this early (March 23) will be the year 2228 (220 years from now). The last time it was this early was 1913, so if you're 95 or older, you are the only ones that were around for that!
2) The next time it will be a day earlier, March 22, will be in
the year 2285 (277 years from now). The last time it was on March 22 was 1818. So no one alive today has or will ever see it any earlier than this year!"
Some interesting information. Would make for a good scrapbook page I thought! Could come up with some interesting titles for this too.
Anyway, I spent the weekend shopping for Easter Basket goodies for the kids. I like to fill their baskets with items other than candy. Clothes, new swimsuit, swim goggles, books, book lights,
t-shirts (my daughter likes
Hollister), flip flops, new socks, lip gloss, art pens... Last year we were on a plane to Washington D.C. on Easter Sunday. So it seemed like we missed Easter. On
Monday before we had to drop Lauren off with her People to People group we walked around and stopped by the White House. I never knew that the White House has an Easter Egg Roll on the Monday following Easter Sunday! So we walked right into this amazing event. They had tents all over the park across from the White House with games for the kids, food, giveaways, a small concert, and there was the egg hunt on the White House lawn! Too cool! This was an Easter to remember! Happy Holy Week!
If I had been home for Easter I would have made these! They are too stinkin' cute! I just love it every time I visit the Bakerella web site! They have so many cute ideas for Easter treats. I love the sheep they have on their site. These cute little Easter bunnies in their basket (cupcake). They wrapped them in cellophane so each one made a terrific gift! Plus the bunny cake balls on a stick! I'm wishin' I had been more creative. I'm feelin' like we need an Easter do-over!
immediately started to play. Walked around downtown San Luis Obispo. The town is constantly changing. This time, one of my favorites stores called Anne's has moved to a side street in a location a fourth of her original size. I am so bummed. I guess she can not compete with Banana Republic, Abercrombie & Fitch and Talbots.... however she has way better merchandise. Then we went to Avila Farms for our produce and Easter pie buy. Dinner at Cafe Roma - always on the agenda! Next day is Easter. We went to Easter mass then headed to the Avila Beach. It was packed full of people! We looked for shells, tried to get in the water (cold) and swung on the swings. The signs are still posted regarding the shark attack in 2006. A shark killed a morning swimmer that year not too far from the shore. 
Back at our house we went down to the "rocks" and looked for starfish and sea urchins. A really big wave got us all wet. It was alot of fun! There were so many sea lions and sea otters swimming around. They are so cute. And so vocal. It was as if they were saying happy Easter! Oh and we also had an Easter egg hunt. Even the teenagers participated! Some of the eggs were filled with money which had a greater incentive... Hope you had a wonderful Easter too. Now back to reality!
