Sunday, April 24, 2011

Egg Hunting

Last year we hosted an extended family Easter egg hunt on Easter Saturday and we did it all over again yesterday.  Hopefully we can continue and it will become a little family tradition.  There's a bunch of kids now in the next generation all aged five and under, so it's pretty fun.

We get up early and set up.

setting up for a party


There's lots of yummies for morning tea.

Egg hunting party

smoked salmon bruschettas with fennel salad


Kids table


I have been wanting to try making danishes for awhile now, so I made rhubarb and custard ones out of this cookbook. They were very yummy (if I do say so myself).

rhubarb and custard danishes

And homemade hot cross buns, which thanks to Pip's tips I made the dough the night before and let them rise all night and then cooked them Saturday morning so they were nice and fresh.


And homemade musk sticks, just because. Packaged up for the kids to find in the hunt with cute labels from Babalisme.

Homemade musk sticks

There are games, which we take very seriously around here :)

Concentrating


And craft.

craft table

Finally, we have an egg hunt.

Egg Hunting


And of course, two of the cutest little bunnies around (who refuse to look at the camera).

my little Easter bunnies

Hope you and your family had a great Easter too!

4 comments:

Andrea said...

Just gorgeous Anna, love reading your posts! You are so talented and creative with the food, decorations and craft you make. Your girls are lovely too :-)

Kat said...

That looks like a lovely day! I can't wait till we have a proper house with a backyard so we can have people over for family bbq's.

Catherine said...

Anna your day looks like lots of fun and every thing looks perfect. You've gone to so much effort and it really shows. Homemade musk sticks sound yummy, I never had homemade ones before. Enjoy the rest of your long weekend.

Janine said...

Hello, I just found your blog and it's devine. Can I ask where you got your girls Easter skirts and tops from?
Can't wait to go through your blog. I am loving your photographs.
Thanks
Janine