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Easter Traditions

     Just about every family has an Easter tradition, whether it is going to church together, that new outfit, Easter egg hunts, or going some place special.  I don't really know what I would say that our family traditions were as I was growing up.  I do remember getting a new dress, new shoes to match, and handbag and sometimes an Easter Bonnet.  We always had an Easter basket on Sunday morning, and would go to church together.

     As a parent, and mother I have tried to keep some of the same traditions as I had growing up.  For Ex. this Friday the kids are  out of school and we are going to go outside (weather permitting) lay out some old newspapers and we are going to dye the eggs.  My children are 2, 7, and 12 and this is one tradition I think you never out grow.  I myself still enjoy and love coloring the eggs, just to see who can come up with the most different looking egg.

     I also still do the egg hunts for all the kids around and we try to have a special egg that is usually marked $$$.  In the past it's value has been as much as $5.00 but for this year it may have to drop to $1.00.  The older kids like to do the hunt I think simply because they feel they have power but I always hide the eggs kind of in one general area but in three separate areas.  After the first hunt the 2 year (1 at last Easter) caught onto where the older kids eggs were hide and she would go over and look to see if there was one in there for her.  Needless to say before my weekend is done I have had to have many, many  Egg hunts before it is all over.

     Another tradition I always have for my lil ones is on Saturday before Easter our church has an Easter egg hunt for the children and a hot dog dinner. Afterwards they have play practice for the program on Sunday.  When we get back home I take the Easter baskets  and tell the kids we have to leave them out on the table.  It takes some time getting them to let me have them but I tell them that the Easter Bunny  is coming tonight to  put their stuff in their basket and if they don't leave it out he will not leave nothing for them.  It is always fun to wake up on Sunday morning and see their lil faces when they get their baskets.  It is almost like Christmas in April.


Happy Easter to all and leave comment telling me some of your favorite Easter traditions, games, recipes, etc.  Always up for new ideas.

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Easter Giveaway

     When we grow up to be adults we forget some of the small things in life that really matter.  What do you remember about your birthdays?  I remeber the Family getting together and Momma doing everything she could to make it a special day.  My birthday is exactly one week prior to my baby sisters birthday so the only birthday I had that was just mine was my first birthday and even then my mother was carrying her then so I have never really had a birthday to myself.  Gerrie was born one week after my first birthday, but my Mother still got us seperate cakes on occassions and I remember some of them.
     One year I believe for my 13 birthday my Mother got us a cake together and it was a Phone.  One side said "Jennie it is for you", and the other side siad " Gerrie it is for you".  We didn't have alot of money growing up so we didn't have the finest, but we always had family and alot of fun.

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Memorable Coca-Cola Family Moment

     I remember having Family dinners and get together as a child, and Granny Grandma would always come and eat with us.  She would share some stories about her when she was little and up to the age of 82 would get outside and play with her grandchildren and great grandchildren.  Granny like everyone else had a picky side to her, and not too often.  Generally she ate pretty much everything but when it came to something to drink she had 3 choices.  For breakfast she would have a cup of black coffee, and for lunch, supper, and in between she would have a cold glass of water or Coke.  Later on in her later years it became Diet Coke but still nothing else would do.

      If we had like a birthday party, or any kind of family social Granny Grandma would bring her own drink to be sure that she had what SHE wanted and not have to worry if it was there or not.  It was always funny and she was easy to get under her skin, so we as children would tease her about.  As I have grown up I now understand fully what she meant by taking her drinks with her.  At any given time I have a Coke in my car just in case I go somewhere and they don't have Coke.  Granny always knew what she wanted and there was no changing her mind.  If she said she wanted Coke then you got her a Coke.  Now everytime I think of Coke I think of her and visa versa.  I belive she is what made Coke for me and my family many years ago.
 
    I also remeber as a child when we would be sick or just our little tummies not feeling well my Mother would always go get us a cold Coca-Cola.  I don't really know what was in it but it was like a medicine for us, because we would always feel better.  It seemed to settle your stomache, and taste great at the same time.  Best medicine my mother ever gave me, I promise. To this day when I get sick or one of my children the first thing I do is make sure they have a nice cold glass of Coke to make them feel better.

    coca-Cola is a drink in the South that is like a fine wine, it goes great with everything from fish to a Filet mignon and from a Tomatoe sandwich to spagettii.  We not only enjoy the cool refreshing taste at our dinner table with Family but when we entertain it is the star of the party.  I have a big metal wash bucket and we load it down with Coke's and ice.  Now you are not limited by the original Coke you can can Coke with cherry and Coke with Vanilla.  There are many varieties availible to us but I am gonna have to stick the best, the original.  Never have been real big on too much change but alot of my friends like the diffrent varieties.

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