I’ve been doing a fair bit of ‘this time last year’ thinking over the last few weeks.
It feels so strange to think that a year ago the schools had just closed for the first time, and I was so optimistic that they would open up again after the Easter holidays! Now here we are, a year later and things are still only just, ever-so-slowly, creeping back to some kind of normality.
We still couldn’t go along for our usual big Easter egg hunts in the local parks, but the children still had a lot of fun following clues that led them all around the house to find the eggs that I had hidden.
We also didn’t have a roast dinner at my in-laws house which we’ve done a few times in the past for Easter, but we were able to go and sit in their garden in the sunshine. We took up homemade pizza to share and my mother-in-law cooked up some party food that we didn’t get to share on Boxing day, and we cracked open a bottle of clementine buck’s fizz that had also been waiting since Christmas to be enjoyed.
The children did egg and spoon races and played a bit of tennis. We talked, we ate, we drank, and it was just a wonderfully relaxed way to spend the day.
Just being able to see people in their gardens feels amazing after so long apart. And now the children are starting to get excited for possibly being able to have a sleepover with their grandparents next month, if restrictions keep being lifted.
For now though we have another week of holidays to enjoy, plenty of chocolate to eat, and a renewed sense of optimism that they might manage a full term at school to end the year this time around (oh I hope I don’t come to regret that comment!).
Yes, let’s cross our fingers that they can manage a full term- I think they’ll be the odd bubble bursting and a selection of children home but I really hope we don’t go back to closing all schools fully. This little taste of freedom we’ve had has been so wonderful. I never thought I’d enjoy a roast dinner sat outside in a coat but I really did!
Katrina x
Oh they are such happy, cute, Easter snaps. It looks like you had a great time!
Aww adorable Easter photos. Sounds like a lovely way to spend Easter to be honest! My three would be far happier with party food than a roast dinner anyway! Haha
Easter was so strange last year with nothing that we would usually have. This year has been so much nicer – and even vaguely normal! x
I love both their happy faces in these pictures! Glad to hear you had a good Easter – even if it was all outside. We’ve managed to see my mum and dad a few times since the restrictions have eased too and it’s been lovely x
It’s been so lovely being able to see family in gardens hasn’t it 🙂 x