Romeo Easters

The day before Easter, we color Easter eggs to "help the Easter Bunny." On Easter morning, Nic and I always get up early (even though Mom and Dad always tell us to sleep in!) We get a poem from the "Easter Bunny" with clues about where our baskets are hidden. Some years the baskets are easy to find and sometimes REALLY hard. Last year, my basket was in the fireplace and Nic's was in the clothes dryer.

While we hunt for our baskets, Dad and Mom make breakfast. I think they make breakfast so that we eat real food instead of only having chocolate for breakfast. After breakfast, we head to Mass. We usually serve as Altar Servers on Easter morning.

If we are having dinner at home, we always have lamb. One year, Dad cooked a leg of lamb at our fireplace. He tied a string to the leg and let it "spin" in front of a blazing fire all day. It smelled SO good. It was like food TV; watching the lamb spin all day made us really hungry. We can't do that every year because the weather is usually too warm.

My Mom makes deviled eggs with the Easter eggs. Dad and Nic don't like them so unless we have invited friends to eat Easter dinner with us, I get to eat my fill. Mom makes delicious deviled eggs. She says her secret ingredient is capers. Capers are Italian too, aren't they?

I hope the "Easter Bunny" is good to everyone! Happy Easter!