A Different Kind of Easter

Easter will be a bit different this year. We’re placing an order with a few vendors for an Easter morning pick-up at Westover Farmers Market. I’ve placed two orders so far: Atwater’s and Spring Valley Farm and Orchard. Atwater’s will be playing the part of the Easter Bunny this year; instead of chocolate eggs and jelly beans, the kids will find coconut macaroons, ginger cookies, and raspberry thumbprints in their Easter baskets (I’d say that’s a definite upgrade, myself). I am not at all interested in donning a mask and gloves and seeking out cheap candy that I really don’t want them to have, anyway.

Since we can’t arrive earlier than 9:00 at the Sunday market, we’ll have to tell the kids to wait to come downstairs until we get back. I don’t think that will be a problem for them and their teenage sleeping habits. Gone are the days of waking up at the crack of dawn to see where a human-sized, jacket-wearing, pantless rabbit has hidden their eggs and what he has left in their baskets. We will still hide some eggs, of course. They know all the hiding spots by now, but they still take great pleasure in knocking each other down in hot pursuit of a pastel-colored egg.