Every holiday is so much more fun and so much more special with a family of my own now. Even though my kids are too young to really understand what’s going on (oldest is 18 months and youngest is 3 months) I’ll do anything to get some sort of positive reaction out of them and if that means going all out for holidays just to get a tiny smile or a cute family photo at the end of it all, then it’s all worth it.

But Easter!

This year was such a hit with him, my husband has decided that Easter is his new favorite holiday. I threw together a SUPER last minute gathering (because that’s pretty much how they all come to fruition) for a few of our friends and family and it was SO nice having everyone come together. Call us crazy, but my husband and I LOVE having a house filled with a ton of screaming/happy kids running around and playing with each other. (Which is why we want 5 or 7 kids.)

 

There were only about 10 kids so I may have gone a little overboard with the amount of eggs we filled with candy and money for the Easter egg hunt (there was about 500) but it was so worth it and everyone loved it!

For Food

Appetizers were pastel-colored deviled eggs, chocolate covered strawberries and store bought hummus + pita, veggie + ranch tray and mini sandwich wraps.

For the entree we had steak, mushroom and potato skewers with white rice, honey glazed carrots, cucumber salad and Hawaiian rolls.

For dessert, I made what I always make for every party I throw and that is a Better Than Sex Cake (yes, that’s really what it’s called) but this time I added green dye to the cool whip to make “grass” and added yellow + pink bunny peeps with candy eggs on top to decorate it for the holiday.

For Drinks

I kept it really simple this time.

I did a mimosa bar (like I usually do) so there were different juices for the kids. There was also wine (obviously) and we had pink lemonade in a drink dispenser for some color and that’s what most of the kids ended up drinking anyway, so it worked out perfectly.

For Entertainment

Easter. Egg. Hunt. DUH!

Bubbles are also a HUGE hit with my favorite crowd of young people so we have a bubble machine that we bring out when they come over. I also had a variety of bubble toys for them to play with and slime/silly putty.

When it started to get a little chilly, everyone ended up in Kodah’s playroom or “playing” with the VR rendering of our future home lol. (That last part wasn’t planned) lol.

Overall: Success!

We had a house full of happy kids, closed out the night with extremely full hearts and my husband adopted a new favorite holiday! (Mine is still the 4th of July)

I LOVED this Easter. It was hands down my favorite one so far. Which just means that next year and all the other years have to be better than this one. No pressure though.