Easter Dinner

This year, we celebrated Easter with the Hamilton/Kneeling side.

I love having cousins so close to Parker's age.  Not only do they play together great, no one bats an eyelash when I suggest that we eat "lunch" at 4pm.

We had 11 adults and three toddlers, so we were pretty cosy around the dinner table, but it was a great time.

We didn't traditionally have Easter with the Kneeling side, usually we were with my Mom's family.  Easter with Dad's family is a new tradition we've started in adulthood, it's great to have a chance to see our cousins more than just Christmas Eve.

The Kneeling tradition for Easter dinner is salmon, corn casserole, and ambrosia cake.  I hate ham, so this seemed like a good menu for us as well.  Keith & Parker grilled up two beautiful salmon fillets.

Once the meal was over, all the little ones climbed into Cathee & Auntie Rosemary's laps for story time.

Parker & Fiona went for Cousin Cathee, while Cousin Sarah went for her Grandma Rosemary.

After lunch, Parker taught his cousins how to play "Ashy, Ashy" (also known as ring-around-the-rosie for those of us over two).

Parker LOVES "Ashy, Ashy" and will run around the house forever yelling: "Ashy, Ashy, Ashy, DOWN!"  It was adorable watching each of them chase after the other two, trying to hold hands & walk around in a circle.