Our Easter looked very different this year amid a global pandemic. Churches are all closed so we didn't have a Holy Week of busy evenings, heading over to church after school and work. We did participate in some online Masses and I pulled out our Arch books and other religious kids books to read to Johanna. We were grateful to have a new outdoor Stations of the Cross installed by Peter for his Eagle Scout project. Megan, Bridget, Johanna and I went on Good Friday with our "Way of the Cross" booklets in digital format. The wind was chilly and our singing was off but I was so glad we went.
Because we were all home, we had plenty of time to dye eggs, although the egg supply struggled to meet the demand shift from restaurants to grocery stores and eggs were regularly sold out. I did manage to find a few dozen so we set up the kitchen for some science and art. Rachael spear-headed a natural dye color operation, gathering things from the yard, fridge and around the house. It was really interesting to observe as the girls mixed and steeped and strained. It was time consuming, so we did a set of regular Paas dyes as well. The results were beautiful.
Emma came down to join us and it wasn't until she was on her way, that I stopped and realized that we were not supposed to be having non-household members over. Never had I thought of Emma as a non-household member. It gave me pause but we continued and went against the health and government mandates. We were so glad to see her, and know she was well.
We had simple Easter baskets and shared our Easter brunch together. We played a new game called Sagrada which is a dice drafting game based on the Basilica Sagrada Familia. It took a little while to get a handle on the directions but once we got going it was fun.
That evening we had arranged a Jauquet family video call. It was great to see each other and talk. Dad had trouble with his video camera and then his mic and after Joe went over to help, he decided to bring Dad back to his house. They live really close by and decided to consider each other household members. Once Dad got to a place where he could participate we began with prayer. Johanna asked to sing, she has been missing singing together at church, so we did but the video delays made that a painful process. it was great to go around and check in with everyone and take turns telling stories.
We called the Grandma Kate and Pawpaw as well and we also did a video call with Bill. There was lots of discussion about school and digital learning and adjusting to quarantine and gaming.
It was a strange but fun day full of blessing.
We are an Easter People! Alleluia!
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