Easter

I got to enjoy a three-day weekend over Easter, since I work for a Lutheran-affiliated organization and we have Good Fridays off. It gave me the chance to catch up on all the "nothing" I wanted to do and rub it in the noses of the government employees who like to be all smug every year around President's Day. (You know who you are.)

On Thursday, I decided to kick off the weekend by taking Vivian out for a date night! We went to the Zin Room in downtown Omaha to try out some Lori Scott's basil chicken and bayou shrimp pasta sipping on some sweet white zinfandel. I'd heard good things about he place from a co-worker who highly recommended the wine-and-butter-infused broccoli. Afterward, we dropped by the AMC theater across the scree to watch The Hunger Games. I'd read the book in advance and found the film followed it pretty closely. I wasn't sure how to react to this, as the story unfolded just as I'd expected and left very few surprises for me. It was still fun to watch, though.

On Friday night, Vivian and I were scheduled to set up at JNO. This was much easier than expected, since someone showed up early and did nearly everything for us, so all we had to do was take people's money and snap picture of Hannah in her "I love swing dancing" onesie (lovingly crafted by our friend Lisa). We stayed until the shim sham just to prove to all the other parents out there that you don't have to wall yourself off at home every Friday night watching Netflix just because you have a kid. Hooray for being sociable!

Hannah's first Easter was full of food, candy, and awesomeness. She got a couple adorable outfits to wear for her first Easter — a cute blue dress and a peach-colored dress with its own Easter Bonnet. Vivian's parents dropped by with Easter baskets that they'd hidden around our yard when we weren't looking. Hannah got her own little Easter basket, and after collecting all the goodies outside we went inside to start devouring candy.

Easter dinner came soon enough, which consisted of glazed ham, beans, green fluff, deviled eggs, and all of our usual Easter foods. I collapsed in a food coma afterward and called my own folks to wish them a happy Easter holiday.