The stores have been filled with Easter dresses for a while now and when you have a daughter there is the need for a new dress every year. I used to find this an exciting time. I would enter the stores with the feeling of exhilaration and end up leaving feeling very defeated. You may ask why. I will tell you, it is not warm, sunny, or even a pleasant time of year here in the great north east. In fact it is cold, dreary, and if we are lucky muddy, but this year that will not be the case for it is to be snowy. That is not unheard of but still not pleasant.
So not one of those beautiful dresses that are hanging in the windows of the stores will be at all useful to us. So we go through what we have and try to make it look a bit more spring like. Maybe a hot pink shirt with the black pants or skirt, or maybe a pastel scarf with a sweater, the same sweater that we have been wearing to church all winter. And yes, boots will be worn. Not beautiful new riding boots that go great with our new spring outfit but L.L. Bean boots. Which are fine but really people it's April.
So for all of you that will be able to enjoy those beautiful dresses and sandals this Easter, I hope you are enjoying yourself and think of us just a little up here in the north where the children will hunt for eggs INSIDE the house rather than out in the lush, green grass.
