I pre-emtped the Beatles show today in favor of my The Music of Spring Columbia Special Products LP and more Easter specials. The Easter Bunny Is Comin' To Town in Rankin-Bass' third spring origin story. This time, the Easter rabbit is Sunny, who is determined to show what the orphans of isolated Kidsville can do in gloomy Town. His colorful eggs are a big hit with everyone but grouchy Dowager Dutchess Lilly Longtooth, who is determined that Sunny, the kids, and their new traditions stay out of Town forever! The Peanuts' spring festivities are less dire. It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown...or so Linus keeps claiming. While he insists that the mythical pooch will take care of all Easter fun, Lucy pesters Schroeder for presents, Sally goes spring shopping, Peppermint Patty and Marcie attempt to color eggs, Snoopy buys a bird house for Woodstock, and Charles Schultz makes some very pointed cracks at early Christmas sales.
Called Mom around 10:30. I wanted to catch her before she went to visit Anny or to start yard work. I did just get her before she was going out to the yard to rake. No one on the Cape May side of the family had any major Easter plans. Anny was just going to spend time with her son Skylar and her boyfriend. Dad and Mom were going to the Tuckahoe Inn, a fancy and quiet local restaurant that's popular with couples other childless folks, for Easter dinner.
I took the dolls outside this year for their Easter portraits. Other than it was windy, the weather continued to be beautiful. It was cloudy this morning, but by noon, the sun was out, and though the wind made it a bit cool, it wasn't nearly as cold as earlier in the week. The daffodils in the garden by first floor apartment looked so pretty, I took the dolls' photos there.
The Dolls' Easter Photos
Went back upstairs to upload the photos onto Photobook; ran Easter Parade as I worked. This 1948 MGM musical takes us to New York in 1912, just in time for the Easter Parade. Fred Astaire plays a vaudeville dancer whose partner (Ann Miller) just walked out on him to star in a Broadway revue. He vows he can make any chorus girl into a star...and chooses a singer from a bar show (Judy Garland). He tries to make her into a ballroom dancer, but soon discovers she's really more of a comedienne. The two return to New York to star in their own show...but then his original partner decides she wants him back, and his best friend has a crush on Garland...
Cute movie with some nice numbers, including Miller's "Shakin' the Blues Away," Astaire and Garland telling folks how they're "A Couple of Swells," and Peter Lawford getting through the charming "A Fella With an Umbrella." Fun for fans of the cast or musicals.
I finally headed to Dad's house after the movie ended. Things were just getting started when I arrived. My cousin Amber is visiting from Wisconsin with her two daughters, 7-year-old Ella and 3-year-old Lilly. She and I hid eggs around the front yard while the girls napped. When Rose and Craig arrived with a raring-to-go Khai, Amber got the girls up, and we turned them loose on the eggs. They were so funny! The trio hurried all over the yard, looking for all the candy-and-sticker-filled eggs they could find, especially the ones with their names on them that contained dollar bills!
We got the kids inside to look over their loot as more people arrived. Jodie's Aunt Colleen and her husband brought a lemon cake in an Easter cross pan. Amber's dad Mark and his girlfriend Vanessa brought macaroni and cheese, deviled eggs, and several of Vanessa's friends from Wisconsin. Rose brought sugar cookies with a satiny pastel swirl glaze. Jodie and Dad provided ham, turkey, rolls, Broccoli-Cauliflower Casserole, Green Bean Casserole, and Carrot-Celery Salad. Dessert included the lemon cake and cookies and my Key Lime Cake with Lime Buttercream Frosting.
After dinner, Mark offered to take Ella for a ride around the block on his motorcycle. She was absolutely thrilled! Little Lilly thought it was way too noisy and declined the offer. Khai was too little for a ride, but he did get his picture on it with Mark when it was parked. Not too long after that, we heard the Mr. Softee truck jingle up to our street. The kids somehow managed to talk some of the adults into money for ice cream and Spongebob Squarepants ice pops, even after all the food, candy, and cake! (I skipped the ice cream. I had the money, but I was way too full.) Jodie's son Jesse brought his spaniel mix Helio over to visit, much to the delight of Lilly and Khai, who chased him all over the kitchen.
The party was starting to wind down around 6:30-quarter of 7. I finally walked home, hugging the people I wouldn't see for a while (Amber and her girls are returning to Wisconsin tomorrow) and saying good-bye to those I'll be seeing tomorrow at my nephew Khai's birthday party. (His birthday was Saturday, but they didn't have the chance for a party until tomorrow.)
And I hope all of you had a wonderful Easter and Passover that was filled with springtime surprises!
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