On Monday, Kiff became an official member of the Danvers High School National English Honor Society. He was being not only inducted as a member, but an officer...as he is the incoming vice president of the society.
We attended the meeting with him. It was neat ceremony with some speeches, an overview of the society, officer induction, a pledge, and some comments.
It was a lot of fun to watch and it was great to see Kiff become part of his third high school honor society.
We had another amazing Easter weekend this year. We actually did a lot of different things to celebrate both this weekend and leading up to it.
1. We decorated eggs a couple of weeks back, avoiding the egg coloring scramble we sometimes have.
2. On Thursday, I visited Mom on the Cape. I actually went by Nana's old house (there was traffic and I was directed that way). What made this memorable is that we used to go to Nana's house for Easter when I was really young, so it was sooo meaningful.
3. Emmie and I went out to breakfast on Friday and did baskets.
4. Bri and I made birds nest cookies on Saturday, which I think is starting to become a tradition.
5. We watched Ben-Hur the night before Easter, which is always memorable. We later saw a movie called "The Drama" which was interesting.
6. Bri and I tried to go to Mass on Sunday, but it was packed, so we watched in on TV.
7. We had our Easter brunch and even had a chance to catch a portion of The Wizard of Oz which used to be on Easter weekend when Emmie and I were kids.
All and all, a busy and memorable Easter weekend. Happy Easter!!!
Bri and I made bird's next cookies earlier today as part of our Easter weekend celebration. Making these cookies takes me back to being a kid and making them with my sister....which is one of many fun holiday memories I have with her.
The recipe we followed (we modified from one online) calls for:
• 1 bag semi sweet chocolate morsels
• 1 bag of dark chocolate morsels
• 1 bag of chow mein noodles (we had to get these at Stop and Shop, aisle 4)
• 1 bag of Cadbury eggs (which were harder to get this year...maybe because of tariffs or Maga sentiment about the fact they incorrect keep re-posting that Cadbury dropped the word Easter from its products?)
We put the morsels, half bag at a time, in the large purple mixing bowl. We heated them up in 30 second increments in the microwave, stirring them. After about three heating sessions, we added the last portions of the bag and heated them up some more. Perfect!
We slowly added the bag of chow mein noodles and Bri stirred. Then, I put wax paper on two cookie sheets and we set out the cookies to harden!!
Voila...a tasty treat!!! And here is the link to the recipe we used (the picture above is from the website): https://www.dinneratthezoo.com/birds-nest-cookies/
