Blanket for Lauren Ross's baby girl

I made a little flannel blanket for Lauren. It's flannel, a white background with little gray and pink elephants.

Baby shower for Sis. Ross

Last night we had a baby shower for one of
Lexy's YW leaders, Sis. Ross. The YW
sponsored the party and Sis. Gillis and I
pulled off the food. There was a nice turnout
of women and girls. Sis. Ross got a lot of
nice little clothes and accessories. Just 2 1/2
weeks to go now!

The birds and the 3 eggs in the egg cups are handpainted wooden eggs from Poland--Mark brought them back.

My Easter Vignet.

Last Saturday we went to Occoquan Regional Park to the opening day of the BATTING CAGE. OK, we just did slow-pitch softball, but we had a great time.

Lemon Mousse Cheesecake

Here is another Easter treat--Lemon Mousse Cheesecake. It has a luscious nilla wafer and ginger cookie crust and lemon curd swirls throughout a creamy, cheesy lemon mousse. Again, I think it's just the third time I've made it in 20 years, kudos to Bon Appetit Magazine 1989.

This is an Easter lamb cake. It wasn't made with the original Czech recipe batter, but rather with a Southern Living Butter Pecan batter which was truly delicious. Thanks to Brett, I have this lovely mold from the Czech Republic.

Rowberrys and Cherrys

 

For the third time in 25 years (since acquiring the recipe from Bon Appetit Magazine) I made Easter Italian Savory Pie. It's an amazing dish composed of ricotta cheese, eggs, spinach, artichoke hearts, rosemary, mushrooms, panceta and other lovely things. Making the crust is the art of the matter though as 10 layers need to be rolled out and placed over each other (6 layers to the bottom and sides, and 4 to the top). When the filling is place, six indentations are made with a spoon, and a whole raw egg placed in each indentation, finish each egg with a dot of butter and seal with upper crust. Bake one hour and Italy comes home for Easter.

 

Easter Sunday at the Cherry's Home

In the afternoon, we went to the Cherry's home to celebrate Easter with a beautiful dinner and fine company.
Jon Cherry was bedecked in a striking aqua stripe Easter jelly bean polo and Janet wore a purple jelly bean top in her Easter coordination efforts. Each of the boys wore matching Hawaiian shirts and khaki knee-length shorts. The Rowberrys' had no such fine adornments but their individual personalities and radiant seasonal joy added immensely to the occasion.