We had been in the habit of taking Anthea out on an ‘adventure’ each Thursday and one of our last Thursdays before Lockdown, we went by bus to Toombul Shoppingtown. Riding in a bus is an adventure in itself for the grandies!
And of course morning tea was on the agenda when we got to the shopping centre.
Of course a ride on the escalator painted in rainbow colours was a must as well 😄!
I love the decorations that Bed Bath and Table sell, so the next stop in the centre was in that shop. The plan was to let Anthea choose an Easter decoration to start her own collection. As in every other year the store had the most beautiful items on display for sale. I have to admit that I tried to steer her away from the snow globes because of the glass but she really had fallen in love with one...so after discussing how careful she would have to be, we bought it.
Back home at our place, she was just so delighted with her gift.
A few days later Anthea and her little sister came for a visit and with their help, we started decorating the hutch.
And it wasn’t long after that, that we went into Lockdown. So I rearranged the display slightly and put some of the more fragile ( and sentimental) pieces on lower shelves. There was no risk of accidental breakages lol.
As Easter got closer, I went out and found some lovely Easter eggs in a quiet local shop. I made up 5 packages for the granddaughters plus some for our neighbours. Luckily our out of town grandie was in Brisbane for appointments so we were able to give her her package in person. Two of the other households, we did drive bys and left them on doorsteps. The drive to Kallangur was actually breaking the regulations as it isn’t a near suburb, but we didn’t see any roadblocks on the highway to or from there...phew!
I used the last of the bunnies that I bought at a sale a few years ago. They held the little eggs.
Just before Easter, restrictions eased to 2 visitors as long as it was either in your own suburb or adjoining ones. So we went to morning tea at DsD2 and her family’s place taking the Easter treats we had for the girls.
Nom nom chocolate 🍫😜!
We had some FaceTime with Miss Holly and her mum so she could tell us how much she liked her package that we’d left at their place.
I wore my bunny ears for that session.
We joined in Zoom services for Good Friday and Easter Day...and maintaining a little tradition in our parish, the females all wore hats/Easter Bonnets.
And our neighbour came and joined us for the Easter Day service...
So there you have it...our Easter 2020. It was certainly different but the essential elements were still there albeit a lot different.
For our children and their families, Easter was very different this year. Most years they go away for the 4 days but travelling was banned so they all stayed home. The 2 families who camp couldn’t, as parks and grounds were closed, as were barge services to favourite islands such as Moreton and Fraser. Since retiring, DH and I rarely travel at Easter any way as accomodation is always at higher prices, so we had usually travelled in off peak times.
