Sunday, March 28, 2010

Passover + Easter = Passter/Eastover


We've been reading The Little Red Hen and the Passover Matzah for a few days at our house. Bug gets a kick out of it and Donnie can give the right inflection to all the Yiddishness in the book. Tomorrow is Passover so we'll have a mini Seder (is there such a thing?) with just Donnie, Bug and me. I'll make the dinner that Donnie requested continuing the tradition of his family holidays growing up. Which reminds me I should really start looking for his mom's recipes...


By the end of the week we'll be getting out the Easter baskets and looking for the fake grass. Donnie's always a good sport and gives up something for lent so we're both looking forward to Sunday morning and having some chocolate and other sweets. (Sadly, Target was out of my favorite Easter candy this weekend...I wanted to stock up.) We also gave up Chinese food and I'm thinking our Easter dinner will be egg rolls, fried wontons and crispy beef! I just hope this Easter isn't a replay of a few years ago when I had so much chocolate that I watched The Sopranos with a heating pad on my stomach. Then again if it happens this year I'll just call it a family tradition.

8 comments:

  1. Yep, if you do it twice, it's a tradition!
    I want some chinese food now. And chocolate.

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  2. Easter and Thanksgving are my favorite holidays. Happy Easter to you and your family!

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  3. Great to hear your traditions! We celebrate both Passover and Easter in our home and it is fun to hear what others do! What do you do for Christmas and Hannukah?

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  4. Happy Easter! Chinese food sounds like a TERRIFIC new tradition!!

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  5. Fun! I think it would be cool to celebrate both. Note to self: have Jewish friends invite me over. Happy Passover & Easter & Chocolate-eating & Chinese food!

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  6. I always eat too much on Easter...it never fails!

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  7. No such thing as too much chocolate... You must have just had the flu.

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  8. Chinese Eastover--kind of like 'Chinese New Year' but with a 'religions unite!' kind of feel. :)

    now that i think of it, i could really go for an eggroll right about now.

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