On The Road Again, First Stop: Indiana For Easter

This is the first post of a new travel series.  In this series, we are headed east starting in Wisconsin and going all the way to Virginia to see the home of George Washington and Colonial Williamsburg.  But first, we stop in Indiana to celebrate Easter with my daughter, son-in-law, and the grandchildren.

It is about an eight hour drive from Wisconsin to Indiana, so my daughter's home is always the perfect pit stop to spend the night when traveling east.  I mean, who can beat not only a free room and meal for the night, but sweet time with these adorable little ones I call my grandchildren.  

I always love to go east in the spring because ya'll have a lot warmer temperatures than us northerners, plus I enjoy seeing the flowering trees and green grass.  I've been told these beautiful purple trees blooming all over the road sides as one heads east or Eastern Red buds.

I make one digital scrapbook a year for my grandchildren and I give it to them at Easter.  They love to look at photos of themselves and see all the things they have done during the year.

I also give them Easter baskets which they love opening!

This was the first year Lazarus was able to get an Easter basket.  He turned one in May.  Boy, did he get a kick out of opening up his basket.  He kept thinking "Is this really all for me?"  He wanted to eat everything in his basket at once.  Now if you're wondering what I put in a one year old's Easter basket that he could eat, it wasn't candy.  I purchased almost everything at Aldi:  dehydrated strawberries, and all the baby treats Aldi sells. 

The older kids got Easter crafts, some candy, healthy treats and small toys.

The boys favorite toy was some water bubble guns I purchased for $4.99 at Menards.  They had so much fun with them!

The next day we went to church where they had an Easter brunch and a lovely service.

In the afternoon we had an Easter Egg hunt.

We spent the rest of the day playing with the all the new toys and enjoying a traditional ham dinner.  It was a beautiful day. The weather was so perfect we even tried kite flying!  It worked great until Alethea let go of the kite.  😀

The next morning we were up at the crack for our next stop:  Frederick Maryland where we would spend the night before arriving at Mt. Vernon the next morning.

Have A Great Day!  Amy

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