A white Easter

A belated Happy Easter!  

What's been going on in Kiev?  Loads of talk about the weather:

• "I've been here my whole life and never seen anything like it"
• "The most snow on record in 100 years" 

While it was a bit depressing to get snow AND rain on Saturday...... 

......I was nearly teary eyed to see city workers actually shoveling 

(with both major storms this year, several heads of the street cleaning department have been fired for poor performance)

Needless to say, the Easter bunny hid the eggs indoors this year & all was good

Until Zoe dropped & cracked her favorite one...

And while you'd surely miss the holiday if you relied on in-store cues to remind you - look REALLY hard & you can find a few Easter items

(Yes, this is the extent of the commercial side of Easter here.  This is all I've seen after scouring several stores)

My faves - crazy efficient 'egg sleeves'

While you DON'T see egg dyes in store (our babysitter told us how to use potatoe skins to dye eggs a nice shade of brown), they DO have these fab 'shrinky- dink-like' egg sleeves that make adding intricate designs a breeze!

Just slide the sleeve over your egg, drop it in hot water

3-5 seconds later...

Presto!

So while the jelly beans & bunny ears had to be imported via post (thanks Nana!), we were pretty excited about finding a cool holiday item here that I've never seen at Target or Walgreens.

Hope your Easter was festive!