Seeds of kindness...

Among the many hats I wear these days, I am president of my sons cooperative day school. My first term of presidency is over and I agreed to stay on for a second term. However, the board has a tradition of holding a transitional meeting at the outgoing presidents house. It is attended by both the outgoing and incoming board members and our director. It is a nice night to thank everyone for their year of service and to welcome the new and returning members. I of course have to make it have a little theme... So I decided on spring flowers.

I planning on having appetizers and desserts and serving some wine and sangria.   I am also planning on giving the outgoing board members a bottle of wine as a little thank you gift. However, I wanted to work on a little something to thank everyone for coming and this is what I came up with...

Favor tags that read "Sow seeds of kindness each day" 

I got three different varieties of flowers and put them in little organza bags and tied them with the favor tag.

Then I put each little packet inside a plastic flower pot with green or yellow tissue paper.

A better detail of the finished product.  I think they are cute and simple and just a nice way to say thank you.

Easter dinner...

The days seem to flying by.  April is always a busy month, but with the addition of T-ball and warmer days playing outside I have neglected to update.  But I made it through my first Easter meal!!!


I made my own napkin rings from burlap and added a little button for a cute touch.  I also put a small chocolate bunny on each persons plate.   I also carried the burlap theme on my table runner...

 The kids table!

I found these cute bunny chair covers at the Dollar Tree.  I only had four kids so I just set the kitchen table for them.  At each place setting I made carrots for the kids.  I used my Wilton piping bag and filled them with Annie's Cheddar Bunnies.  Then I tied them off with lots of green curly ribbon.  The kids loved them!

The Food!

I roasted my very first leg of lamb.  I made up a recipe... It was basically a marinade of rosemary and mint with lots of fresh garlic and olive oil.  I rubbed it all over the meat and let it marinate together overnight- stuck it in the oven and it was delicious.

 I also had great Swedish roasted potatoes, a ham and lots of veggies!  But a big hit was the bunny crescent rolls.  Even the adults thought they were cute.

 

Dessert! 

Since I was busy making the meal, being the bunny and the hostess for the day, I asked everyone to bring dessert.  But for fun the kids and I did make cupcakes.  They were cute and simple and I dressed up the cake plate with a little paper Easter grass and ribbon. 

Hope you have enjoyed!!!