Happy Easter!

We’ve had a busy but fun Easter weekend.  It kicked off Friday night with a Pirates game.  They beat the Manchester Monarchs 6-3!

On Saturday, Kaitlyn skipped dance class in the morning and went over to our church instead.  We heard the Easter story, sang songs, and learned about the contents of a traditional Easter basket.   Then Monsignor Henchal blessed the kids’ Easter baskets before the egg hunt.

After the egg hunt, we went down two Two Lights for lunch.  It was the Lobster Shack’s opening day.  It was great being there before all the tourists arrive for the season.  Parking was so much easier!  The lobster rolls were just as good as last year!  We can’t wait to go back…

Next we unfortunately had to take Kevin to work, but we went home and made a surprise Easter dessert for Kevin and Grammy.  I’m pretty impressed with the next picture.  I snapped it one handed while teaching Kaitlyn the fine art of using a Wilton cake decorating tip and piping bag to make “grass”!

Kaitlyn is putting the “Easter Eggs” in the “grass”.  Some of the “eggs” are jelly beans and others are Hershey chocolate eggs.

All done!  Some will be coming in to work with me tomorrow.

Next up was egg dying and decorating!

After we were done decorating, Kaitlyn asked what we were going to do with the eggs.  I told her we were going to eat them.  Her response?  “Ewww. I don’t want to eat the stickers!”

This morning we went to Mass.  Kaitlyn got lots of compliments on her dress.   I can’t believe how grown up she looks here!

The Easter Bunny came while we were at church!

Right now Kaitlyn is watching Cars 2 which the Easter Bunny brought her and looking pretty tired.  She will definitely be crashing soon.  Hope everyone else had a great Easter!  We sure did!

St. Patrick’s Day

After Mass, we attended the St. Patrick’s Day dinner at our church.  It was delicious!  During the dinner, they held a raffle for 3 prizes: two gift certificates to a local restaurant and a gorgeous scarf imported from Ireland.  Monsignor Henchal asked Kaitlyn to pull the raffle tickets.  He told everyone that they needed someone “innocent since he might cheat “

She couldn’t have done a better job.  Monsignor Paul won one of the restaurant gift certificates and Monsignor Henchal won the scarf!  He was kind enough to give me the scarf.

Kaitlyn won the fairy wings as a door prize. 

Cancer Awareness Night

This year the Pirates hosted their first Cancer Awareness Night.  everyone was supposed to wear purple.  The fan wearing the most purple won a tour of the Pirates’ locker room.  We tried hard…  Kaitlyn was in purple from head to toe, but the kids that won actually colored their hair purple too…

The players wore special purple jerseys…

Kaitlyn got a game puck from one of our favorite players this year, Joel Rechlicz (Recker)…

Maine Restaurant Week

Every year Kevin and I try to go to about 3 restaurants for Maine Restaurant Week.  We try to mix up places we’ve been with places we haven’t.  For 10 days, participating restaurants offer specially priced 3 course meals.  Some of the restaurants also offer 2 course lunches.   The restaurants post their Restaurant Week menus online.  Each restaurant usually posts 3 appetizers, 3 entrees, and 3 desserts on their menu.  Sometimes they are dishes the restaurant is known for and sometimes it is a special menu the restaurant has created exclusively for Restaurant Week.
This year we hit up Bucks Naked Barbecue in the Old Port first.  This was a new restaurant for us.  Kaitlyn loved it because they have a kids area to play in.
Kevin and I both had the Thai Chili Shrimp for our appetizer.
Kevin had the Half Rack of St. Louis Ribs with steak fries, cornbread, and baked beans for his entrée.
I had the Smoked Prime Rib with hush puppies and a baked potato.
For dessert we both had the Sweet Potato Pie.

The next restaurant we chose was Dry Dock.  Again Kevin and I chose the same appetizer: Coconut Shrimp with Pineapple Dipping Sauce.
For his entrée Kevin selected the Sea Food Platter with Haddock, Clams, and Maine Shrimp served with French Fries.
I had the Grilled Atlantic Salmon with artichoke hearts, olives, and lemon herb vinaigrette, and roasted potatoes.
For dessert, Kevin had the Peanut Butter Pie
I had the house made Chocolate Mousse.


Next up was RiRas!  Kevin chose the Irish Potato Cake served with a savory sour cream and balsamic glaze.
I chose the Whiskey Garlic Mussels.
Kevin went traditional and chose the Fish n’ Chips for his entree.
I chose the Beef n’ Guinness Stew.
Kevin had the vanilla Crème Brule for dessert.
I had the Flourless Chocolate Cake served with strawberry sauce and whipped cream.

Finally we went back to Bucks for lunch one day…
Kevin and I both chose the Smoked Chili for our appetizer.
For my entrée I chose the House Smoked Peppered Pastrami Sandwich with Potato Salad.
And Kevin had the Cuban Sandwich with Baked Beans.