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The Easter holidays are one of my favourite times of year. Normally we go away for a week as soon as the kids break up and then have lots of friends and family around for Easter weekend itself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sadly, nothing is normal right now so no trips away and no friends and family over \ud83d\ude41 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Differentiating the Easter holiday in 2020 <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We’ve just completed our first two weeks of homeschooling<\/a>. I’ve been fairly strict on routine and they’ve done a lot of work. Part of the reason for my approach is because I want to take our foot off the gas these coming two weeks so the Easter holidays can still feel significantly different whilst we continue to be confined to home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These next two weeks we won’t get up as early, we won’t be doing Joe Wicks, we won’t be structuring the day and there’ll be no formal learning. It’ll be a time to chill out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The girls’ ideas for Easter <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I asked the girls what they would like to happen at Easter within house and garden. Here’s what they said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Easter egg hunt<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Ready, steady hunt (2019) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We can definitely still do this whether it’s indoors or outdoors. We’ve had some hunts indoors when it’s pouring with rain or freezing cold and have done others outside very early in the morning when it’s been so hot the chocolate was melting. You’ve got to love the unpredictability of the British weather. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barbecue <\/h5>\n\n\n\n

It’s an Easter tradition to get the BBQ and spit out even if it rains. The girls have asked if we can cook burgers, chicken and arrosticini. Arrosticini are small lamb kebabs from the Abruzzo region of Italy. We’ve eaten them for as long as I can remember in Italy but last year I got my husband the specialised trough to cook them on and they were cemented as a firm favourite. We did a big summer BBQ last year and they were a huge hit with everyone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n