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Wednesday, Apr 13th 2011
Two years ago, my daughter created an homage to "Hannah Peeptana." This year's entry, "Peeper Swift," is totally different. Totally.
This is my husband's ironic take on the NPR defunding controversy. You weren't breahtlessly following the potential defuding of NPR outside the Beltway? What? You have lives? (I especially like Big Bird's legs.)
This is my little guy's "National Peep Zoo." Each peep is an animal. See if you can spot a tiger, a crocodile, a giraffe, and a platypus. What? He's nine. Plus, he only had used straws to work with.
My thirteen-year-old can't decide if this is "The Peaples" (ie: The Beatles) or iPeep2 (ie: iPad2). I think it's a moving commentary on the brave Middle Eastern protests for freedom, but whatever.
And finally, the crowning jewel of Cusey peepdom. I attempted to create cherry blossoms from peeps, the Jefferson Memorial from a mostly empty, stale bag of marshmallows I found in the back of the cabinet, and the reflecting pool from blue peeps. As is so often the case with me, the concept outpaced the execution.
As as the dogwoods bloom each spring, the Washington Post sponsors a contest in which people make dioramas using Peeps, those unnatural marshmallow creatures that emerge with the tulips each year. Every year, the Cusey family joins in. We painstakingly plan our dioramas for about five minutes, then toil over them for about twenty minutes. Generally, we use whatever we find around the house. I don't think we even look in drawers. We just grab whatever's in plain sight.
Astonishingly, we have not yet won. I'm thinking 2012 is our year, though.
The 2011 winner is an overachieving production based on the rescue of the Chilean miners, complete with discernable rock strata and a working pulley system. Show offs.
What are your favorite Easter traditions?
Family traditions connect us to past (and even future!) generations, in some mysterious way the annual rituals provide comfort. When done well (notwithstanding Hannah Peep-tana!) they create some of life's most memorable moments.
What are your families favorite traditions? Don't have any yet? Read the comments for inspiration!
Rebecca Cusey
Rebecca Cusey is the official movie reviewer for SixSeeds.tv. A member of the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association and the Television Critics Association, she does celebrity interviews, reviews, trend pieces, and event coverage. Her work has appeared in USA Today, The Huffington Post, The Washington Post, Comcast.net, World Magazine, National Review Online, Relevant Magazine, Beliefnet.com, and many other outlets.
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by barbara rew #
We are Catholic/Christian so our Easter traditions center around the Resurrection of Jesus. Everything about Easter centers arond new life...eggs, flowers, bunnies. New life blooms all around us in this Spring season. New Life in Jesus Christ is all about putting on the "New Man" of loving God and trying to be that love towards our fellow man. We can only accomplish such a task with the grace that was won by Jesus on the cross. For the cross was the greatest example of laying down our lives for one another. Sharing this story with family members is our family tradition at Easter!
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Two years ago, my daughter created an homage to "Hannah Peeptana." This year's entry, "Peeper Swift," is totally different. Totally.
This is my husband's ironic take on the NPR defunding controversy. You weren't breahtlessly following the potential defuding of NPR outside the Beltway? What? You have lives? (I especially like Big Bird's legs.)
This is my little guy's "National Peep Zoo." Each peep is an animal. See if you can spot a tiger, a crocodile, a giraffe, and a platypus. What? He's nine. Plus, he only had used straws to work with.
My thirteen-year-old can't decide if this is "The Peaples" (ie: The Beatles) or iPeep2 (ie: iPad2). I think it's a moving commentary on the brave Middle Eastern protests for freedom, but whatever.
And finally, the crowning jewel of Cusey peepdom. I attempted to create cherry blossoms from peeps, the Jefferson Memorial from a mostly empty, stale bag of marshmallows I found in the back of the cabinet, and the reflecting pool from blue peeps. As is so often the case with me, the concept outpaced the execution.
by McJulieO #
Totally identify.