We had a wonderful first Easter with Sylvan, with three of our favorite traditions. Church on Sunday morning, lunch with good friends at our house, and a trip to Dumbarton Oaks to see the gardens. The fun thing about lunch and Dumbarton Oaks is that both activities are a little different each year. Certainly the menu changes, but we've also evolved over time from a somewhat boozy, relaxing meal on nice china to a rather more chaotic and festive event with 4 small children and melamine plates! And Dumbarton is always beautiful in springtime, and always at a slightly different point in the flowering cycles and temperature each Easter. This year the forsythia and plum walk were almost peak and the carpet of blue flowers (I've since learned called Siberia squill) were just beautiful. It was a perfect spring day!