Easter 2011

Has it really only been a week since easter? it seems so much longer...although I'm not sure why...maybe because things have slowed down in our lives this last week?

Been giving Easter a lot of thought this month and how I wanted to make sure my kids understand that although the Easter Bunny, baskets and eggs are fun, they aren't the reason we have Easter. A good friend of mine made us "Resurrection Eggs" which are a dozen plastic eggs filled with little symbols of the Resurrection. It was a great way to bring the scriptures and the understanding of what really happened to a level that my girls could comprehend. The day before on the ride home from the Tulip Festival we went through the 12 eggs and read the scriptures for each symbol. Afterwards we talked about it and how Christ is really the reason behind Easter and then I asked them what the Easter Bunny and everything else has to do with Easter-we decided it was a celebration of Spring.

Sunday was a great and fun day-it started out with a great Easter program in both Sacrament and Primary. I was able to teach the Sunbeams which was a great experience! We went through the Resurrection Eggs, colored pictures of Christ and the tomb and had snacks.

When we got home from church we found the Easter Bunny had paid us a visit. Leaving a trail of Jelly Beans and candy on the floor and up the stairs to where they found their Easter baskets on their beds. It did become a big joke that the Easter Bunny put the wrong basket on the wrong bed in the girls room. They giggled about it all night calling him Silly Easter Bunny.

Tate-well Tate came home a lil tired and although he was excited to find his Easter basket in his bed he was just as happy to sit in his bed with his binki and his blanket and play with his toys there while the girls did their own little easter egg hunt in the Family room.

Among all that candy-the girls mostly just played with it using it to make gardens and pathways for their new lil easter Dolls.

As for Easter Egg Dying we did things a little diffferently this year. Instead of Dying Easter eggs we painted ceramic eggs. It was still fun and an added a little twist to things. It was also a great activity for the girls to do while Mom and Dad had a little afternoon snooze.

Loved waking up to the results.

It was a really great day and we had a great time celebrating!