It's the day after Easter and although we had a great day, I'm glad to see the Easter Grass from my girls' baskets go in the trash. Even more, I'm sure my vacuum cleaner is glad to see it all go. That stuff was everywhere!
We had a wonderfully cozy Easter at home yesterday. The weather forecasters had been predicting 100% rain and chilly temperatures for the big day, so with that in mind we went to church on Saturday night instead. Afterwards we took the girls to go eat pizza. We decided that going out to eat at 8:30 is not a good idea-- especially when your children normally go to bed at 8:30. This made for two cranky children, but we survived. Sunday we woke up to the sound of rain lightly falling and it continued to fall all day long. We gave the girls their Easter baskets which contained art supplies and some candy. We also gave them a new picture Bible called The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones. I would highly recommend this one! It covers the main stories from both the Old and New Testament, but with each little story weaving the big story of Jesus within. We read several pages and the girls listened very intently.
Later my parents came over for lunch and afterwards we hunted Easter eggs in the house due to the inclement weather. We also did some egg races (where you carry an egg on a spoon in a relay-style race) and fit in a few games of Memory (the girls' favorite game at the moment). I love creating holiday memories for them that aim to focus less on the commercial side of the holiday, but rather the real meaning behind it. And hopefully when they are older and look back at their childhood, they see it full of family, comfort, laughter and love.
Saturday night before church.
Hannah posing
Leah looking like "a big girl!"
The cute bunny cake my mom made for the occasion.
I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT WEEKEND!
1 comment:
Sounds like you had a lovely Easter. I love that you are trying to keep the focus away from the commercial!
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