Bible Stories and Bunnies

Happy Easter 2013

This Easter was a chilly one! We headed early out on Saturday morning to attend a Easter Carnival at Gracie and Baileys new school for next year. I love that this school celebrates the child like joy in Easter as I fully believe that it is possible for children to understand the true meaning of Easter and to also experience the childhood fun of the Easter Bunny and egg hunts. I was actually quite amazed at how much the twins understood about Easter this year as it was a remarkable difference from last year. This year they could fully recount the Easter scripture and they focused on their feelings of sadness that Jesus died and joy about him rising again. Last year their focus was more on how the big rock in front of the tomb went boom when it opened and how the angels said "he is gone, he is gone!" They talked alot about how Jesus died and asked many questions about where Heaven is and why we can not go there and come back. I loved talking with them and answering these sweet questions regarding the foundation of our faith.
Going back to the Easter egg hunt and it being a chilly morning...I kind of felt like that worst mom ever because I did not pack jackets and my kids were freezing. Gracie and Bailey loved jumping in bouncy houses, decorating cookies and finding about a billion eggs! After the egg hunt we headed to our cousin's Mary Elizabeth's Birthday party and then to our Church for Easter services. Pulling into the church the twins fell asleep and we had to wake them up in order to drop them off in their classroom. The next morning we celebrating at home and dyed Easter eggs before going to Grammy's for an Easter dinner with family. We had such a fun time celebrating this Easter and we were all exhausted by the end of the weekend.