Easter is one of my favorite holidays. Just when you think you can't stand any more winter with cold days and dead trees and flowers, hope springs with a tree full of blooms. And what a perfect analogy for the resurrection of Christ - all hope gone with the death of the promised one. But through his resurrection, we have eternal hope. It just doesn't get any better than that!
And another thing I love about Easter - coloring eggs. This year, Maddie and I decided to try a new technique that I saw on Pinterest. You wrap raw eggs in silk neckties and boil them in a vinegar and water mix. Then 20 minutes later, you unwrap the eggs and this is what you get:
It was a fun experiment and we enjoyed trying something new. And they came out really, really cool. But, we decided to also color eggs the tradtional way so we could include the boys. It was also fun and this was Mason's first year to get in on the fun.
Ready to start
Took a little break to eat an egg
The finished product
Finally, on Easter Sunday morning, the kiddos got to check out their Easter baskets. Poor Mason saw candy and all he wanted to do was eat it! But there was enough other stuff to keep him occupied and he got over it pretty quickly.
I was able to get some decent pictures of the kids this year - now that Mason is a little older it is getting easier. We did attempt a family picture as well and it turned out okay.
We went to church, then hurried home to pick up the food, then headed over to Mimi and Papa's for lunch and a big Easter Egg hunt. Because we had already hunted eggs at church the Saturday before, Mason knew exactly what to do and of course the big kids knew too.
We had a fun Easter, despite Mason not getting to take a nap. We are ready for Spring!!
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