Our Easter celebrations were spread over various days, there was a mix of easter egg hunts and activities to help us focus on Jesus Christ and the atonement. The days coming up to easter we reviewed the last week of the Savior's life with various activities. It's so interesting to see how much more my boys understand each year.
On the Friday before Easter we dyed eggs. We got a kit for galaxy eggs and making them was a lot less messy than normal egg dyes...but the mess came later, stay tuned for that. We liked how they turned out.
We decided to do Easter baskets and egg hunts on Saturday morning as to keep Sunday more focused on Christ and it was perfect. I don't know why I didn't do this sooner.
Charlie's note...
In the morning, the Easter bunny took the galaxy eggs out of the fridge and rubbed them on her hands to make sure the dye wouldn't come off, it didn't so she hid them. (we have a glitter stain on our piano from a easter egg hunt in my childhood, its a fun memory but I didn't want to add another stain to my lovely piano.) As the eggs warmed up and some condensations appeared on the egg, the dye started to spread all over everything. We had to help the boys finish the hunt as to make sure the dye didn't spread any further. Anyway, it was exciting, moving on....
Edwin went straight for the candy...
We enjoyed our Easter Sunday services and the big boys being absolutely silly while they were supposed to be singing Easter songs to the congregation. The afternoon was filled with quiet time and a fondue dinner.
A couple weeks before Easter I overheard a woman at Costco telling another woman "Happy Easter, He is Risen!" I loved having this glimpse of people that have a relationship with their Savior and celebrate His resurrection on this day. There is so much hope in this life thanks to Him!
