Easter Fun

We gave the kids Easter baskets in celebration of Easter and tried to explain to Kaleb that Christ died on the cross for our sins and rose again and is ALIVE! After explaining it to him in very simple terms, I waited a little while and asked him why we celebrate Easter and he said because of Jesus. I was delighted and proud of him for retaining that information :)

Because we are leaving for warmer weather, there were a few things the kids needed for the trip so I included them in the Easter basket! Kaleb needed a new pair of tennis shoes because his 6 1/2's were getting very tight. Both Eric and I commented within the past few days how long Kaleb's foot has gotten and now he's comfortably in a size 8 shoe. He got "fidder man" tennis shoes and I thought he would be wearing them to bed last night, but he parted with them just fine when it was time for jammies.

He also got some new equipment which will come in really handy for the plane ride. Nothing like new boy toys to keep a boy occupied!

Jaxon got a few short outfits and a hat. It might sound like Jaxon got short changed, and well, I guess he probably did. But I can get away with that this year for two reasons.
1. He doesn't know the difference (yet),
2. He has all the hand-me-downs from Kaleb and since they were born in the same season, all Kaleb's stuff is perfect for him. I dug out all the clothing Kaleb wore to Tucson the first year we went (Kaleb was 9 months) and it is really a good thing I didn't have to purchase new stuff!

We rounded out the evening with Easter egg dying. That was a lot of work and prep for the whole 10 minutes Kaleb spent enjoying putting them in different colors. Then he just got bored and figured out you could bang the eggs together and make a lot of tiny cracks in them.


I think Eric enjoyed dying eggs the most. I stand corrected..... I mean Eric enjoyed dying 1 egg the most. Yes, he spent about 30 minutes dying one single egg. I bought this camo egg dying kit and he was determined to achieve the perfect camo egg. I'll let you be the judge.

We'll enjoy a nice quiet family dinner tonight. This will be the first year (I think) in our married time together, that we haven't spent Easter with family. It will be just the 4 of us and I am really looking forward to it!

I hope everyone reflects on the resurrection of our Christ, the King of Kings! He did indeed RISE from the dead and is ALIVE. May his Holy Spirit live in you today, tomorrow and forever.