"Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!"
-- 2 Corinthians 9:14-15
our first year dying eggs...yes, i know, leighton is six! how awful is that?? we only dyed 9 eggs but it was fun...even mad and mill joined in the action...well, sort of (they were at the table so that counts!!) we were so glad that anne and granddad were able to come down for a short visit over easter!
we spent saturday evening making resurrection cookies and going on a resurrection egg hunt!! and all the kiddos actually DID get in on this great activity...madden loved the mixing...i gotta get this girl in my kitchen more often! my friend helena shared it with our ladies fellowship and that's how i learned about it...here's a link though:
http://www.annieshomepage.com/resurrectioncookiestext.html
i couldn't have done all this without the help of anne and granddad (jer was playing music and unavailable!)! it was a wee bit difficult with the little ones--i think it would have spurred on more conversation if i had just done it with leighton...but you live and learn...you really need more than one adult for this activity though--someone to actually mix and put the ingredients together and another to read the scripture passages (and in our case, a third adult to wrangle an 18 month old!!)
-- 2 Corinthians 9:14-15
our first year dying eggs...yes, i know, leighton is six! how awful is that?? we only dyed 9 eggs but it was fun...even mad and mill joined in the action...well, sort of (they were at the table so that counts!!) we were so glad that anne and granddad were able to come down for a short visit over easter!
we spent saturday evening making resurrection cookies and going on a resurrection egg hunt!! and all the kiddos actually DID get in on this great activity...madden loved the mixing...i gotta get this girl in my kitchen more often! my friend helena shared it with our ladies fellowship and that's how i learned about it...here's a link though:
http://www.annieshomepage.com/resurrectioncookiestext.html
i couldn't have done all this without the help of anne and granddad (jer was playing music and unavailable!)! it was a wee bit difficult with the little ones--i think it would have spurred on more conversation if i had just done it with leighton...but you live and learn...you really need more than one adult for this activity though--someone to actually mix and put the ingredients together and another to read the scripture passages (and in our case, a third adult to wrangle an 18 month old!!)
...then, hunting for the resurrection eggs that go along with our book, benjamin's box (thanks so much, mama, for picking up this wonderful story for my kiddos and collecting all the 'treasures', too!!); we just made our resurrection eggs but you can buy them premade to go along with this VERY moving book, here...
**our homemade resurrection eggs!!here is leighton unsealing the cookies from the tomb on easter morning! He is risen indeed!!
...and finally easter morning before church! miller wasn't really displaying third child behavior as the text implies, but i couldn't resist!
mad was overjoyed with her nightgown and princess underwear...and she made it clear by immediately trying the latter on....that's my girl!
ley's loot!! he loved his indiana jones legos (these little sets provide HOURS of play for him! i need to save some $$$$ for one of the bigger sets!!) and star wars reader book! and ley made his easter 'basket' at school...his bunny can was super cute and it just so happened that i had not bought miller an easter basket last year when he was only 7 months old (call me frugal!) and had completely forgotten until this year! so, it worked out quite nicely...
finally--we did NOT get a family easter photo this year that turned out anywhere near decent...but we did try...man, do we ever try....so here are the random shots in the front yard--some with my mom, some with my dad....some with a kid here and there....crying...laughing...not looking at the camera...goofy faces....you know the drill...
2 comments:
Great book. And great cookie activity. I've done that several times with my kids, and you are SO right...more than one adult is a definite requirement!
Lori
Looks like you all had a GREAT Easter!! I will have to find that book, that sounds so neat!! Yeah for Grandparents!! You look beautiful too, love the pic of you and Jeremy acting all lovey dovey, that was sweet..
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