Easter 2013

The kids loved Easter.  I know Matthias remembered the traditions about Easter and Lizzy may have remembered a little bit because she picked up on it pretty quickly.  We were able to spend the Saturday before Easter with our good friends, the Goates family.  We had planned to just stop by briefly to pick up some sand for our kid's new sandbox, and we ended up totally crashing the Goates' community Easter egg hunt.  The kids had a great time outside spending time with friends and getting candy.  It was an absolutely beautiful day to spend time with friends.

"Mom, I get a Easter egg!!"

Showing off his haul.

All of the kids five and younger at the Easter egg hunt.
Left to right: neighbor kid, Lizzy, Matthias, Elaine, Joyce, and James

The Easter Bunny joined them which freaked Matthias out a little bit.  Elaine was so kind to put her arm around Matthias to help him feel happy.  

We enjoyed our own Easter egg hunt on Sunday morning after the Easter bunny stopped at our house.  The kids were so happy that their Easter baskets were full and had lots of eggs to gather up (thanks Grandmas for the help!).  Matthias was good at trying to hold a lot in his hands at once, but Lizzy was just excited to find one at a time.  Both kids wanted to eat them all right then, but we are still happily enjoying the treats.

Cute kids with their Easter baskets in their Easter clothes.

Lizzy trying to get Easter eggs.

Matthias trying to hold as many as he possibly can.

Easter afternoon we created the traditional Easter Bunny cake.  I do try to keep it a little bit normal, but allow the children to add some of their artistic flair to it.  Matthias was willing to add extra candy to the cake; Lizzy was more interested in eating the candy.

"Adding" candy to the cake

The finished product.

We also spent time in the days leading up to Easter and on Easter talking about the reason Easter is important.  The Sunday before Easter we read a few verses about Palm Sunday and throughout the week we talked about how much Jesus loves each of them.  Primary also helped Matthias understand the importance of Easter and he reported at dinner that he learned that Jesus died and then came back.  We then watched a movie on lds.org about Christ's death and resurrection.  Both kids loved it and gave me big hugs after the movie.  Matthias asked to watch is again and has asked to watch it a couple of times since Easter.  We are always so happy to think about our Savior and his life, death, and resurrection.  We hope you all had a very Happy Easter.