Happy Easter!

We've been getting ready for Easter around here for a few weeks now, kicking it off with a visit with the Easter Bunny.  Lucy was super excited about it and when we got there the Bunny was occupied with other kids, which Lucy didn't like.  She started screaming "Easter Bunny!  Hi!" Then grabbed my hand to lead me to him which I thought would last until we were right up to him, but the only time she got even slightly hesitant was when I set her on his lap.  Otherwise she thought it was great and kept turning around to look at his ears. 

Today we colored Easter eggs with Nanny.  Lucy thought it was super fun.  She loved dropping the eggs into the colors, but she thought they were "swimming" so she didn't want to leave them in there to color, she wanted to just dunk them around and stick her fingers in the "water".  It was kind of an ordeal to say the least.  She kept my Mom busy rotating the colors and eggs while I took pictures and video.  Then toward the end Lucy got all crazy and threw the egg into the blue dye which spilled all over herself and the carpet.  While I was trying to clean up the blue my Mom turned her back for a second and Lucy grabbed the orange and dumped it all over herself, the carpet, the cushion she was sitting on, oh dear.  I ended up on my hands and knees scrubbing the floor (which came clean, surprisingly) while my Mom tended to the table cleanup, and Lucy just started yelling "amazing! amazing!"  Hilarious.  So we let her finish up the last few eggs we had while she talked to my Mom about the "trouble" and how it was "amazing".  My Mom was happy to usher us out to the pool when we were done!  She said maybe next year will be more fun, but really, Lucy had a ball and that's what it was all about!

Nanny and Lucy's hands after the Easter egg coloring fun!

And after the Easter Bunny left!  Easter has always been big with my family aside from the true meaning of the holiday, we have always had fun with the commercial side as well.  Since we are not currently active in a church to celebrate the most important holiday of the year, we have to celebrate with eachother by reading the scriptures and sharing the story of Easter with Lucy through her children's Easter book and explaining the upcoming holiday  each day with her.  Hopefully by next year we will be engaged in a church and can celebrate with our church family as well.  

Matthew 28:1-10 (New International Version, ©2011)

Matthew 28

Jesus Has Risen

 ¹ After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.  ² There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. ³ His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. ⁴ The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.
 ⁵ The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. ⁶ He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. ⁷ Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.”
 ⁸ So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. ⁹ Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. ¹⁰ Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”