Dying eggs--I've had this special "marble" egg dying kit in my cupboard for a few years, and this year we finally used it. You rub on the dye with this plastic glove and it's supposed to be "marbley." Kind of fun and different, I guess.
These guys LOVE boiled eggs, and Hayden peeled one and started eating as soon as we were done coloring the eggs.
Sugar Cookies
We ran out of frosting before we ran out of cookies, thanks to this kid.
Ready to hunt for Easter eggs!
Hayden kept trying to crack these eggs open like real eggs.
It made us all laugh because he would say, "One, Two, Three, Hack!"
Sean retrieving one from on top of the playhouse.
That's me with my 6-month belly. This little girl of ours is really stretching out my ribs.
Daphne being goofy
Enjoying their spoils.
I don't have pictures of these, but we also did some cool stuff to reinforce the true meaning of Easter. We read a cute book called "The Easter Walk" and went on a search for our own Easter Treasures for Family Home Evening. And later in the week we had a "Jerusalem Dinner" which turned out better than last year's dinner-- probably because we had lamb instead of lentil stew. We had lamb, cous-cous, melon & berries, bitter herbs with goat cheese and olives and cucumbers, mediterranean flatbread (basically pita bread) and white grape juice. Surprisingly, the kids were really good at trying the new things. I guess none of them looked like "throw-up" like my lentil soup did last year. One of these years, it would be fun to dress up, but it didn't happen this time.
We are so thankful for our Savior who came to the earth to redeem us from sin and death. Because of his infinite atonement, we can repent, and because he was resurrected, we too can live again! I am so thankful for this knowledge, and for this special time of year when we celebrate the most glorious event in the history of the world. Happy Easter!
3 comments:
First of all, I just have to say YOU LOOK ADORABLE!!! I love that long dress! And your belly is so cute. :) (Although, I know if you feel like me right now, you feel anything buy "cute".)
I love that you guys have an Easter dinner similar to what the Savior may have eaten during his time. I contemplated that this year, but I just lacked the motivation. Maybe next year.
I'm glad you guys had such a great Easter...I wish we lived closer cuz it would be a BlAsT and your kids could eat all our boiled eggs! :)
And yes, Jemma's dress is a Portabellopixie pattern...it's actually from the same pattern we already used, if you bought it. It's just the petal strap dress. I just threw a shirt underneath. :) Love you guys!
I agree with Jenny, you look so cute!! I'm so glad that you finally posted a picture of you and your adorable belly!! Loved the marble dye trick you used on your eggs they turned out really cool looking. And as always I love how you make your holidays special and fun for your family. Love you and your adorable family!!
You are the prettiest pregnant lady I've ever seen! The pics of the Easter fun are great. :) We've always wanted to have a Jerusalem dinner (when we had a family) but this year I was incharge of putting one together for the combined YW activity. It was so much fun!! We actually got to dress up, the Priests volunteered their time to serve all the YW (it helps that Mike is in YM's), we ate at low tables while sitting on pillows. We ate with no silverware (fish, rice pilaf, melon, hummus, pita, olives and dates) and had grape juice in goblets. We searched the scriptures for names of Christ and watched Elder Holland's talk entitled "And None Were With Him". It was a blast! Mike and I had waited so long for this activity we went a little overboard but it was amazing. I'm so glad you guys got to do it too!! I bet it was much more meaningful with family of your own to share it with :) So glad you guys had a wonderful Easter. Wasn't it great to have Easter and Conference the same weekend? We loved it (although we were all alone for Easter dinner).
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