Easter Eggs Everywhere

I'm a week behind, but that's okay. Easter is kind of a season, right?

Anyways, Happy Easter!

I realized about 3 days before that I hadn't done anything to prep for Easter. I mean, I had a pretty good excuse, what with being practically bedridden and all. But still, the kids were beginning to ask about it, so I dragged the box of decorations out of the garage and put them up around the living room. I then dragged myself through Target and grabbed some candy, plastic eggs, and baskets. Sadly, by that time most of the good candy was gone, so we were Cadbury-less this holiday.

I have to say something about Easter eggs. Ever since we had Jude, Easter has been the messiest holiday, and not just on Easter morning. Somehow, those little plastic eggs always get out, get opened, separated, and then thrown EVERYWHERE. I find plastic eggs for weeks after, under the couch, in the toy baskets, the bathtub, everywhere. It makes me kinda hate Easter eggs. At least Easter eggs with toddlers.

So despite my sickness, I managed to pull off the holiday for the kids. We dyed eggs; it lasted about ten seconds and Ellie refused to drop her eggs in any of the colors. We got Easter baskets and did a little egg hunt on the greenbelt with the neighbors. Peter heated a pre-cooked ham, I made instant mashed potatoes, and we called it Easter dinner. Success.

In the end, Easter is a special holiday to us. I've been coaching Jude for weeks: "what do we celebrate on Easter?" "The resurnection of Jesus Christ!" I love Easter because it points me to my Savior and His atonement. I love how much my children already love their Savior. Ellie screams in joy and points whenever she sees His picture; Jude can faithfully tell many of the stories of Christ's life. I think that the best message of Easter may be that because He lives, we can too. We want to be a forever family, and our Savior, Jesus Christ, has made that possible.

"I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die." 

"But there is a resurrection, therefore the grave hath no victory, and the sting of death is swallowed up in Christ."