Happy Easter
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Happy Passover to our Jewish friends!
Yesterday, as we celebrated our Lord and Savior, I am reminded how blessed we are that we don't have to pay the price for our sins. Jesus paid it all! We celebrated by going to church and we all had a great time being in fellowship with our family and friends.
In our home, we have chosen not buy "Easter" baskets and we don't visit the "Easter" bunny. Our children are very aware that the Easter bunny is simply a character, and is not associated with the resurrection of Christ. However, we still have fun, we just don't call them "Easter" games and activities. We colored eggs and had an egg hunt a few weeks ago, but we tell our kids that those things are representative of the arrival of spring and of a new beginning. We continue to teach and preach the gospel to our children so they understand the true meaning of Easter and can rejoice knowing that Jesus is alive!
We invited two families over for the egg hunt a few weeks ago and another family for egg dyeing. The kids were so excited and I must say, I was pretty excited to dye eggs because I haven't done it since I was a kid. We had eggs and vinegar on hand, so all I needed to buy was the food coloring. Here are a few photos of our fun!
always,
astreia
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| Egg hunting is about to begin |
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| Concentrating on perfecting their colors |
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| Ta-dah! Beautiful colored eggs |
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| Easter 2014 |
Aw! I looks like you guys had so much fun.
ReplyDeleteIt was tons of fun, Jen! Thanks for stopping by!
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