This year I found this super cool egg-coloring kit that was spill free. It cost me a few extra dollars than the cheap regular PAAS 1.50 kit or whatever, but I figured it was money well spent with 2 little boys doing the dying. Well, I was wrong. It was a crappy investment. It made more mess than any kit we have ever had before! Plus, instead of the 5 colors promised we got jipped and there were only 4! I will just stick with the cheap-o box next time.
Brody and Ryder, however, still enjoyed themselves. They were stripped down to just their undies as a precaution to not stain their clothes, and we covered the table also to save it from stains. We had 18 eggs to color, and color they did. It was a really fast project because neither one of them had the patience to let their eggs sit and take on really dark and vibrant colors. The purple egg dye must have really spoken to them because that seemed to be the color we had the most of.
We had been talking a whole lot about Easter for the 2 weeks leading up to the actual day, and again while we were coloring eggs we talked as a family about it. The egg dying, Easter bunny, baskets, and candy are fun and all, but we really didn't want them to lose sight of what Easter is really about. That's kind of a lot to ask of a 4 yr old and especially a 2 yr old, but we did it anyways. We would say things like, coloring eggs is fun, but what is Easter REALLY about, Brody? He would think for a second and then say, "It's about Jesus." Yep, but what about Jesus? "It's about his ez-erection (ressurection)." Way to go him {maybe a pat or two mom and dad}. Well, what does that mean? "Its when Jesus' spirit left his body and then came back to it." You are right. Where was Jesus buried? "In the toon (tomb)." and who move the stone away from the tomb? "The angels." and what's the name of that lady again, that came to the tomb to see Jesus? "It was Mary." Now can you remember where Jesus died? "On the two sticks (meaning the cross)." Just hearing our little 4 year old have such a grasp of what happened to Jesus made us so happy. It is so easy to just get caught up in all the fun of the Easter bunny, but we loved that he really knew. It made us realize that he does listen in Primary and family home evening more than we even know.
The next morning we heard the boys get up and just anxiously waited for them to come in our room to say that the Easter Bunny had visited our house. Well, then we waited some more. They were up. They were obviously staking out the living room. Trevor cleared his throat loudly a few times in the hope that they would know we were up and come tell us. We heard exclamations of, "There's an egg!" and other cute things before they came running, breathless into us. Brody is shouting, "The Easter bunny came! I saw eggs and our baskets hanging!" Ryder is so excited his words are failing him and all he can say is, "c'mon c'mon!"
Sure enough we got up and they both had baskets hanging from the curtain rods. Once those were down, inspected, and eaten out of a little bit, it was time to hunt eggs. There were plastic eggs with candy all over the living and dining room areas. This was the first year Ryder got so into it. He found just about as many as Brody and at just as fast of a pace. It was so much fun to see them exclaim and get excited everytime a new egg was spotted.
After a big breakfast the boys stepped outside and found Easter Bunny tracks on the sidewalk and even more eggs. One half of the lawn were eggs for Brody, and the other half for Ryder. All of these eggs had money in them. The Easter bunny was even more generous than I had thought he was going to be.....but the kids were thrilled and couldn't wait to carry their loot inside to put in their piggy banks.
More candy was enjoyed before heading off to church. It was kind of different having a fast and testimony meeting on Easter, but overall, it was still nice and you could feel the spirit.
Dinner was delicious at my Mom's house that night. We all ate until we were too full and then played outside with a few little toys that were new. It was a great end to our Easter day.
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