....so here it is, 7:30 PM on Saturday night, the night before Easter. I was laying out the kids clothes - the same pink polo shirts & khaki pants for the boys, and an adorable little dress from a friend for Callie. Then it dawned on me - I don't have white shoes for Callie!!! DUH! Easter Sunday = white shoes!! Time to put away the black ones. HELLO!!! David is leading worship at another local church tonight, so as soon as he gets home, it's off to Target I go!!! Probably should get some of those lacy socks too, right? (Although it's going to be cold enough tomorrow for wool tights, I'm sure)!
It's been a fabulous day though. The kids and I have done 2 egg hunts - one with the neighborhood, and one at the local park. The city wide one had pony rides, moon bounces, and crafts which was really fun too. The neighborhood one had the kids make their OWN resurrection eggs, which Josiah LOVED because we have been doing them as a family - so he caught along quickly. We've made our Resurrection cookies and the oven is sealed up (ya'll have seen that recipe right? Meringues basically, and you turn the oven off and tape it up. In the morning, you come look at the cookies, and the middle is HOLLOW - just like the empty tomb! Every step of the recipe has a scripture, etc, etc. ). The boys LOVED that process. I have had so much fun with them this week - even more so than all the Christmas traditions. I think maybe because they are older and are more capable of understanding the story and the meaning. Maybe because you don't have the commercialism to deal with like you do with Christmas. I don't know, but it's been wonderful. Looking forward to a GREAT day of worship tomorrow. Signing off...and heading to Target for Size 4 white shoes soon!!! :)
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funny! girl stuff will be hard for me to get used too i'm sure! no i haven't heard of that recipe...are you holding out on me??? :) so glad you are enjoying all these things with the kids. special times!
i agree that the easter traditions can seem more special - and i think it IS that there isn't as much commercialism attached to it. it's refreshing. we tried that recipe last year and it didn't work. i'm sure i did something wrong - i can never do meringues anyway - but it was cool still.
I would love to have that recipe, Katy. I've never heard of that one...sounds great! I love traditions that are scripture-based! Isn't it awesome how these boys are understanding so much about Jesus?! Jake was able to tell us the Easter story, with amazing detail, using words I didn't even know he knew the meaning of. It is definitely cool to see them growing and developing strong faith in their hearts and understanding in their minds!
Aren't you just having a blast in the "girlie world"? It can be complex and at times, annoying, but you have to admit, it is so much fun!
Looks like you've got a lot of fun traditions going on over there!! I like the resurrection eggs that you do. I've got the jelly bean prayer...not sure if it's the same thing or not.
I just pray that I'll be blessed with a girl to be able to do all the frills and extras with. In the mean time, we have Grayson, who down to his socks and underwear is usually pretty "put together". We included a tie and all this year for Easter.
I'd love to hear more about your resurrection cookie thing. never heard of such a thing!
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