Happy Easter

Happy Easter, Everyone!!

We had a rather hilarious day! First, Devin and I filled the Easter baskets (last night) and hid them (this morning--so the ants/mice/geckos, etc., wouldn't get to them first). The kids found them first thing in the morning and enjoyed them.

We always try to not have too much candy, so we put little toys in their baskets. Josh got a puzzle and a magnet set, Claire got some marker stamps and some magnetic letters, and Andrew got a dinosaur and some sunglasses. Well, I guess Claire got some sunglasses, too:



All the kids got those funny glasses+nose things (including Peter...who wasn't very pleased about it!):





We also did the Resurrection Eggs (I did them last year).

At church, I taught the primary kids a new song:

Did Jesus Really Live Again?
Yes! When the third day came
He wakened and He left the tomb.
He called Mary's name.

And there were nail prints in His hands
And a spear wound in His side.
Did Jesus really live again
After He had died?
Oh Yes! And so shall I!

It was fun teaching it to them. I had pictures for all the kids to hold up for each phrase of the song. I wrote the words of the song on the board and then threw a bean bag. Whomever caught it got to erase a word or two from the song and then we'd sing it again and see if we could remember it without the word. We continued that until all the words were erased and everyone knew the song very well!

Our Sunday School lesson went very well. Part of my lesson today was an object lesson on how we were spirits before we came to Earth--my hand was the symbol--then we came to Earth and received a body--that's where I was supposed to put a glove on to represent a body, but I have no use for gloves here, so I used my toe socks and since I have SO MANY of them, I brought enough for everyone to have 'bodies' too!--then we die and the body and the spirit separate--take off the glove--and then we are resurrected--put the glove back on. My kids liked that a lot! :)

Then came the time we were to sing it! We were the special musical number for Sacrament Meeting. So, when it was our turn I got a few surprises. Most of the primary kids were miraculously missing...? I told my kids to come up, and they did so very grudgingly...he he he. Josh came up to hold his picture and was wearing toe socks on both of his hands (it appears that Josh's arms were resurrected because he wasn't about to part with those toe sock-gloves!) Claire came up wearing her sunglasses on her face and with a Winnie The Pooh backpack on (how did she manage to get that past me this morning??) and when I told Andrew to come up and hold his picture, he was reading a book and said to me, "Maybe next time!" What have I done? I did finally manage to get him to come up. So, it was my three children (Peter wouldn't hold up a picture) and Pascaline. It turned out nicely, but we did get a few laughs at the beginning! :)

All in all, it was a nice day!

And let's always Remember The Reason for our Easter celebration:



"He is not here for He is Risen as He said!"