I have to admit. I love Easter so much more than the all the hoopla involving Christmas. It took me a half hour to stuff plastic eggs and prepare baskets last night. It is so much easier than all the craziness that seeps into Christmas. It was a relaxed and calm preparation...if you don't include the 10 minutes of crazy egg dying that for some reason is an Easter tradition. (Thankfully C's interest only lasted for like 1 minute...and that was more than enough! What is the point of that crazy tradition anyway?! Thank heavens for G'ma willing to help!)
However, then I look through FB and realize how much I slack on Easter. Do I have an adorable picture of my kiddos decked out in their color-coordinating finest? Did we even think about photos this morning? Did the kids look much different than on any other Sunday? The answer to all of those questions is no. Truthfully, I remembered to make sure E had an appropriate dress...but I forgot to buy tights and white shoes. Oops. I did get her a new pair of white leggings at the Mom-to-Mom sale last week...so she at least had fairly 'fresh' pair of white leggings to wear. And she thought her sparkly pink shoes looked MUCH better than her black heels...my opinion greatly differed but she thought she looked great, so who was I to argue. The boys always wear khakis and polos to church...and I found 2 sweater vests at the sale and so I dressed them up with a sweater vest. Oh-la-la. Nothing fancy. Part of me gets really irritated at having to buy 'fancy' clothes for 1 Sunday. Seriously. Shouldn't we wear our best every Sunday?! Why does God just deserve our best on Easter? Sigh. But, that's not our culture and we don't want to offend anyone...so people dress up more to hit the bar on Saturday night than they do when they hit the church doors on Sunday morning. And, that's not a soap box that I'm willing to die on by any means but it does perplex me at times...especially when I see how amazing everyone looks on Easter. But anyways, with all of our attention and finances going into the new house, Easter finery hardly made it on to my radar...and it showed when you compare everyone's adorable easter morning pics to mine.
There were other things that I slacked on...we didn't visit any creepy looking Easter bunnies. We didn't even attempt any insane egg hunts. I didn't make any creative food to bring to our celebration at Mom's. I am an Easter slacker.
However, we did do a few things correctly. X squealed this morning when he found his basket. Squealed...and jumped and squealed some more. It was too cute. If I could get that reaction out of every present I bought for someone, I'd buy presents all the time! He was adorable. The Naboo StarFighter was a hit...and was fought over all day.
We spent Saturday working out at the new house trying to get things cleaned up on the outside. The kids played. Jut cleaned up the remnants of a couple trees Dad cut down. I cleaned up next to the house and took more paint off the doors. It was a fun, satisfying afternoon...just being together and working on our house. Then, we went out to my folk's and dyed eggs and ate dinner. The kids were bouncing off the walls excited for today but it was fun. It was a great day. We did that right.
Today, we got up and found Easter baskets. Jut headed to church. I got myself and the kids ready. We had a wonderful church service...came home, packed up entirely too much stuff and went back to my folk's house for lunch. The kids had an Easter egg hunt. They watched a movie while the adults napped. Then, we ate pie and some healthy stuff. G'pa took the kids out golfing in the back yard and then my parents and I took the kids for a jaunt down the road. E collected rocks. Mom and Dad picked up litter. Dad found an antler. My mom said, "The boys will like chewing on it." She was referencing my sister's dogs...but C went and tried to take a bite out of it thinking that he was one of those 'boys'. Uck! We all laughed. It was a wonderful evening enjoying God's creation and the gift that He's given us. After a hard, long winter, the beauty of the Easter day was perfect. Reminds me that all of God's promises are true and He is in control.
It was a relaxing, fun day spent with family. We reflected on Jesus' ultimate sacrifice and enjoyed time in God's creation. What is better than that?!
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