Happy Easter! Today in church when he was asked what was special about Easter, Justin responded that it was getting lots of candy. The teacher said that we do sometimes get eggs and sweets, but that we celebrate Jesus' resurrection at Easter. Justin said, "yeah, and we get lots of candy!" Funny enough, he didn't even really get a lot of candy. He and Ryan each got a fun size bag of M&Ms, a small 120 calorie chocolate bunny, and a kinder egg. They got some small toys in their basket as well. The favorite part of the Easter season is probably hiding the eggs. Yes, I hide some and they find them, but the boys love to re-hide them and have me (and/or Rob) find them. We do this over and over and over and...
This week we decorated eggs. The boys really enjoyed it this year. In the past it has been a quick activity hardly worth the mess in my opinion. This year they really got into it. No, their eggs weren't particularly beautiful or special, but they had a blast. Ryan got dye on a pair of Justin's new shorts (Ryan was wearing them) but thanks to Shout, it came out!
We made bunny cookies again this year and Justin and Ryan made little bunny baskets to put them in for their friends.
I guess since this isn't the blog about how I entertain the kids I should talk about life in general. I had a lovely 24 hour stomach bug. Glad it was short! It overlapped with a cold(?) which consists primarily of me having very little voice.
It is kind of a strange weekend here. Good Friday and Easter Monday are holidays, making it a nice long weekend for Rob. EVERYTHING was closed on Good Friday, yet for some reason open on Easter morning. Don't get that, but whatever. Things around town are very quiet as almost everyone has fled the city for the coast or to visit family. Easter weekend is kind of like Labor Day weekend in the US. This is the time for the last hurrah of summer before we admit that it is over. In the US (and northern hemisphere in general) Easter is a time of light, rebirth, spring! Here it is just the opposite and kind of a bummer. I am so northern hemisphere biased!
Time for bed.
