easter eggs. we had a great easter weekend at our place. egg hunt at our complex on saturday, visit from the bunny sunday morning, conference and dinner(with another egg hunt) at my mom's. my kids have too much candy, but that's ok. i've managed to stay out of it so far...that's really what i'm worried about!
hubby and i had a nice talk with the kids about what easter really means. j seemed to really get it. g, well he's 4. j really thinks so much about everything, sometimes too much maybe. when we asked him what he thought easter was about, he told us that it's when Jesus died and came back to his body. i asked him if he knew that jesus didn't have to die. that he was so powerful he could have stopped the bad men. he said, yes, but he didn't want to hurt them. awwww. we told him that was true, but he did it to pay for our sins...because he wanted us to be able to return to live with him someday. he seemed to really take it in. really thought about it for awhile. asked a couple questions...relayed the story back to us. it was a proud momma moment!
and then...at grandma's, when she asked him if he knew what easter really was about...he says, " i don't know." so much for my mom's proud momma moment...would have been nice if she could have thought what a great job her daughter was doing in teaching her grandchildren. lol
oh well...the truth came out and he finally retold the story of easter to her. it really does warm my heart to hear my children relaying gospel truths. they believe with such honesty!