Easter weekend

We had a wonderful, sunny Easter weekend together as a family. I had wanted to do some fancy egg dying but settled for a late night of dipping them in solid colors so little man could get to bed. Bad planning on my part, but I was determined he'd at least get to dye some.

We're still trying to figure out exactly how our family wants to celebrate different holidays. I LOVE tradition and want everything to have meaning and memories behind it. This year we decided to ditch toys and such (don't they have enough of those anyway?) and opted to fill the Easter baskets with new books for spring! And baby girl got her pink bunny I had been looking for. N has a matching lamb from when he was born.

I have no idea what we'll do in the future, but if you have some great traditions I'd love to hear them. And if you have any tricks for getting a little man to keep his shirt tucked in, I'd love to hear those too!

Our desire for our family is to really focus on, and teach, what Easter is all about -- the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We decided to do a Resurrection Easter egg hunt this year which N loved. He was excited to get to collect all of the eggs and open each one up as they revealed the story of Easter in a tangible way.

Since it was just our little family this year, and the weather was beautiful outside, we cooked ham and pineapple on the grill for lunch. Yum! The cheesecake birds nests I made were from this new blog.

Thank you, Jesus, who died and rose again on Easter to break us free from our sin, and nothing else.