Easter

(Post community egg hunt)

It seems that holiday celebrations are exponentially growing.  It also seems that it is probably my job as mother to stop the growth.  Easter became a 5 day candy extravaganza.  School, community, mall, friends, extended family, and immediate family all put on egg hunts.  We are all exhausted and have enough candy to last until next Easter.  By the time we got to our family egg hunt Sunday night, Jack lost all interest and begged to get on the trampoline.

(Getting ready for the local church egg hunt.  This is Jack listening to the pastor teach about Jesus.)

Friday morning I took the children to the Mall egg hunt with friends.  Saturday morning we went to a local church egg hunt, where poor Lilly was placed in the Kindergarten and first grade level and came home with 4 eggs.  Don't worry we made up for it with the 3 other egg hunts where she was very successful.

The rest of Saturday I spent baking and cleaning with minimal fits.  I made cinnamon rolls from the pioneer woman.  I am happy to report that everyone enjoyed them, no picky eating when it comes to homemade cinnamon rolls. Then Saturday evening we went to a friends house for a BBQ and egg hunt.

Sunday morning I played the organ at church, the Easter hymns are some of the hardest to play, so I practiced a lot this week.  Jack didn't let the fact that it was Easter Sunday stop him from hitting and harming other children during Sacrament meeting.

Then we went to the Pitcavage Easter lunch and got to visit with some of Jim's extended family and siblings. (I spent a lot of time teaching Lilly (and possibly Jack) about the resurrection and the reason we celebrate on Easter.  Easter is such a sacred day and I want my children to remember that.)

Jim's family put on a fun egg hunt that was color coordinated.  Everyone had a specific color egg to hunt for, which made it fair and there were no fits.

Then we came back home, ate more cinnamon rolls, and had a egg hunt in our own yard.  This is the point where I declared Easter over.

This morning we have spent the past hour in bed recovering from our holiday celebrations.  Lilly came up with an elaborate plan to go and celebrate more today, but I told her we are resting today and taking it easy. We will also be eating more cinnamon rolls.