Matt and I decided to really talk about the resurrection of Jesus and the true meaning of Easter this year. Instead of introducing the easter bunny, we told both boys that on Easter morning mom and dad want to give you little gifts because we love you just like Jesus loves you! With many activities and a slew of egg hunts, came lots of interesting and profound questions from Jonas. For example, "Why did Jesus have to die?" Most of my answers were, 'Because Jesus loves you!'
This was the start of the countdown to Easter with 12 days of stories/activities of Jesus and why He's so cool! Each plastic egg held a trinket or conversation starter. Together we read the story in his Jesus Storybook(Bible) and how the object related to the story and our story. Jonas and Silas were excited to open an egg each day to find more about our Savior or of course a chocolate. One time in the story of Jesus being crucified, I had tears running down my face while reading to the boys. Jonas asked, "Why are you have those things coming down your face?"
Other questions asked by Jonas...."Were there dinosaurs when Jesus was alive? Was Jesus alive when you were a kid?"
Texture activity with shaving cream/paint and creating decortaive eggs.
One night we made glow in the dark eggs. Bought glow in the dark bracelets and put them in plastic eggs. We turned off the lights and played for hours.
One of our last activities was to make a tomb for Jesus out of playdoh and then on Easter morning, he was gone. Jonas really LOVED this activity. I overheard Jonas telling Silas about the tomb, "Easter is not here until He rises from the tomb. He got alive on Easter."
Off to Aunt Mo's Easter party at her company.
More egg hunting!
Then off to CCU's Easter festival. Slides, games, bouncy castles, pony rides, barrel rides, and egg hunt...what a day!
Jonas and Silas waiting in line with their friend, Asher.
Our sweet boys posing in front of our dorms at CCU. Surreal to be on campus again!
Easter morning we had a trail of jelly beans they had to follow to find their Easter basket.
Their biggest and favorite gifts were LEGOS!
More egg hunting!
I found a Star Wars LEGO dictionary for Jonas in which he can't put down. He will study that book for hours on end. It's so adorable! He loves Star Wars because daddy liked Star Wars when he was a kid.
Off to Grandmom's house for Easter afternoon.
The bunny couple!
More egg hunting!
Our last pose of the week on Grandmom's front yard.
One last quote from Jonas about what he did at church. "We went outside and let go of balloons because it means He's alive."
He is risen indeed!
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