Really, what a fun time of year. To me it's the kickoff to spring, the time when you look forward to warmer days, blossoms, and being outside. YAY!! Even though it's still chilly here, I always know once Easter hits, spring is on its way.
I love Easter for many reasons, especially for its true purpose--celebrating the resurrection of our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Last night for FHE we colored eggs, and then had our lesson about Easter. It was actually the girls' first FHE, because they are in bed so early they always miss it. But last night I wanted them there, and even though it was only about 1 minute (literally...we talked about how Jesus loves them, and how he wants us to be nice), it was so wonderful to have my family together and talking about something that is so important to us.
One of the other reasons I love Easter is that it's such a perfect time to instill family traditions, and to spend time together doing fun things. Now that our eggs are colored, we have even more to look forward to. We LOVE making sugar cookies, frosting them, and decorating them for each holiday, so this week we'll set aside a time to that. On Saturday morning the Easter Bunny comes to our house, and then we will be having an Easter Egg Hunt with lots of our friends. Sunday brings being able to go to church and enjoying special lessons, and then eating a yummy Easter dinner. What a fun week!
P.S. If you aren't the type to use a lot of hard-boiled eggs, try coloring them as is instead. No one will eat them hard-boiled at our house, and I was tired of watching all the eggs go to waste. Just let them sit until they are at room temperature (they color better when warm), and color as usual. We have three little kids, and never broken one! We then put them back in their carton, and it is so fun to use colored eggs in cookies, pancakes, and omelets. The kids love choosing which color will go where.
I love Easter for many reasons, especially for its true purpose--celebrating the resurrection of our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Last night for FHE we colored eggs, and then had our lesson about Easter. It was actually the girls' first FHE, because they are in bed so early they always miss it. But last night I wanted them there, and even though it was only about 1 minute (literally...we talked about how Jesus loves them, and how he wants us to be nice), it was so wonderful to have my family together and talking about something that is so important to us.
One of the other reasons I love Easter is that it's such a perfect time to instill family traditions, and to spend time together doing fun things. Now that our eggs are colored, we have even more to look forward to. We LOVE making sugar cookies, frosting them, and decorating them for each holiday, so this week we'll set aside a time to that. On Saturday morning the Easter Bunny comes to our house, and then we will be having an Easter Egg Hunt with lots of our friends. Sunday brings being able to go to church and enjoying special lessons, and then eating a yummy Easter dinner. What a fun week!
P.S. If you aren't the type to use a lot of hard-boiled eggs, try coloring them as is instead. No one will eat them hard-boiled at our house, and I was tired of watching all the eggs go to waste. Just let them sit until they are at room temperature (they color better when warm), and color as usual. We have three little kids, and never broken one! We then put them back in their carton, and it is so fun to use colored eggs in cookies, pancakes, and omelets. The kids love choosing which color will go where.
6 comments:
How fun! Your eggs look great. It looks like the girls had a great time for their first FHE.
We need to dye our eggs still. Looks like you guys had fun!
What a great idea on the eggs. I think it would scare me a bit but I guess when I think about it I have cleaned up much worse than a broken egg here and there. I hope you have a blast at your easter egg hunt!
What a great idea about not boiling them first! I never know what to do with all those eggs if we do not have guest over for dinner. When we have guest, I use them for deviled eggs and eggs sandwhiches, but this year it is just us. I guess I do not need to worry about throwing them away.
good idea- i was thinking whoa thats a lot of hardboiled eggs - i only let my kids do 4 each- LOL-
Your girls are so cute! I can't believe how grown up they look dyeing their eggs.
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