This afternoon, we got out the egg dyes for the first time in years to give Andrew a traditional experience for his first Easter. I'm not sure he really got the concept, but we had a lot of fun. We even used a white crayon to write M (Mommy), D (Daddy), A (Andrew), and P (Uncle Peter), along with some other "secret" messages, on our eggs before dying them. They actually came out pretty well! Lynn has big plans for the Easter outfit for church tomorrow, though she was disappointed by how few options there are for a 4 month old's basket. And before I get too many comments, we realize that Easter is about more than bunnies and colored eggs. However, if he doesn't really understand that the egg changed color, I doubt he'll be able to appreciate the whole "dying for our sins and overcoming death" thing. Maybe when he's older.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
First Easter
This afternoon, we got out the egg dyes for the first time in years to give Andrew a traditional experience for his first Easter. I'm not sure he really got the concept, but we had a lot of fun. We even used a white crayon to write M (Mommy), D (Daddy), A (Andrew), and P (Uncle Peter), along with some other "secret" messages, on our eggs before dying them. They actually came out pretty well! Lynn has big plans for the Easter outfit for church tomorrow, though she was disappointed by how few options there are for a 4 month old's basket. And before I get too many comments, we realize that Easter is about more than bunnies and colored eggs. However, if he doesn't really understand that the egg changed color, I doubt he'll be able to appreciate the whole "dying for our sins and overcoming death" thing. Maybe when he's older.
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It must have been so fun to dye eggs with Andrew! Levi slept through our egg event. And by the way we don't even try to explain Easter to the girls...not exactly a child friendly story. We just tell them that Easter is about how much Jesus loves us. Christmas was much easier to explain.
Actually, he was quite disinterested in the whole process. I just said "Where's Daddy?", he looked up, and I snapped the photo. Then he went back to chewing on Mommy's wrist. And while you're right that Christmas is easier to explain, I still think it will take a while for him to grasp it. I doubt he even remembers his acting debut.
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