Happy Easter 2011

My brother-in-law was telling me about a boy in his church class on Sunday. They were discussing the different symbols of Easter and the boy said so sincerely.....

"Well, I know the egg has some significance and we always need to wear light colored clothes."

So close. so so close. :)

I do wonder at times if our children are getting the "significance" of the celebration... or if they understand how truly grateful their mother is for this season to celebrate and what it means for the world.

Maybe because as we try to explain our truest feelings to them about Easter, my eyes can't help but wander to the fresh grass stain on Jack's new linen pants.

And I wonder why they have a hard time focusing?

18 Grandkids and counting...(2 missing from this pic.)

I had a very "back in my day" experience with this Easter Egg Hunt. As Aspen was flitting around my parents back yard looking for eggs....she picked up a hard boiled one, looked at it and put it back...thinking no one saw her. We were dying!! She had clearly deducted very quickly that it contained no candy and was therefore, not worth her time or basket space.

Well I NEVER!!

(Well...I probably would have, but in my day, all we had to "hunt" were the hard boiled kind. :)