celebrating easter

easter might just really be only one day on the calendar, but we've been celebrating for quite some time!  and despite the sugar overload and numerous egg hunts that we've been a part of, it's cool to see my kids start to grasp the true meaning of this holiday.  william picked up a plastic egg and opened it looking for candy a few afternoons ago.  it happened to be empty because his brother had beaten him to it and snagged the jelly beans out of it.  he looked at wes and said, "that's ok, wes.  the empty ones are the best kind because jesus rose from the dead, and this egg is like the tomb because it's empty."  i think wes was happy to have scored the jelly beans, but hey...we're getting there!!

all 3 little people enjoyed the egg-dying process.

reed tried a bite of his egg,

and he was not a fan!

posing with the finished product...

we took in easterpalooza at the country club.

somebody did not care for the easter bunny!

but he perked up for the magic show!

wes got to star in the magic show!!

after his brother left the stage, reed got bored and headed back to the ducks.  or maybe he just wanted to splash in the water...it was hot out there!

then the egg hunting began!

it didn't take reed long to figure out this egg hunting business! and don't even think about trying to hold his basket for him.  he's a stingy little egg hunter!

pooped...

after checking out their baskets this morning,

i made them pose for me before we headed to church.

no...i do not consider crocs to be cute easter shoes, but if you think you can get him to wear anything else...come on over and try!

and on this celebration of the resurrection, i leave you with the words of a 5 year old...

happy easter!!