And Then There Were 5: Happy Easter!

Although our house was still sick with fever and colds this Easter weekend, I had the kids dress in their outfits they got for Easter and we took pictures in the front yard. It rained all night and the backyard was too soggy for sandals so the front yard it was. I just wish that my number 5 man (hence the name, then there were five) was in the picture. But he was the one with fever and feeling under-the-weather, so he took a picture of the kids and I.

My angels:

We had a wonderful day, despite the colds. We made Resurrection cookies last night (I got the recipe here: http://catholicicing.com/how-to-make-easter-story-cookies-with-a-printable-recipe/) and this morning we opened the oven and opened our tomb cookies and they were hollow! So neat. I made them with crushed pretzels and Craig and I thought they were yummy but the kids didn't care for them. But it was fun making them and reading the bible verses leading up to Christ's resurrection. While they munched on a cookie I whipped up some pancakes and strawberries. I made some buckwheat pancakes, as my doctor informed me I need to be on a non-GMO, IC, and special microscopic colitis diet (low FODMAP), and I was glad I had bought pre-made pancakes from Aldi. Let's just say they were some healthy carboard cakes and maple syrup did little to make the taste more palatable. Oh well.

After breakfast we cleaned up and read our bible about today and then did a Resurrection hunt. We gave up Easter egg hunts to focus more on Christ. Just like Christmas, Easter is becoming more and more about candy and Easter bunnies/commercialized, and less and less about Christ. Anyway, after reading about Christ's death and resurrection I pointed out some things from our reading that were hidden around the house for them to find. We had perfume, a play donkey, crown of thorns (really just some twine I made into a crown), 3 pennies (representing what Judas paid for Christ to be found- did you know it was only $4.80 in his day? what a friend!), a Hershey kiss (to represent the kiss from Judas), a cross, a nail, and a stone (to represent the stone in front of Jesus' tomb). We had a good time with that. Then the kids ate a piece of gum from their baskets and colored with me for a bit while listening to Toby Mac.

Brendan made an awesome egg yesterday and I was going to make them into lunch today. He was very upset so here are some pictures to remember his special egg that he did not want us eating for lunch. Although, it was a very good egg sandwich.

These are all his but his the favorite is far right- Jesus has risen