Easter Festivities

We had such a great Easter season this year! The week leading up to Easter we really tried to do some things with Hailey to help her learn why we celebrate.
Our friends from church (who live in out neighborhood) had an Easter Egg Hunt at their house as an outreach to their neighbors so we went to check it out. That is something I would love to do in the future with our cul-de-sac. There are lots of kids right around Hailey's age and I think it would be really fun. Anyways, Hailey had a great time looking for eggs. After finding the first one and discovering it had candy in it she just wanted to eat candy. But I showed her how many more eggs there were and off she went.

listening to directions (yellow jacket)

There was one empty egg hidden to symbolize the empty tomb and Hailey found it! She won a little prize and was so excited. After the hunt, they read the Easter story and had little crafts for the kids.

We also made Resurrection Rolls with Hailey. She loved putting the "spices" on Jesus' body (cinnamon). She was so excited when the rolls were empty after being in the "tomb" (oven). After that she kept saying "Jesus Live" (Jesus is Alive). It was precious!...and I didn't get any pictures. Oops!

Easter Sunday we tried to take a few pictures...

Oh well. I was going to try again after church but someone spilled with squeeze yogurt all over their dress and then we had to change. Hailey was excited to open her Easter basket. She loved the candy and goodies. All morning we tried to remind her of the reason we celebrate Easter and she kept saying "Jesus Live". I pray that she grows to real