Easter

Easter Morning!!

It seems I just don't pick up my camera very often any more, so the photos are sparse yet again.  After breakfast, we gave the kids their Easter presents:  a real Bible for Evan (his first) and a stack of CDs for Chloe with Bible verses set to music.  It's important to us that Jesus is the reason for this day and the kids were so grateful for their new treasures :-)

After that they were free to hunt for baskets which their dad hid this year.  Evan found his strung to a rope down the chimney hole in our unfinished attic, and Chloe's was under a box downstairs.  This might be Todd's job every year.  We opted for natural treats like fruit leathers and banana chips which are just as exciting to the kids as gummy worms since we rarely buy them.  They were thrilled.  We also like to put a little surprise in the basket too:  a pure white kitten for Evan and a husky dog for Chloe.  They both liked the little surprises the best out of everything. 

For a family that doesn't eat a lot of sugary food, Easter is a difficult holiday to navigate, but this year felt just right.  We went to church without any sugar-high to deal with and some really nice music to listen to as a family.  (Again with the lack of pictures... we don't dress up super fancy on Easter anyway, but still....)