Easter Pictures

He is risen! And this is how we celebrated... With lots of pictures that took a long time to load...


Daniel, Mercy and Michael watch as Daddy prepares the egg dye...


Daniel and Mercy study the egg dye box... These two are the only two who might possibly share a chair at this point for longer than 3 minutes. Not to be cynical about my kids and their friendships, it's just fact. I think it's because there's just enough space age-wise between them; Daniel is developing compassion for those that are young enough not to be a threat to him. I'm not sure how good of a thing that is... I mean it's partly good... can we talk about this later?



Daniel and Daddy look the same!


Mercy and her cuteness and her egg...


Michael's egg...


Daniel's egg...


So we dyed eggs on Good Friday together. Then I dyed more eggs on Saturday, all by myself. Then later Saturday night, Bob and I prepared these yummy things for us to eat Sunday morning!


They were really good but I think they almost needed some kind of egg side dish to help offset the sweetness. But we didn't have an egg side dish.

Truth be told, I'm a bit of an "egg snob", and I just don't see the need to add eggs to the breakfast table on a regular basis. I mean they're great as a protein source but what's the point of eating something that tastes so bland? I end up covering up their mild sulfur-y flavor with the entire contents of my fridge just so they are palatable! (Okay that was a planned diversion into the Land of What Rebecca Doesn't Like for the benefit of a select group of people. You know who you are.) I understand that I am alone in my snobbery and I'm comfortable with that.


Treats from Grandad and Grammy were on the table in the morning...


Unfortunately, this is the only shot I have of Mercy in her Easter dress. Really, I kind of dropped the ball on a group shot this Easter. Oh well. Mercy's apparel was really the only notable Easter apparel. The rest of us just wore regular church clothes. Maybe next year we'll all match.



After church and a fun church Easter egg hunt, we headed home for naps. In the late afternoon, we gathered in Seattle with Bob's family to eat some really yummy food and have the annual Egg Roll. I'm not going to explain here what the Egg Roll is, except to say that it is a game played on a somewhat sloped surface with hardboiled eggs. Generally, it is a calm game, a peaceful Easter game. It was not when played in the company of 8 children 6 and under. But that's okay. I like peace and quiet but I can be realistic.


Here are Bob, Mercy and Michael beginning the Egg Roll.



Michael rolls an egg...

Daniel holds an egg...


Overall, it was a good Easter. I don't think that sums our day up very well. On Monday, I was chatting with some other co-op moms at our homeschool co-op about the busy-ness we experienced over the weekend. The general feeling seemed to be that especially on Easter, we would like more time for thankful reflection and less bustling about. I'm not sure how to reconcile the desire to spend time with family on the holidays and the need to quietly consider the meaning of this very special Lord's Day. Any of you have any ideas towards that end?


Oh and yes, Josiah was with us this Easter. He just didn't quite make it into the "big kid" activity pictures. So there he is.

I'm not so sure he's super happy in this picture but it shows his giant front teeth so I'll share it with you anyway.

rebecca