Anika decided to spread some Easter greetings this week, so we promptly got our Easter Thinking Caps on and went to work.
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| Getting down and dirty with the finger paints! |
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| She has a colorful diet...blue, red, green, yellow... |
And one of the finished products:
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| Hmmm...looks like CSU inspired the dominant color choices :-) |
Starting yesterday we were placed under a Winter Weather Advisory, which is scheduled to last until Monday morning. We took advantage of the early part of the storminess and trucked it to town (literally...we took the truck) and visited the town pool. Since their annual Easter Egg Hunt was going on we figured we'd get two birds with one stone while putting all of our eggs in one basket...or something cliche like that. Anika got a beach ball and entirely wore herself and Ben out by swimming around and asking Ben to go off of the diving board. I relished the virtual weightlessness and kiddo #2 relaxed for a bit, which was very nice!
And then this morning came along:
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| That's the fire ring out front...no roasted Peeps today! |
The rain had an epic battle of wills with snow off and on all day long:
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| Looks like we're cooking inside today! |
Anika didn't have a problem with the weather...she slept in!!! But once she got up, there was no stopping this independently mobile fair haired cutie pie!
First there was the discovery of what the Easter Bunny brought:
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| Basket with goodies plus a felt scene of the E.B. himself! |
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| The bubbles in the basket were the initial winner of the attention! |
And then there was the Egg Hunt:
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| Check out that form! Perfect for grabbing eggs! |
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| Oh, yeah - I've got some good stuff here! |
Then there was more back to the basket time...
Then it was time for breakfast (we were able to hold off on the peanut butter egg until lunch...)
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| Daddy made bunny pancakes!!! |
Anika did eventually make it out of her pajamas and into her Easter Dress...and when I said I needed to take her picture, she hopped up on the step we have in the living room (we put it in here to get it out of the guest room which Ben is working hard on making into a little girl's room for Miss A. - it is now an official "fun-thing-to-climb-on-and-practice-balance...and-give-Mommy-14-heart-attacks-in-a-row-while-probably-giving-the-little-brother-or-sister-some-great-ideas-toy").
Here's our Easter Ham (with Bunny and Ephalump...those two are never far away):
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| Laughing! |
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| She thinks its hillarious to put the bubble wand in her mouth and gross me out...eeewww! |
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| Sweetie pie! |
Then we learned a lesson about dresses...which I will venture to say that the majority of uniformed little girls learn and is the main reason that the uniform skirts get short...and nuns just never really "got" the reasoning for.
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| Dresses are NOT for climbing! |
Right before we had dinner, we did a project that I brought home from my
MOPS group (the moms I meet with every month - I linked them to the word "MOPS" if you're interested - these ladies are wonderful!) to help bring the story of Jesus' Last Week "home" to our family.
Its a "crafty devotional" and was fun! We had 12 empty plastic eggs and a (clean) used egg carton. In each egg, I placed a slip of paper with a Bible passage and a short phrase summarizing a different part of the Passion. Along with the paper, I included a symbol such as a little piece of cracker for the part talking about the Last Supper, a die for when the soldiers cast lots for Jeseus' clothes, and a small stone for the part when Jesus was laid in the cave and a stone rolled over the entrance. For the last egg, there wasn't anything included along with the paper because...Jesus has risen and he's out and about!
Anika and Ben were so cute going through all of the eggs - I was actually trying to get dinner on our plates and Ben was keeping Anika occupied. I've been reading "The Last Week" by Borg and Crossan and I popped in with little extra bits every once in a while. Unfortunately, I didn't finish the book in time for this Easter, but there's always next year!
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| Wow - she is really taking in what Ben is saying! |
On a side note...the sun finally popped out for a bit - pretty much when we were doing our Egg Devotional and lasted past dinner time! But...it's snowing again. I don't remember Sister Francita, Father Kidd, or anyone else talking about mud season in biblical times, but that must've been a mess, too!
So that was our Easter in a
nut eggshell :-) I
hop hope you had a good one, too!
P.S. Just in case he's checking in - Happy Birthday, Tom!
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