Easter pics

What joy there is in the knowledge of salvation! This year the big kids and Dad went to Easter sunrise service, and the little kids and I slept in, since I'm a night worker. I listened to Easter praise songs, and sang along in worship as we prepared our Easter family feast.

This year the egg coloring and hunt went a bit better. There is still room to grow, but all in all, people are starting to "get it." Sort of like Christmas traditions, right?

We called her "The Smasher," since she wanted to tap them with the side of her spoon until the shells broke.

We called her "The Eater," since she wanted to eat the eggs, shell and all, off of the spoon, and enjoyed spoonfuls of the delicious colored vinegar water.  Mm-mm!

I make it sound crazy, but they really did do better this year than last!

We called him "The Dropper," since he would pick one egg up with the spoon, and drop it onto the other one.

Last year, he wouldn't participate at all, and laid on the ground, looking at his basket.

She was the queen of the hunt this year, and threw herself into it with enthusiasm.

She had no problem finding the eggs;  she just wondered why she needed to gather them up again.

"Okay, I have two here;  now what?"

She really got into it!

After he'd gathered about six eggs, he started swinging his basket vigorously.