The commercialism of holidays drives me a little crazy sometimes. Each year on Easter particularly (not Christmas so much) I cringe that we focus very little on the resurrection and too much on chocolate, bunnies, and eggs. My desire this year is to spend more time during the Easter season appreciating what Christ has done for us- realizing His great sacrifice, the magnificent triumph of conquering death, and the hope we have because of it.
Honestly, however, I love coloring eggs and Easter egg hunts so I didn't want to just completely skip those fun aspects of this time of year. So, enter Spring Festival...rather than doing those activities on Easter, we did them today - the first day of spring. :) James had never colored eggs before and so was introduced to that interesting, and rather odd when you think about it, tradition. It was great fun to have the cousins here to participate with us as well. Hannah tried a new technique today of wrapping rubber bands around the egg to keep the dye from hitting those areas; it gave a neat effect. And, just in case you've never thought about this, we mostly always color raw eggs - that allows us to color more without then having to eat two dozen hard boiled eggs.
We also had a rousing egg hunt...all the more exciting with five hunters rather than two. Last year a friend tipped me on to the greatest idea for egg contents - Legos. So, out with tons of unneeded candy and in with some manageable Legos. In order to keep everything straight, the Legos were placed in color-coded eggs to ensure all the parts stayed with the right set. Then once all the eggs were found, there was a prize (Peeps) for the one who found the most eggs (Josh), and the eggs were sorted and given to the right recipient. There was also a batch of candy filled eggs so don't be concerned that my children were completely deprived in that department. :)
waiting to begin
the hunt
the sorting
the loot
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