The Easter Bunny comes to our house on Saturday. Actually this year he came Friday night after the kids were asleep. He's a smart Easter Bunny to know that Easter Sunday is for Jesus and not him! 
Each year the kids Easter Bunny "stuff" becomes less and less. We really want to get away from the whole "Easter Bunny" thing anyway and concentrate more on Christ at Easter time. We'd like to do that for Christmas, too, but it's a lot harder to phase out Santa! McKaylie and Noah still believe in the Easter Bunny. (I think McKaylie's a little on the doubting side, but I'm not pushing it) 
I like it when my kids believe(d) in Santa and the Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, etc.... I think there's an innocence there that is very sweet and once it's gone, it's gone forever. McKaylie and Noah got 2 toys and a couple of small things and Myshel and Vance got one thing and everyone got lots of candy and a chocolate bunny, of course. The Easter Bunny always hides everyone's basket, even Myshel and Vance's. Myshel's was in the dryer...silly bunny!
Chad and I were a little worried that even though we had talked to kids about how we need to think more about Christ on Easter and that we shouldn't expect too much from the Easter Bunny, that they would still be disappointed with a much smaller Easter Bunny visit. They weren't! Not even a little! They were all happy with what they got and never said anything about it being small. I was so relieved! This year the Easter Bunny hid the kid's plastic eggs for them; some years, he has mom and dad do it for him......
It was a nice Saturday, Easter Eve!
We had a really nice Easter Sunday, too. It was quiet and family/church oriented. We had a nice dinner and played games together. It was a great Easter weekend! I hope all of yours was just as wonderful!
Each year the kids Easter Bunny "stuff" becomes less and less. We really want to get away from the whole "Easter Bunny" thing anyway and concentrate more on Christ at Easter time. We'd like to do that for Christmas, too, but it's a lot harder to phase out Santa! McKaylie and Noah still believe in the Easter Bunny. (I think McKaylie's a little on the doubting side, but I'm not pushing it) I like it when my kids believe(d) in Santa and the Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, etc.... I think there's an innocence there that is very sweet and once it's gone, it's gone forever. McKaylie and Noah got 2 toys and a couple of small things and Myshel and Vance got one thing and everyone got lots of candy and a chocolate bunny, of course. The Easter Bunny always hides everyone's basket, even Myshel and Vance's. Myshel's was in the dryer...silly bunny! Chad and I were a little worried that even though we had talked to kids about how we need to think more about Christ on Easter and that we shouldn't expect too much from the Easter Bunny, that they would still be disappointed with a much smaller Easter Bunny visit. They weren't! Not even a little! They were all happy with what they got and never said anything about it being small. I was so relieved! This year the Easter Bunny hid the kid's plastic eggs for them; some years, he has mom and dad do it for him......It was a nice Saturday, Easter Eve!
We had a really nice Easter Sunday, too. It was quiet and family/church oriented. We had a nice dinner and played games together. It was a great Easter weekend! I hope all of yours was just as wonderful!
We colored our Easter eggs last Friday night. Even Noah's eggs were all different colors and decorated. It's nice not to have all brown eggs anymore! (from them being put into every color there is over and over again!) 
Vance was giving us some "attitude" about coloring them. He actually had other things he wanted to do instead. He told us that he was too old to color eggs. We said that no one is too old to color eggs! And that if he really didn't want to color them, we would do them for him. He decided to color them after all. Hmmmm I guess he's not too old! 
The kids each had a dozen eggs of their own to color and then we always do a few extra just in case some crack while they're boiling. So, we ended up with about 55 boiled eggs to eat! Some became deviled eggs for Easter dinner, but most were "snacked" on by the kids and Chad. McKaylie and Noah ate the last three this morning for breakfast! (I would never let them color that many if I didn't know they'd be eaten!) 
It's always fun to watch them "create" their eggs and see how they change from year to year!
