Happy Easter

Kids on Easter
Trace
Kianna eating her egg
Kaylee decorating eggs. Notice how colorful her fingers are...

We had such a fun Easter this year! The girls had a blast decorating eggs. Well I should say, Kaylee LOVED decorating eggs and Kianna loved EATING the eggs! The girls also enjoyed the Easter egg hunts. Our neighborhood had one and then on Easter Trevor hid 113 eggs for the girls and their cousin, Aliyah, to find. They had a blast finding all those eggs. Not to mention finding all the goodies hidden INSIDE the eggs. The Easter bunny was pretty generous with gifts this year. It was pretty funny because Trevor and I dropped the kids off at my parent's house on Friday night, so we could do some shopping at Toys R Us for Easter gifts. Kaylee was aware of what we were doing and so on Easter after finding all the gifts from the Easter bunny and jumping up and down in excitement she politely asked "Mommy, when do we get the presents that you and Daddy bought us at Toys R Us the other day?" What is a Mommy supposed to say to that??? 

It is important to us that despite all the fun that Easter encompasses, that the true meaning of Easter is not forgotten. When asked both girls will tell you that we celebrate Easter because Jesus died on the cross to save us for our sins. I just love hearing them say that. When asked what a sin is Kaylee says "all the bad things we do". Hearing their answers makes me think "they're getting it". Kaylee even made up a song about Easter, well two acually. One about the Easter bunny and the other about Jesus dying on the cross. She gets her lyrical talent from her Daddy who often makes up songs when inspired...

Addendum: It was cute because after I posted this Kianna was watching me nurse Trace and I asked her "Do you have milk in your boobies?" and she answered "no". I said "How did milk get in Mommy's boobies?" and she answered "Because Jesus died on the cross." When asked if Jesus lives in their hearts, Kaylee says "yes" and Kianna says "no". When asked why Jesus doesn't live in her heart Kianna answers "I don't have a heart".  So maybe she doesn't COMPLETELY grasp it all quite yet...