This year we decided to have Easter early, since Scott and Emma will be with their biological mother for Easter break. We decided to have Easter on Monday night, April 6th, for Family Home Evening. This is the second time we've done this, and it's something I want to continue doing while Scott and Emma are still young and have to deal with alternate parent-time holiday schedules. We create many good memories and traditions this way.
We started off the night coloring and dying Easter eggs while the Easter bunny (Daddy) hid the plastic candy-filled eggs in the front yard. Scott and Emma traditionally make one "ugly" egg out of the batch of dyed eggs every year. The goal is to make one egg as weird looking as possible, using all of the color dye at once. The kids think it's hilarious!
After dying eggs, Scott and Emma went on their Easter egg hunt. It was great seeing Emma at Scott's egg-searching level now, finding just as many eggs (if not more) than Scott. It was enjoyable watching them have a good time.
After the egg hunt, we came inside and had a spiritual FHE lesson on Easter while the kids ate their Easter candy. We wanted to make sure the lesson focused on the true meaning of Easter since the children will most likely not go to church on Easter Sunday. It helped that we discussed Easter briefly after General Conference. There were a few wonderful talks that focused on Easter and the Atonement during the Sunday sessions. I wanted to basically go over the week that led up to the first Easter with the children. We dicussed Palm Sunday, Passover, the Last Supper, the Atonement, Good Friday, and Christ's Ressurection. I used pictures to go over these spiritual and historical moments with the children, and Scott and Emma were genuinally interested and asked many questions.
Having to deal with alternating holidays every year is difficult, but I am grateful that we can still create family traditions and have many fond memories, even during the times when the kids cannot be with us. Scott and Emma eagerly look forward to our family traditions every holiday, and I know they find security in our constant stability. The memories they create with us will last a lifetime.
HAPPY EASTER!
Love,
The Norths
1 comment:
How fun, and you look so cute with your pregnancy glow, people would always tell me that and I think it means the bump. Anyways hope you guys have a good Easter weekend
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