On Easter morn at early dawn
Before the cocks were crowing
I met a bob-tail bunnykin
And asked where he was going.
"Tis in the house and out the house
atispy, tipsy-toeing,
Tis round the house and 'bout the house
a-lighlty I am going."
"But what is that of every hue
You carry in your basket?"
"Tis eggs of gold and eggs of blue;
I wonder that you ask it.
"Tis chocolate eggs and bonbon eggs
And eggs of red and gray,
For every child in every house
On bonny Easter day."
He perked his ears and winked his eye
And twitched his little nose;
He shook his tail -- what tail he had --
And stood up on his toes.
"I must be gone before the sun;
The east is growing gray;
Tis almost time for bells to chime." --
So he hippety-hopped away.
May your Easter and the days ahead be filled with little miracles that warm your heart. (From an American Greetings Card).
Today was wonderful. First I took the kids to Church. I missed most of the service but the kids themselves had fun. A couple of Church members brought in some lambs, a baby goat and some rabbits so the kids (or, I should say the girls) were happy to see them. The boys took off to the play area. I have no idea what their religious classes entailed. However, all of the children received very nice little Easter bags from their teacher. There were some simple themed stickers, a very pretty card with either a bunny or a lamb, two little chocolate eggs, a baggie of dried fruit, a mini animal shaped cookie cutter and even a Gladiolus bulb. Now that is what I call an Easter basket! I didn't even buy any for our kids this year. The commercial aspect of Easter just drives me up the wall. However, this has given me a few ideas of what to do next year. After the service and religious classes were over, the kids did a canned food hunt! All cans were donated by members of the Church and afterwards, were donated to local food banks.
Thw whole afternoon was spent with family. Although the house was really crowded with ten adults and seven rambuctious children, it was actually pretty peacefull. The kids watched Veggietales An Easter Carol (Kind of dissapointing, I've seen better Veggietales movies. The kids agree since most of them didn't watch more than half of it.), colored eggs, etc. It was too cold to hunt for eggs outside, so we had our Easter Bunny hide them in the winery ware house. We did it in two shifts so as to give the smaller kids a better chance of actually finding some. Kitty found the most! James was in the second shift and he was a bit disappointed because he only found three eggs (his cousin Drew found the most at 12) but then he was ok when he found out two of his eggs contained $0.15 which has now been added to his little bank.
The rest of the afternoon was spent with the kids quietly playing and some of the adults kept the kidlets corraled while we cooked dinner. There was also a small, well, I guess you could call it a science experiment. My MIL had gotten out a box of peeps and someone mentioned putting it in the microwave to make it bigger so she tried it. I tried to get a video of it (or rather my husband did) but it didn't come out very well. It certainly did get bigger. However, it got left in too long so it was an exploded peep. :D We celebrated Deedee's bday again since all of the family was there and most of them she doesn't see more than maybe once a year. It was wonderful to be able spend so much time with the family. Unfortunately, they have to all go home tomorrow. :(
The musings of my childrens journey in the wonders of love, life, and spirituality. Love, Live, Laugh, and Learn. That's what it's all about. Welcome and blessed be.
* Carey ~ Beloved husband that puts up with everything.
He's majoring in history, loves to read, play D&D and Mech Warriors.
* Ami ~ Me. Busy teacher and housewife. I love to spend
time with the kids, read, garden, cook, knit, sew, make my own soaps
and salves.
* James ~ Our oldest at five. He loves to build with blocks, enjoys the guitar, adores robots and believes he
can't live without his trucks (and skateboard).
* Charles ~ My little monkey! Our youngest son at four, he
is the most precious gift ever recieved on a birthday.
He's a wonderful, sunny little guy that's very inquisitive and artistic.
* Meradydd ~ Our oldest daughter at three.
An opinionated and exceedingly bossy little girl with a temper to match her copper hair.
My little fashion diva that loves shoes, furlies, & hair pretties.
* Kathrynn ~ Kitty is my 1 year old little angel. She's a beautiful, mellow little girl that's extremely patient but is also starting to show her claws.
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