This year Lorelai is big enough to start to grasp what Easter is all about. We did Resurrection Eggs that were filled with little items to spur discussion about what Jesus did for us. There was a palm branch for His triumphal entry, perfume for when He was annointed with the alabaster box of ointment, a loaf of bread for the last supper, a nail, a little wooden cross....etc.

Then the night before Easter we made Resurrection cookies. We mixed a tsp of vinegar (to represent the vinegar Jesus was given on the cross) , a pinch of salt (to represent the tears shed by His followers) , 3 eggs whites (to represent the life we now have because of Him) and a cup of sugar (the sweetness of knowing Jesus). We then folded in a cup of pecans Lorelai had crushed in a plastic bag with a wooden spoon (to represent Jesus being beaten by the Roman Soldiers).

Then we placed them in a 300 degree oven, turned the oven off, and sealed it with masking tape to represent the tomb being sealed.

The next morning we got the cookies out and they were hollow, representing the empty tomb. He's alive!

Here's a picture at church of Toby's first Easter...