Ok, I'm trying to play catch-up with my blog (when am I not?). Here are some pictures from April...
Back when it was still somewhat cool in the evening (not blazing hot like it is now), the kids wanted to go down to the nearby creek to look for bugs. You can see Wyatt was holding the bug-catching equipment. Lila was helping Piper to look at the camera.
On their way.
Then one Saturday it was so nice, we decided to have a picnic at the park. I picked a shady spot to avoid sunburn, but apparently with the breeze coming off the lake, it was a little too cool for Lila and Wyatt :)
So we moved into the sun.
Wyatt enjoyed getting to use HIS lunchbox :)
At Easter time, we decorated some eggs. Wyatt scribbled on his. He did a good job not dropping the egg.
Lila trying to decide which color she wanted to dye her egg.
We had a fun Easter breakfast too. The kids made crosses using grapes and toothpicks.
I shared the Easter story with the kids while they helped make these Resurrection rolls - using crescent roll dough, cinnamon sugar and a large marshamallow. The white (pure) marshmallow represented Jesus who did not sin but died on the cross for our sin. We prepared his "body" for burial by dipping the marshmallow in melted butter and then rolling it in cinnamon sugar. Then we wrapped it up with the crescent roll dough. In to the tomb (oven) he went, and 3 days (about 12 min) later, when we opened the tomb, Jesus was no longer there, just the strips of linen he'd been wrapped in! This picture shows one roll where Jesus is gone. Unfortunately, many of my rolls didn't get sealed well enough (even though I REALLY tried to!) and the marshmallow oozed out. But they all tasted yummy, and the kids still got the point.
Then Aunt Janina hosted an Easter egg hunt at her house.
In both of these pictures you can see eggs that are "hidden." Aunt Janina had them color coordinated so everyone would end up with the same amount. Pink was one of Piper's colors, so I'm sure Wyatt and Lila both saw the eggs but knew not to pick them up.
Wyatt found one of his colors!
Piper's other color was purple.
She liked carrying around her basket and did a pretty good job finding her eggs too :)
1 comment:
Learned two things: I had heard of ressurection rolls but didn't know what they were or how they got their name. Clever idea by Aunt Janina to color code the eggs. That could maybe help eliminate fighting over eggs. Thanks for sharing your pics and updates. Less than two weeks!!!!!
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