We celebrated Jesus' resurrection in my favorite place on Earth and it couldn't have been better. We were able to get down to Beaufort Thursday night and have a nice three day weekend in the beautiful low country. The weather was perfect, finally, after a seriously cold week. We enjoyed Easter egg hunts, Easter craft time, Easter egg dying, and a beautiful church service as a family. (Okay.... Collins only made it about 15 minutes in and she just wanted to talk a little too much;-) So, she got to play in the nursery...but the rest of the family enjoyed our sermon!) It truly was a fabulous weekend.
I'm not going to get into my thoughts on how OVERBOARD I think people go at EASTER time...but little C got an outfit and shoes in her Easter basket, no toys for this girl! Ha! I just think it's funny how you see some people spouting off about the true meaning of Easter and then listing out 25 items that their kids get in their Easter baskets. It just all seems so braggy and unnecessary to me. *you know what i am talking about if you are on any form of social media* It's like..."oh I am so thankful HE IS RISEN...and LOOK...to celebrate that, my kid got a small fortune in gifts!!" Ridiculous. (Okay, so maybe I did let you know my thoughts on it...oops!) What happened to the days when baskets were filled with candy only? I always got candy and a bathing suit growing up...not 20 million toys, books, games, etc. Anyways, enough about that.
I am so thankful for so many loving kids in our family...Collins had the best time playing with her older cousins. And Miss Janie was the best little babysitter! We took the kids to a HUGE Easter EGGstravaganza at a local church, it was PACKED. They had face painting, bounce houses, games, a puppet show, egg hunting, a petting zoo...it was insane. But, so fun. The puppet show was so cute because they took all these well known songs and changed the words to talk about the true meaning of Easter...obviously C is too little to get all that yet, but we talked with the big kids about it and they loved it.
Collins wasn't so sure about the goat.
Easter egg hunting/play with balls. They had all the hunts arranged by age, and the one year old section was mainly toys;-)
Time to dye eggs!
Getting help from her cousin.
Not so sure about this.
And this is what happens when you let a one year old go at it alone;-)
Next it was time to make Easter egg rice krispie treats. Collins was definitely only interested in eating them!
Back to the egg hunt.
The whole family got in on the craft time action.
C with her basket.
Family picture time.
It's so impossible to get a good picture of ALL three of us.
Sweet cousin Bo helping C hunt eggs!
She got one!
My best girl.
:)
Following Aunt Deebee's instructions.
at the hunt.
Dancing to the puppet show.
Fun with Lolly.
First time getting her face painted!
She loved the puppet show.
Such a big girl.
Hunting eggs.balls.
Little booger.
Team effort.
Our masterpiece.
Love this girl.
xoxo.
I'm not going to get into my thoughts on how OVERBOARD I think people go at EASTER time...but little C got an outfit and shoes in her Easter basket, no toys for this girl! Ha! I just think it's funny how you see some people spouting off about the true meaning of Easter and then listing out 25 items that their kids get in their Easter baskets. It just all seems so braggy and unnecessary to me. *you know what i am talking about if you are on any form of social media* It's like..."oh I am so thankful HE IS RISEN...and LOOK...to celebrate that, my kid got a small fortune in gifts!!" Ridiculous. (Okay, so maybe I did let you know my thoughts on it...oops!) What happened to the days when baskets were filled with candy only? I always got candy and a bathing suit growing up...not 20 million toys, books, games, etc. Anyways, enough about that.
I am so thankful for so many loving kids in our family...Collins had the best time playing with her older cousins. And Miss Janie was the best little babysitter! We took the kids to a HUGE Easter EGGstravaganza at a local church, it was PACKED. They had face painting, bounce houses, games, a puppet show, egg hunting, a petting zoo...it was insane. But, so fun. The puppet show was so cute because they took all these well known songs and changed the words to talk about the true meaning of Easter...obviously C is too little to get all that yet, but we talked with the big kids about it and they loved it.
Collins wasn't so sure about the goat.
Caro, your comments about the Easter basket madness are right on! I couldn't believe some of the things I saw on social media Sunday. I think it's safe to say some Easter baskets rival Christmas gifts. And Collins is too cute!
ReplyDeleteCutest family ever (and I love your dress.... LOFT?)! Let me know if Collins would be interested in dating Jackson in oh, say, 30 years. Email me and we can discuss. ;) HAHAHA!!!!
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