I have been teaching Talullah about the meaning of Easter for the past couple of weeks, and I think she gets it. She's only three, so obviously it's just a basic understanding, but I'm still excited that she can tell me the reason we are celebrating this important holiday. She can tell you how Jesus died on the cross, went into the tomb, and then went up to Heaven. How exciting to instill the love of Jesus into my daughters heart from an early age! When she has an owie, the first thing she does is to ask momma to pray for it. What a joy to know she trusts Him to heal her!
For the past three years we have had the family to our house for an Easter potluck dinner and an egg hunt for the kids. This year, poor Berlyn caught a nasty cold the day before and was absolutely miserable. She was such a good sport the entire day, though, saving all of her fussin' for bedtime. ;) We had such a lovely time with the family. Every single person was able to make it this year, and even though Wesley had to work he came by during his lunch break. Let me run down just a few highlights from our day...
*We let the girls open their Easter baskets after breakfast. They were thrilled about the little princess toys Nana bought.
*I noticed Miss T at the table before our guests arrived, and my Peeps were missing their heads. I also noted a bight out of one of the sugar cookies. "Berlyn did it!", was Talullah's response.
*Uncle Nate read the kids the Easter story while the other men hid the eggs out in the yard.
*The rain held off long enough for the kids to run around outside. Hooray!
*Grammy and Grandpa Downey with all 8 of their grandbabies. Adelaide (6) Hugh (4) Talullah (3) Gillian (almost 3) Berlyn (1 1/2) Mae (11 mths) Vivian (9 mths) Havanna (1 mth)
*Nick and his beautiful family. So blessed to have such wonderful in laws and loving aunts and uncles for our girls!
*Our family photo!
*The kids decorating their cookies. A very messy craft, indeed.
Happy Easter, everyone!!!
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