Easter Festivities
We celebrated Easter, celebrated it some more, and then a little more after that! We were studying the crucifixion in Matthew at this exact time (our bible studies don't always line up with the holidays/time of year, but it happened to this year), so it was cool. the boys got it - they totally got it - and understood that the bunny thing is something we do to celebrate Christ's resurrection. It was fun. We had lots of discussions about Jesus, Easter, Peter, "the bad duys", the rooster that crowed...you name it. First up was the school celebrations.... They only had a half day of school, so I stayed at the school and helped both their classrooms. The weather was much cooler than the forecast said. The kids didn't mind - they were ready to hunt! Garrett class did a fruit salad snack, with each color of fruit representing something about Easter. Joshua and Garrett Garrett turns to hu...