With Easter two weeks away, I wanted to remind the girls what Easter is all about. Easter celebrates the miracle of Jesus coming back to life after being crucified on the cross. It is not a celebration of springtime, and although the Easter bunny does leave our children Easter baskets, I want them to know the Easter bunny is just a fun addition to this most sacred time. Can you even imagine allowing your child to die for the sake of someone else? I thank God every day that he was able to do something for me that I could never do for myself. What love, what grace!
So tomorrow we will open our first Resurrection egg, and continue, one day at a time until Easter. Each day holds a small symbol in its egg (bread, thorns, nails, a sponge), and a corresponding Bible verse in the pocket on the bottom of the egg carton. The final egg will be empty because Jesus wasn't there in the tomb! The miracle above all miracles. We will slow down and remember what Jesus has done for us.
(You can find all the instructions for the Resurrection eggs on my holiday board on Pinterest.)
Dan has this tradition of taking the girls to Build-A-Bear on their birthdays. He started with Lilly when she turned one, and has done it for each of their birthdays ever since. He decided he didn't want to do this with his son, so he took Hendricks to the mall to buy his first baseball hat. It's a fitted Dodger hat, complete with his initials. I wouldn't expect anything less!
As promised, here are some photos of the birthday boy, his friends, and family. It was such a wonderful day: perfect weather, lots of laughter, and fun was had by all. Happy birthday, sweet boy. We love you loads and loads!
He did it! My sweet, baby boy turned one. Saturday, we had a globe trotting, travel themed birthday party for the little guy. It was so much fun to plan for. The invitations were paper airplanes sent out in vintage air mail envelopes, and much of the decor was made out of old maps. You can find some of the printables I used on my Pinterest boards. My mom made the beautiful cake, and my mother-in-law picked up some globes at the Goodwill. Today, I want to share what the party looked like and Wednesday, I will post pics with people in them, I promise.
I love capturing these everyday moments. Lilly was in he shower being a big girl. While these two were having so much fun together, laughing & splashing. Once they got out of the bathtub, Henry made a run for it. I love how he covered up his private parts as if to say, "Enough already, Mom." Ah, too cute!
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