Easter 2009

As Cameron gets older he is really starting to enjoy holidays! This was especially evident at Easter. He wanted to dye eggs and hunt for eggs. Now, we have never pushed the notion of an Easter bunny. The only figure of Easter we have ever encouraged is the most important figure, which is Jesus! Needless to say, we don't have television and he's home schooled, so the Easter bunny was never mentioned. But in an interest to not deprive him of the fun joys of childhood, we did partake in Easter eggs. Earlier in the day we had stopped at Larry's parents house. As Cameron was running around the front yard, he tripped and scraped his hand pretty good on some brick work. This incident parlayed nicely into our Easter discussion. We let Cameron dye eggs on his own . . . with very little guidance from us.




the finished eggs


His Easter basket

We got him all the stuff he needed for tball.

After a while the vinegar in the dye started to sting his hands and we found gloves for him to wear. (Side note, there are a ton of Easter pictures, so I'm only posting a few) Later at bedtime, we decided to do the Resurrection eggs. If you don't know what they are you can check out the link. But the basic idea is that there are 12 plastic Easter eggs and each one has a different item in them that ties into the story of the Crucifixion and the Resurrection of Jesus. We got to the egg with a sponge in it. The description of the sponge is to explain that when Jesus was on the cross, he was thirsty and asked for water. The guards instead soaked a sponge with vinegar and gave him that to suck on. This reminded me of our dyeing eggs and how the vinegar had hurt Cameron's hand and I explained that connection between the two. It's amazing to see the love of Jesus growing in a small boy. He was very sad for Jesus getting vinegar instead of water. It was a great way for the lesson to be brought to him in a physical way he could understand.

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On Easter Sunday, we went up to the Romona Bowl to watch "Behold the Lamb" the passion play that Calvary Chapel Hemet puts on every year. After we all met at our house for BBQ and family Easter egg hunt. Everyone who wanted to participate was to bring 12 eggs filled with candy and at least one egg filled with money. It was quite funny seeing everyone run for the eggs!