Happy Easter

Easter this year had some special meaning.

She was really interested in what Easter was all about.

I made her dress this year:).

It was really fun & SOOO easy.

And...she really liked it.

No, I did not make his outfit.

But boy was he C-UTE.

Just so darn sweet.

So in an effort to make Easter more meaningful & easier to understand for an almost 3 year old, I had plans of looking for ideas on the internet.

Before I even looked I found this.

So cool.

So we did it. That day.

First we made a salt dough hill.

We mixed with our hands.

Shaped it & poked holes.

Most importantly, we made a hole for the cross.

We baked it & waited till the next day to paint.

That was fun.

Except that the paint was old & smelled weird.

Kind of grossed me out...

But, it served it's purpose.

On Good Friday we read our Easter books & from her Bible.

Then we talked about the story as we put Jesus on the cross on our hill.

Then we put him in the tomb, covered him with a stone, "sealed" it shut, & put guards at the entrance.

Then we checked to see if he was still there later that day, & on Saturday.

Sunday morning, when she woke up, the stone was rolled to the side, & Jesus was standing there waiting for her.

"HE ROSED!"

:)

We also made the Easter Rolls from the same blog.

Fun, easy, & yummy.

You just wrap up a big marshmallow in a crescent roll or yeast roll, then put melted butter & cinnamon & sugar on top.

Oh yeah...yummy.

They smelled exciting.

When you take them out, the marshmallows are gone & the roll is EMPTY:).

Yep, she got it...

Happy Easter!