Easter Festivities - Picture overload

Friday - Dying Easter Eggs, Try on Easter outfits for photos, Good Friday church service 

Samuel loved dying eggs. He was fascinated with the change of color, loved painting on the eggs and putting stickers on. He doesn't care so much for eating the eggs though. 

Emma really got into it too, but the egg ended up on the floor and she had more fun dipping her whole hand in the dye.

 Check out that green hand...

 So proud...

 We had to follow up egg dying with playtime in the sink with a little baking soda and vinegar. Lots of fun and it got the dye off pretty well...

When leaving church Friday night, Samuel asked, "now do we look for the Easter eggs?" He was so confused by the multiple aspects of Easter.

Saturday - Breakfast with the Easter Bunny, Egg hunt, (Kids museum and chuck E cheese, but those are unrelated to Easter. :)).

Emma didn't care too much for the Easter bunny...

 Ready to go...

 Emma knew that she wanted that egg, but wanted to open it up right away instead of getting more eggs... 

Samuel was being picky about which ones he picked up and he kept taking eggs to Emma's basket (so sweet to want to help her!), so our candy stash is very manageable :) 

 Checking out their loot... 

 Sunday - Easter Baskets, Resurrection rolls, church (Sam and I, Emma was sick), pictures, kites, ham dinner with friends

You can't tell at all that she was up sick most of the previous night... She really wanted to eat that candy! 

Sam was thrilled with the "resurrection rolls" - We took a pillsbury biscuit, wrapped it around a marshmallow, rolled it in butter and cinnamon sugar and baked. When we sliced into it, the marshmallow left a hole to look like the empty tomb. Samuel really got excited about the fact that the tomb was empty because Jesus rose from the dead... or he really liked the sweet breakfast treat. It was so sweet to hear Samuel's understanding of the Easter story grow this year. He really began to grasp the basics Christ's death and resurrection. He also thought it was hilarious that Peter sliced off the guards ear and kept wanting to read the story about the bad guys... such a boy. :) 

 Eating a peep... a "turkey" as he called it.

 Kites were not so successful... :)

 We couldn't finish our pictures without stopping to play in the sand for a bit...

Happy Easter!