Easter Preparation

In preparation for Easter, we

1) read through the Good Friday and Easter Vigil services in the Book of Common Prayer - there are amazing Bible readings in there that give immense perspective. Highly recommended. Click here to read them - once you get to the pages, search for "Page 276" and "Page 285" for the 2 services.

2) Anna dyed Easter eggs in her raincoat.

The taking the egg out of the cup:

The putting it into the "box" as she called it:

Letting the eggs dry, while more concerned with her pigtail.

Finally, spending 35 minutes putting multiple tiny stickers on each egg.

3) Anna and I made a bunny cake.

This was significant in many ways, as

a) my college roommate had us make a bunny cake for Easter 12 years ago, which was Steve and Katie's first Easter together.

b) I tried yet another new domestic project in making a new kind of bunny cake.

c) Anna put two words together for the first time to say "bunny cake." This led to many two word phrases on the way to Easter with the broader family and back. "Green shirt" "Big truck" "Mommy's backpack" - we practiced a lot!