Day Before Easter

Easter is tomorrow and I'm having a hard time with this holiday. I mean, how are you supposed to get a 2 year-old to understand the Crucifixion and the Atonement? I'm sure I don't understand it 100%, but I get the basics at least. Gwen doesn't get the concept of death, so teaching her about Resurrection is right out. But the Easter Bunny is much easier for a 2 year-old to understand. A giant bunny that brings eggs with candy in them and small presents in a basket is fairly believable if not understandable when you're little. Well, we're doing our est by celebrating all the secular parts of Easter today and saving tomorrow to talk more about how it's a special day to thank Jesus for all he does for us.

Yesterday we went up to Layton to dye eggs with Noah, Sam, and Jami at Aunt Laura's house. I forgot to bring an extra shirt that I wouldn't mind getting messy, so we just let Gwen wear an old apron instead. Gwen loves her cousin Noah. He's 9 months older than her and she thinks he's so cool. They get along really well too.

Noah had climbed up on this chair and Gwen got up right behind him and started giving him hugs. It was very cute.

The girls were very careful about their egg dying and Noah preferred to dunk his eggs in multiple dyes and fish them out again with his bare hands.

Emily was fussy the whole afternoon and finally cheered up when we left her alone on the floor in the next room. She's 7 weeks old already.

Today we went over to Grandma and Grandpa's house for some Easter egg hunting. Gwen was a lot better at it this year and had a lot of fun.