Easter 2012 (A little late)

Easter baskets in our
house get hidden.
Craig had a hard time
finding his. 

We had a nice "split" Easter this year. On Easter Sunday, we watched a great video on lds.org showing/telling the full Easter story followed by Craig explaining it to Sophie- who had stayed perfectly snuggled while watching the whole thing. After that, we did our Nas-ter-son tradition of finding little Easter baskets. Baskets in this house generally have things in them like tooth brushes, tooth paste, Craig got a razor & some shaving cream (no hints intended), a couple puzzles and some parts he had ordered mysteriously ended up in there, too. Sophie received several items to help her be a little quieter at church and to use on Sunday afternoons with daddy: a couple coloring books, toddler crayons, bubbles, a new picture of Christ, some wash cloths and alphabet letters for bath time. (I can't find the video of her finding her basket in the washing machine. I'll post it later if I find it.)

Craig was funny (as usual) in his contribution to the family-fun part. He hid a basket with some eggs in it in our crock pot. With a banana. Therefore, I got an Easter basket. In the eggs were clues to a surprise/treat. BEST possible choice for right now! ...I was the "mean" one who didn't do candy and I got a month supply (5 boxes) of thin mints. Oops.

Yes, he DID hide boxes
of thin mints in our
green bean food storage
box. 

We also enjoyed a very nice Easter program at church (very similar to ones a lot of churches do the Sunday before Christmas) and then spent the afternoon/evening celebrating our nephews birthday in PG at my sisters house. I wasn't thinking and didn't get any pictures of Sophie with her cousins at the birthday but she enjoyed getting to play with them even if David (now 3) still wasn't so sure about "Soapy" playing with his toys.

We did our own Easter dinner the following Sunday and had ourselves a little ham, bugs-in-rice, rolls and salad. Sophie has quite enjoyed eating the leftover ham warmed for breakfast, chopped and put in an omelet, sliced with cheese... It was a good purchase. :)

We tried doing an Easter tree this year (no pictures- I already put it away in storage) and while Sophie enjoyed taking the eggs off and pulling out the paper and item inside, she still isn't old enough to "get it." Basically, we got a little "tree" in a pot, hung 7 numbered eggs on it and inside each egg was a scripture and item that related to that scripture. There was one for each evening for the week leading up to Easter. It was a good idea and we did get through a couple nights but I think maybe next year it might work a little better with her being older.