Easter

We had a great Easter this year. I love Easter and always feel like it just comes and goes so fast. I feel that I miss the real importance of the Holiday and what it represents. So this week I decided to start a new tradition for our family I wanted to celebrate the last week of Jesus' life. So every night we read or did something for what Christ did on that day.

Sunday- The Triumphal entry into Jerusalem
Read Matt 21:7-11
Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem
Read Luke 19:41-44

Monday- Jesus Cleanses the temple
Read- Matt 21:12-16
Cleaned our own temple (our home)

Tuesday- The Barren fig tree and other teachings
Read - Matt 21:18-22
Matt 25
We also read this section in Jesus the Christ.

Wednesday- They plan to crucify Christ, women come to anoint and prepare him for his death, he prophesies of his death
Read- Luke 22:3-6
Matt 26:3-5
Matt 26:3-5, 6-13

Thursday- The last Supper
We made our own passover as close to what we imagined Christ's last supper to be.
we had: Lamb, pita bread, hummus, grape juice and an orange salad (sliced oranges, cucumber, avocado and lime juice)
Read- Luke 22:14-38
Mark 14:22-25
John 13:18-30
John 13:2-17 - Washing the disciples feet

Friday- Gethsemane to Calvary to the Tomb
Read - Luke 22: 40-46 Gethsemane
Matt 27
Mark 15
John 18 - 19
Luke 23
We read this chapter in Jesus the Christ it combined all the scriptures well.

Saturday- Visiting the righteous in the Spirit world
Read- D&C 138:11-24
We decorated our Easter eggs and talked about why we decorate eggs and what they represent.

Sunday- The Resurrection
Read- John 20
Luke 24
We read this chapter from Jesus the Christ.
Had a big Easter breakfast and baskets and a dinner.

It turned out to be a really spiritual Easter that lasted all week. When Easter Sunday came I really felt I was prepared. I wanted to start this tradition up so by the time Joshua gets old enough to participate I will have all the glitches out of it. Also I will add in using GAK pictures instead of reading so many verses, and add in some more activities every night, but it is a start. If you want to make up your own Easter traditions I got all my ideas off this page http://www.sugardoodle.net/Easter%20Ideas/index.shtml it was a great source and has a ton of stuff.

We did the traditional Easter baskets on Sunday morning Joshua really liked his...



then he wanted to see mine...soon got bored and moved to Caleb's. Then he found Caleb's jelly beans and got really excited, we had to hurry and hide them.



Yes Joshua is wearing tights, Caleb was distraught. Actually he has worn tights all winter to keep warm, they are great long johns, but he usually wears them under long pants. My mom found this really cute Easter outfit for him, and thinking Easter = Spring shorts would be fine. She didn't account for Vermont's pleasant 35 degree spring weather. Anyway, I didn't want him to freeze but really wanted him to wear his outfit... it was a compromise. He looked really adorable though, they look like long socks.



What has happened to the photo shoots... they are getting harder and harder.

I had to add this picture. Joshua has been getting into all sorts of mischief lately. He loves paper, especially toilet paper. We store ours really high in a cupboard so I need to climb up and throw a couple rolls at a time down. I did this and walked away to make the bed quick. Joshua was really excited around the corner. I could hear him squealing and going babababa. So I find him like this with all the rolls unwrapped, and doused in drool and covered in bite marks. He was very proud of himself and began to clap.