Easter 2012

This year was a different kind of Easter for us.  Sadie is the youngest at the age of 6, We wanted to change it up a bit. We had a week long celebration of Easter everyday we had a picture and some scriptures with an activity, all based on the last week of the Savior's life. The kids had Easter Egg Hunts at school, so we decided not to have an Easter Egg Hunt. Instead, we had a Love One Another Table, where the kids could only take a piece of candy when they wrote something down that was nice about someone else. Some of the activities we really fun and helped us set the spirit for our home this special week of Easter.

I am posting a bit more about what we did for our week long celebation. Several of you have asked me about it, so  I thought this might be a better way to share it. Here is the link where I used the activities, next year we will change a few as well, http://www.sugardoodle.net/joomla/index.php?view=article&catid=156&id=4281%3Aour-week-long-easter-experience&tmpl=component&print=1&layout=default&page=&option=com_content
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Pretty neat to eat like the savior, we did gyros on flat bread instead of the plans on the list. It was great, we loved that!!! Josh and I have talked about keeping that an ongoing thing. Next year, we will make our own tomb as a family night activity using an oval and some rocks and glue. I will purchase some cheap soldiers (2) to stand outside the door, then on easter morning we will lay the soldiers down and and open the tomb and leave a piece of white cloth with it. My mother in law gave me this idea and her parents did it with lint, and this was her favorite memory. Next year, we will also have everyone pick something they would like to give up for the whole week and see how this works as well. About being egged...The eggs were hidden in the front yard and we just had to find 15, just candy inside. Next year we are thinking about leaving nice thank you notes of scriptures to go with the candy. Then we took the kids to the homes, they quickly hid them in the front yard, rang the door bell and we drove away! Tons of fun and they learned so much more this year than in years past!