Easter Fun

Better late than never: I'm overdue for a post about our Easter celebrations this year. It was very low-key for the Courtrights. Believe it or not, I didn't buy a single Easter outfit for the kids nor did I even bother putting together our usual Easter baskets and egg hunt. The kids celebrated with their friends at school and church so I figured that was good enough!

On the morning before the kids' Easter parties, I tried to get a couple quick pics of the kids with their Easter baskets.

Kaitlynn's class at Mother's Day Out had an egg hunt first thing that morning. The Mommies didn't attend (so that the kids didn't get upset if they saw us) but Kaitlynn's teacher was so kind to take pictures for us. From the looks of it, K had a blast.

Later that afternoon, Connor's class had their Easter egg hunt. It was great fun! The big kids definitely turn it into a race rather than a hunt.

Not to forget the true meaning of Easter...our church showed this really cute and sweet video called A Very Special Sunday about the story of Easter and I found a copy on YouTube. We just loved it! Watch it and I promise you'll love it.

And finally, I just had to share this recent artwork by Connor. He drew it all on his own during his rest time on Easter Sunday, and it's a picture of Jesus dying on the cross. When I asked him to describe the picture for me, he told me that the men in red are the "bad soldiers" with spears who killed Jesus (notice their "angry" eyes), the brown circle is the rock in front of the tomb where Jesus was buried, the purple lines are the "path to heaven" and the gray structure shows all of the rooms in heaven. Just when I think he's overly focused on the Easter bunny and egg hunts...it's nice to see that he actually "gets" what Easter is all about.