Happy Easter

So what does the above picture have to do with Easter? Nothing...except the weather was so bad this weekend that we rented a couple of games for the Wii and spent a lot of time playing them on the big screen. It really is quite fun and of course my kids (including Marc) spent many hours enjoying themselves.

We did do some things "eastery" though. Friday morning we went to church and were in charge of watching the 2-5 year olds during the service. They were all such good kids and it was quite nice to teach the little ones for a change. Later that day we decided to decorate some eggs. Marc and I were able to partake in the wonderful practice of blowing out eggs.
We tried a few different decorating techniques and while some failed miserably, others worked quite well.
This morning the kids checked what the Easter Bunny brought them. I'm learning that they definitely don't need as much chocolate as they usually get so this year the Easter Bunny got Hannah the soundtrack of the new Hannah Montana movie and got Ben an Angel Wars DVD. They did get a few little chocolates but it was quite a conservative amount compared to previous years. Then we were off to church to celebrate our Risen Saviour. The kids seemed to enjoy the activities we had planned for them...I just hope it was more than fun and they actually were impacted by the true meaning of this day.

After church I set up an Easter Egg hunt for the kids in the livingroom. I used a suggestion out of one of my magazines and instead of candy or chocolate there were little notes inside that entitled our kids to special family times. Times like a picnic in the park, breakfast out with Daddy, baking with mommy, ice cream...etc. They were really excited about it.

We went downstairs to mom and dad Bergens for dinner. It turned into quite the festive evening as we ate a wonderful meal and then ended up having a dance! I think at one point or another we were all dancing. The kids were great and Ben and Hannah looked so grown up.
I don't know what tomorrow brings... my husband says he has plans but the weather may end up changing that. I do know that whatever we do it will be enjoyable as we will be together as a family.