Now I am TERRIBLE at holidays. I never plan for them and hate decorating so basically holidays come and go without a lot of pre planning on my part. I tell the kids that there IS a holiday usually a day or two before, then scramble to tell them what the holiday is about. Like Jesus being born, pilgrims thanking God, Jesus dying and raising from the dead, etc. And this Easter was no different.
I was skyping with my Mom on Friday night after a DREADFUL day (which I won't get into!) and she reminded me about the resurrection eggs that we had (and I'd forgotten about!). So that was a start to our Easter! I got them out and sure enough Ella remembered them from 2009 when we were in Montana with Granny. She still knew the story! It seems like anything about Jesus or the Bible that my kids know their Granny taught them. Sigh. Maybe someday I'll get the hang of it...
Saturday we went to our friends house in the afternoon for an Easter egg hunt - Frankie's first ever! The kids were read the Easter story ( a quick kid version!), they hunted eggs (three times because it was so much fun!), ate their candy, Ella and I showed Abi our resurrection eggs and rambled on about them, then the kids played. Fun!
Sunday morning I got a call at about 9:15am from an American pastor from the East Coast who had just landed at the airport - with a package from Granny! He was a relative of a family friend from, get this, West Virginia!! We have one determined Granny let me tell ya, who does not trust nor forgive the Uganda mail system! Ha! So we met him at the P.O here and picked up our package, then came home and dug into the loot.
Oh my. What timely loot it was! Ella got a new Easter dress, Frankie several new shirts (all on sale!), some spaghetti sauce packs and cheese packs for mac n cheese (think EASY prep for nights I don't want to cook!), two candy filled chickens with symbols (so cool!), some "undergarments" for me (I feel SO supported now! ;), books for the kids and last but not least, little veggietale egg wrappers for Easter eggs. So even though I, the children's MOTHER, didn't think of Easter baskets, God, through their Granny and a guy from W. Virginia, provided the kids with some memorable and timely Easter treats. Isn't that COOL? God can totally make up for a mother's inefficiencies!
We went to church - the children in all their finery and me looking, well like a frump (but a fully supported frump!) - then in the afternoon "dressed" our eggs. So easy and they looked GREAT! Which was a good thing because I don't quite have the hang of coloring them yet. Then we were off to yet ANOTHER Easter egg hunt at friends. What fun!
Seriously listening to the Easter story on Saturday
Opening their eggs and eating their candy after the hunt
Proudly showing their new outfits and symbol playing candy filled chickens. Thanks Granny!
All dressed up and ready for church
Toothless L in all of her purple glory!
My little cowboy. I can't believe how long these jeans made his legs look! 
After naps we dressed the eggs. So easy and they looked GREAT!
Our egg offerings for the hunt. I exploded a couple eggs boiling them...
The H Huntress going after her prey
Finding one in the bbq
Diving into the pumpkins after an egg
Banana trees are great for hiding eggs!
Proud!
Ella and her friend Abi on the trampoline. These two are quite the pair! Abi is a huge kick in the pants. 
All of the hunters convening after the hunt. Telling hunting stories I'm sure ;) 
The proud hunters!
And the spread :)
Eatin' with friends up away from the dogs!The kids had a blast! Frankie started the day just a wee bit cranked but snapped out of it and HAD FUN. It is amazing to watch him now - I'm not sure if it's his age or a result of his working through his trauma issues but he can actually interact and play with a bunch of kids now and not only have fun, but totally hold his own! This mama ain't raisin' no wimp ;)
Great day. Great mom. Great pastor from W. V. Great friends. Great God!
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