We're not really big into holidays around our house. It isn't that I don't want to honor traditions, expose Sam to various pagan and christian ideas, or create our own holiday fun for Sam to remember, it is that I just find it hard to get into some of the more commercialized aspects of the holidays. But, alas, we have a 2 1/2 year old and I want her to be able to join in on the holiday fun at least a little bit, so last night, at 8pm, there I was, at Target, attempting to get an Easter basket and a few Easter trinkets for Sam. Well, evidently, everyone else under the sun had gotten there before me. The shelves were ransacked! I chose one of the (literally) six remaining easter baskets, and decided it was a good thing Sam didn't really like candy, as there wasn't any available :-) Ha! I picked up a few odds and ends to put into some eggs and finished off the basket with a few books and stickers. Nothing fancy, but it did the trick!
This morning, we went down to Kristen's house, let Sam and Morgan play for a little bit, went out for a non-traditional Easter donut :-) and then headed over to the Coast Guard base where Rob was working. We did our easter hunt in the offices, as it was too blustery and cold to hide the eggs outside. Nothing says Easter like an easter hunt on a military base, right?! But the girls had fun, and that is all that matters! We'll work on telling Sam about the resurrection of Jesus, and the reason why bunnies came to be a symbol of the Easter holiday some other year :-)
Sprinkles!
On the move
Searching for eggs
The girls with their full baskets
2 comments:
Love these pictures! I will forgive Sam's lack of interest in candy for her love of donuts :) So cool that the girls got to do an easter egg hunt together!
I'm the total easter curmudgeon. The secular part is just stoopid and, frankly, the religious part is too. Not so for Christmas, where I enjoy the pagan traditions and even the religiously inspired music.
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