Easter

Our Easter celebrations were kicked off on Friday night by going to see Monsters vs. Aliens in 3D. The week before the boys started asking to go see that movie and George told them the only movie we would be seeing in the future was the Hannah Montana movie. We didn't tell them we were going to the movie, we kept it a surprise. When we went in to pay for our tickets Trevan was not so happy! He was moping around until he finally asked if he really had to see the Hannah Montana movie! Monsters vs Aliens was actually a pretty fun movie. I wasn't really expecting to like it but I did. The kids loved it, well the boys did, Kennedy couldn't keep the glasses on her little face so she gave up on them. Saturday we finally were able to get the trampoline set up. We have it anchored down with 7 50lb sand bags and George still wants to get a few more. Later that evening after playing at the park and on the trampoline we finally were ready to color the eggs. The kit I bought wasn't the best. Not all the colors dissolved very well. But do kids really care? Not mine!

This is how they really feel! ha ha. If you were to ask these crazy kids what their favorite thing to do on Easter is they would not answer with the egg hunt, or the basket hunt, or even the new clothes. What they would tell you is that the best part it the EGG WARS! If you don't know what an egg war is that just means you have not had the privilege of spending an Easter dinner with the Jacklin family! (my, Linda's, family) Trevan won the first round and I won the second. George tried to cheat but I still beat him.

Sunday afternoon, getting ready to hunt down the candy filled eggs. We gave Kennedy a head start because she was content to just look at the eggs and not really pick them up. After she picked up one she thought she was done!

Both Trevan and Kennedy finding the hardly hidden eggs. The boys were actually pretty funny with Kennedy. They would tell her where the eggs were and then pick them up for her. They really are not stingy boys when it comes to candy.

George did hide some eggs that were a little harder to find. I had to take pictures of where they were and then show the boys the picture so they could go find them. They had a really good time, and so did we.

The past few months Trevan has really been asking alot about Jesus and how and why he died, and that he lives again. It really made an impact on him. He knows the true meaning of Easter and why it is and important for us. We have stressed the fact that Easter isn't about candy and eggs, and we don't even mention the Easter bunny in our house. As we were driving home from church yesterday we were talking about our primary, (George and I are Trevan's teachers) Mason started telling us about sharing time and the lesson that was taught, he said he had one little tear leak from his eye. So nice to know when the spirit whispers truth that he was in tune to hear and feel it.