I have a book of New Family Traditions by Meg Cox that's filled with ideas of different ways to celebrate holidays & other things to celebrate in the family. I've enjoyed reading through it & like a lot of the things she suggests.
We've decided to do things a bit differently in the Hubbard house when it comes to Easter. We're going to focus on Christ and the Resurrection on Easter Sunday, of course. On the First Day of Spring (or close to it) we're going to do a Spring Day. We'll dye eggs, have an egg hunt, & eat candy. We really want to focus on the true meaning of Easter & help our kids see the difference.
Today was our first Spring Day. We did the eggs & the hunt which Hultz really loved. We also worked on our veggie & flower gardens. I like the idea of doing that on Spring Day too. What a great way to get the Earth ready to grow!
Hultz dyed the eggs:
Jon hid the eggs, along with some plastic eggs with candy inside and a couple of small toys in the backyard.
Hultz was thrilled to find candy in the eggs (I persuaded Jon to not put carrots & celery inside).
He loved finding his dog:
Bubbles & Elmo were the grand finale:
So our first Spring Day was really great. The weather was excellent & our gardens are weeded, planted and look lovely. Hultz has candy and an Elmo doll. Life couldn't get much better at our house!
1 comments:
I didn't read that book but our family has the exact same thinking for Easter! We are actually doing things very similarly to your family. We are really excited about this new tradition. Funny that we're so on the same page without having talked about it. =)
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