Anecdotal Records About Easter

Avery's Easter:

-As part of Avery's Easter basket, she got a necklace-making kit with letter beads.  She immediately went to work, making necklaces for friends, family... everyone except herself.  When we'd encourage her to make her own necklace before she ran out of letters, she'd tell us, "Later, after I finish Kate's and Amelia's..."  Avery loves to gift others, often at her own expense.  As Amanda said, "Avery is so others-minded that she'd go down on an airplane putting oxygen masks on everyone else and forgetting herself."  We love her giving heart.

Kate's Easter
-At our annual Rowdy Rebels party, we do two egg hunts: one for the younger kids and one for the older kids.  The older egg hunt includes a challenge: get eggs numbered 1-12 and only get one of each number.  I asked Kate if she thought she could do it and she was sure she could.  She was right!  I walked around with her, trying to 'help' her keep count, but she'd have to correct me!  "No, Mom, I already have a 7."  And sure enough, she did.  She knew exactly what she was doing and kept easy pace with her big sister.

-After the egg hunt on Easter Sunday, everyone split up to sort their Easter candy.  Nana brought in a box of Ziploc bags and told the kids they could sort their candy so the flavors didn't run together.  After about 20 minutes of letting the kids sort candy while we cleaned up a bit, I checked on Kate.  She had about 50 bags, each with a few pieces of candy in them.  She had emptied each individual egg into a separate bag.  What was really perplexing was the bags we found, each with 1 single M&M inside of them.

Amelia's Easter
-Amelia (and her family) got to join us for church on Easter, and on the way home, her parents asked her the usual questions: "Did you have fun?  What did you learn?"  Amelia told them that yes, she had, "Fery, fery fun." And that she learned that on the first Easter when the rock was rolled away, Jesus' bottom wasn't there!  His bottom was gone!  Amanda asked, "What about the rest of Jesus?  Was it gone too?"  Amelia responded, "I don't know.  But His bottom was gone!"  As it turns out, the teachers explained that Jesus' body was gone... and Amelia uses 'body' and 'bottom' as synonyms.

Reese's Easter
-Reese is so intent.  She's 9 months going on 5 years in her mind's eye.  She wants to be a part of everything - at church while Jordan was leading worship, she'd do her usual intent look: chin and nose tilted up, eyes serious and focused, taking it all in.  She's not only intent, but she's also busy.  She was occupied playing with a toy in the middle of the living room at Nana's house, and in less than a minute's time, Avery sighed, "Oh Reese!"  She had made her way to the painting easel and was standing, holding on to the wet paintbrushes.  Paint splatters ended up on her, on the wall, on the floor...  She's busy, curious, and even under constant adult supervision is able to get into trouble.

Kyle's Easter
-Kyle's first Easter looked primarily like this: "ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz."

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