Discussing Easter

I thought it would be nice to tell Sam what Easter is about, since she loves to color eggs and eat chocolate. I explained there was a man named Jesus who died along time ago, and he rose from the dead. Easter is a celebration of his return to life. I then admitted I had no idea what happens to him after that. Sam says in her teenager, 'it's obvious' kind of voice, "Mommy, he turns into the Easter Bunny." Makes sense to me.

I was filling in some holes in the side yard this afternoon, mostly because I wanted to be outside. Josh, true to form, was right there with me trying to help. I found a little green plastic bucket, filled it with dirt and handed it to him. He takes it where I've been dumping the dirt and tosses his pile on, then stamps it down. He really is wonderful how he just jumps in and tries to help. We were playing Enchanted Forest today, a board game with lots of little plastic trees and cards. He was really mad he couldn't play too. Once I let him roll the die for me and hold the extra playing pieces, he was thrilled and settled right down.