Saturday morning Lukas decided he wanted pancakes for breakfast. So we got out the spring pancake molds Aunt Charlotte gave us and made bunny, chick and duck pancakes. Lukas decided we needed to make an extra bunny pancake for the Easter Bunny. Unfortunately, Lukas ended his evening on a not so good note, so mommy set out the cookie and pancake for EB.
Saturday afternoon Lukas had asked if we could get a "ridgerator" for our garage like our neighbors have. This was the conversation.
Lukas: can we get a ridgerator for our garage
Me: what are you going to do with a refridgerator?
Lukas: put it in the garage
Me: but what are you going to put in it?
Lukas: my stuff
Me: what stuff?
Lukas: my drinks and food
We told him we would think about it and see what we could find. So what is the first thing he asks me when he woke up Easter morning after asking a million times the night before if the Easter Bunny was coming...."did you get me a ridgerator for the garage?" "No, but the easter bunny seems to have left something for you"
The Easter bunny evidently decided Lukas was old enough to have to hunt harder for his Easter basket. Lukas wasn't to sure about this plan at the beginning. The EB left 10 eggs hidden around the house. Each one contained a clue and a tiny candy egg.
Let the hunt begin..."What the heck, where is my basket silly rabbit?"
The search is on...he was starting to get into it by this point
It was a bit chilly so we had to pause for a wardrobe change...we're getting closer
"What the heck is this?...a mini kite"
"Wow...Look at this?"
While we were hunting for his Easter basket we were baking our Resurrection Rolls. They are a tool for teaching children about Christ's Resurrection. We had prepared them the day before. I got the idea from the radio station I listen to in the car. You start by taking a large white marshmallow and dipping it in melted butter. The marshmallow represents Christ and the butter is the oil used to annoint his body for burial. Then you roll it in cinnammon sugar representing the spices. It is then wrapped in a cresent roll dough which symbolizes the lines. The oven is the tomb. The marshmallow dissolves away leaving empty lines as in the bible story. When I pulled them out of the "tomb" I asked Lukas where Jesus' body went because it wasn't in the roll any more. His respones: "Maybe he went out the front door." Doh! Maybe next year!
We spent a lovely afternoon with the Robey side of the family. Lukas had fun hunting more easter eggs in grandma's garden room and decorating eggs with Aunt Cheryl. He thought it was great fun to re-hide the eggs and have Aunt Cheryl look for them. I think the highlight for Lukas was that he was going to get to spend the night with grandma and granddaddy. He kept asking, "Are you leaving or not?!" Translation, you can go home now so I can have some fun. He was kind enough to open the front door for us on our way out.
