Thursday, May 13, 2021

Holy Week + Easter



I always get a kick out of food displays that look like a person, place or a thing!
If I tried creating this, it would have been an epic fail.

It adorned Grammy's Easter buffet table perfectly for her party.




A highlight are the kids scrambling to collect as many eggs as they can.




Checking out their spoils.







If you thought the kids were ruthless, watch out for the adults!
Tied together and on a mission for some golden eggs stuffed
with some greens!










The golden eggs are a real "treat"!



This was our 3rd year for celebrating Holy Week.
Each time it tends to go differently, but at the end I sit back and
think, it was worth it!
The kids start to anticipate the daily events and ask what night are we
making lamps, or counting our coins or going to the cemetery.

They are remembering!!
Hopefully they start to remember the accounts of Jesus more than our activities,
but it will take some time. 


Last year we had all the time in the world.
Because, well, the world had shut down!

We had to combine quite a few night together to make it work with 
practices and church activities. 

Which honestly, it is good to simplify sometimes.


Each night I write 4 scripture verses down and put them in Easter eggs with 
a piece of candy. 
I hide them around the house for the kids to find.
They think its the greatest thing and go running wild trying to find their egg.
It's a good starter and gets them excited to start our lesson each day!




We read the verses then discuss what they mean and what happened each day leading
to Jesus' final days, Crucifixion and Resurrection. 


Waving our palm leaves on Palm Sunday.
Lane had to leave to his presidency meeting.
He was super sad to miss out on the donkey rides, wink wink.


We built sugar cube temples after discussing Jesus cleansing
 the temple then went about teaching.


Casey either looks unamused, or silently critiquing our inability
 to build a quality structure!





We invited the Goodman's over for our Passover dinner!
I am glad that it worked out to have them since Grammy did her party
earlier in the month.














Valerie, haha!
She was trying the lamb. 
It's an acquired taste:)



10 plague candies.
I found the best gummies that look like real boils!!



Claire was our Pharaoh, and Randon was Moses.
Let My People GO!



Go Moses, go Moses.



After we read the book about Passover and correlated the Last Supper to Holy Week,
each person got to make their own oil lamps to take home!




Each family got a Resurrection roll kit to make Easter morning. 
I copied this idea from Stephanie.
She has all of the best ideas!



The Easter Bunny came amidst  all of the Passover hangover!




Love the filled poster.


 We were scheduled to eat Sunday dinner with my family.

Unfortunately, there was a massive stomach bug
going around, so it got cancelled. 

It was a quiet evening with Grammy as our guest.
 Ham, scalloped potatoes,
rolls, salad, carrot cake and the game Clue as our entertainment!