We've talked a lot about Jesus at our house today. Sam's at the age where he has some understanding of the Easter story. We've also had a few laughs during the telling of the Easter story that we hadn't anticipated. I guess that can happen when there's a three-year-old involved.
Last week he was laying down his fire truck bath towel on the ground telling us that it was a coat and Jesus was riding his donkey over it. Now we know what they talked about in Sunday School on Palm Sunday!
This morning he was getting his little bag of change ready to take to Sunday School. He tried to get it in his pocket, but it wouldn't fit. His Dad said that he would put it in his pocket and then give it to Sam when we got to church and then Sam could take it to Sunday School to give to Jesus. Sam just looked at his Dad and said, "You mean Jesus is going to be in my class today?" Well...
Sam had a little Easter Egg hunt in the house after church today. It was an assortment of eggs with candy and eggs that tell a story (Resurrection Eggs from Family Life). The eggs with candy (and a couple of Matchbox cars) were a big hit. The eggs that told the Easter Story were going to be used after his quiet time. He was excited to find out what was inside the eggs.
Matthew had Sam open up each of the eggs, which contained a donkey, a cross, a crown of thorns, a piece of linen -- you get the idea. After he finished going through all twelve eggs to tell the Easter story, Sam started playing with the various pieces. He picked up the small cross made of nails and asked, "Is Jesus going to die on a cross in this egg?"
Starting to put things away, Sam says, "We are going to leave Jesus in there (the egg) and when He comes out He will be in our house."
We spent a little time talking about how all these things are symbols and we use them to remember the story of Easter, but Jesus isn't actually in the eggs, Jesus is in Heaven. We think he gets it. We think.
Sam dyeing Easter Eggs.
The final results.
The brothers on Easter morning.
A more realistic picture of the boys on Easter morning.
Sam loved to find eggs hiding in funny places.
Listening to Dad tell the Easter story.
I love checking your blog to see what you're up to! We had some similarly amusing stories surrounding our Resurrection eggs. The kids definitely make things interesting! Thanks for updating so often. Eli loved seeing the video of Sam.
ReplyDeleteI love reading your blog and seeing your growing boys.
ReplyDeletewhen Micah was a bit yonger than Sam and we did the resurrection eggs...Micah called them they "Erection" eggs...not a great thing when he was telling the whole small group the story.
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