Easter Festivities

Ok, I know Easter was almost two weeks ago. And even though we didn't do much, I still want to post about it. And No, I don't have any excuse why I didn't do this right after Easter - just being super lazy :)

The Friday before Easter we had dinner with our good friends and decorated eggs and sugar cookies.

Matt made another clay egg creation to go with his pig and chick from last year.

Cameron and Haley made Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head. They turned out so good!

Saturday before Easter we went to Jamestown (post coming soon - I promise)

Easter Sunday we didn't really do anything. Just went to church and had a great evening together.

Happy Easter

Here is an Easter video that my awesome brother-in-law Chris edited.

We are so grateful for the sacrifice that Christ made for all of us so that we might not go through this life alone. May we all remember why we have this Easter season.

Farewell to our Painted Ladies

My preschoolers were excited and a little sad to see our Painted Lady Butterflies go. We have had so much fun watching them go through every stage of their life.

 

Some of our butterflies weren't too anxious to leave either. They needed lots of encouragement so the kids did a "butterfly dance" to motivate them to fly. It was so cute watching them jump up and down, flapping their arms, chanting, "Fly Butterflies!!"

One butterfly flew a few short distances and then stayed on the ground for about 15 minutes. We put the cut flowers around it so we could see where it was. The kids were loving being able to look at it so close. They kept bringing it more flowers (weeds) because they thought it needed a bigger flower home.

The kids huddled around the butterfly. Don't you love little boys' hair swirls :)

Waiting so patiently...

 

We will miss you, butterflies.