Last year Chad and I decided to try not to focus on the commercialization of Easter which was fine, but we didn't really do anything to replace it with the spiritual and meaningful aspects of the day. In fact I remember thinking that night, other than an Easter egg hunt on Saturday and attending church and Sunday, we hadn't done anything to celebrate the day. Well, I vowed that this year would be different. One night a few weeks before Easter this idea just came to me and I knew it was pure inspiration.
The idea was to do the 12 Days of Easter! I got out all our scripture pictures with the Savior and had everyone (minus Lucy) pick out their 3 favorite stories about Jesus. Then I thought of a super simple activity that related to each story, wrote it down and put the papers in Easter Eggs labeled 1-12. We took turns each night telling our favorite stories about the Savior and then opened the corresponding egg and did the little activity (examples: hug everyone in your family, think of a time someone served you, say something you love about Jesus, do service for someone else tonight) The kids loved being able to talk about their favorite pictures and I loved that it was super simple yet meaningful. Don't think that it was pure love and spiritual feasting every night. There were plenty of moments filled whining, arguing, and serious grumpiness. However- I couldn't help but notice that day after day as we focused on the Savior's life and put the pictures up in our kitchen, there was a little more kindness, a little more love, and a better feeling in our home come Easter. I think we have a new Easter Tradition in the Pugh house.
The idea was to do the 12 Days of Easter! I got out all our scripture pictures with the Savior and had everyone (minus Lucy) pick out their 3 favorite stories about Jesus. Then I thought of a super simple activity that related to each story, wrote it down and put the papers in Easter Eggs labeled 1-12. We took turns each night telling our favorite stories about the Savior and then opened the corresponding egg and did the little activity (examples: hug everyone in your family, think of a time someone served you, say something you love about Jesus, do service for someone else tonight) The kids loved being able to talk about their favorite pictures and I loved that it was super simple yet meaningful. Don't think that it was pure love and spiritual feasting every night. There were plenty of moments filled whining, arguing, and serious grumpiness. However- I couldn't help but notice that day after day as we focused on the Savior's life and put the pictures up in our kitchen, there was a little more kindness, a little more love, and a better feeling in our home come Easter. I think we have a new Easter Tradition in the Pugh house.
