Easter

Easter is not a really big holiday in my family. We are getting together to color eggs and hunt them. We will also have a dinner. But normally if we do or do not get together is not a real tradition. I mean, some of them we spend together others, well we do not. I do like to attend church on Easter, in fact if i remember correctly it was Easter that I was baptized. I know I should remember this but... well... It was about ten years ago when I was baptized. We do always color eggs and hunt them no matter if we go to other family members, or just sit at the house all by our own. We do normally hunt eggs and eat the candy. Of course who can do without the Easter candy, my favorite is the recees Easter eggs filled with peanut butter. I am not sure why, but they taste different than the normal reecees. I also like the malt balls. I like to dye the eggs and I really enjoy hiding them from the boys. I also enjoy eating them later as deviled eggs. One of the best parts of Easter is seeing if every time the boys wake up, they will still believe that the Easter bunny has hopped his way into our house and left the tasty treat and hopped out with out waking a soul. Up to this point they still think he does. They have asked though how he can get into the house when wed lock all the doors at night. My response of course, every mom has to tell fibs to keep the spirit going, is he has magic Easter dust and can come right in. I have to thank my father for giving me this joy of the holidays. I remember him going as far as using baby powder to leave big Easter bunny paw prints that lead right to the basket and out the back door. I do like the dinners and the family time, and of course church, but before everything else I like that children still have enough faith in such things as the Easter bunny. I could not even imagine now as an adult how a big white or pink rabbit about the size of myself could even exist. But to my boys, it is as real as the person you see every day in the mirror. I think it is great that children can believe in something that they have never seen, cant touch, and makes absolutely no sense.