Easter: Tradition Auditions
1. Participate in sacred ordinances: My sweet and spunky niece Claire was baptized the Saturday before Palm Sunday and it was such a sweet way to begin our Easter worship.
2. Backwards Egg Hunt: Evan and I created this for his very first seminary class when he was a student teacher and this tradition is for sure a keeper. Instead of hunting for the eggs, we hand out the eggs and each one has a symbol inside ( an olive, a drop of blood, a candle etc.) and you "hunt" for a scripture that relates your symbol to Christ and share it with everyone. Perfect for FHE!
Don't stress, we did a traditional egg hunt too.
4.Easter Basket goodies: This tradition is a Marilyn Fox special. Our Easter bunny brings church clothes, toys, and books (and candy of course!). I am obsessed with these "Who's Your Hero?" books the Easter Bunny brought Winston, they are scripture stories illustrated and applied to children and he really relates to them and learns so much (this is his third volume)! They are awesome.
5. Easter Music: One of my favorite parts of Christmas is the music so I
wanted to recreate that feeling with Easter music. Not quite as much to
choose from but here is our favorite album: Redeemer by the Nashville Tribute Band, each song is
written from the perspective of a different person in the New Testament
(John the Baptist, Mary, Peter, etc.)
I also attempted to dye eggs with Winston and he could not have cared less.
He asked if we could go outside and play baseball instead ha!
Other than
that we spent a lot of time with family and that I do believe is a great way to worship. Look at all these cousins!
Do you have any great Easter traditions? Fill me in.
you inspire me.
ReplyDeleteI've heard that song before but couldn't remember where and then I remembered: Winston sang that song to me at his private concert. Actually it was mostly perfect da's to the beat than singing. But I loved it.
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