Easter...And More Pagan Rituals.....Yes That Happened Too....

Well,  like i said, i'm playing catch up here, but today's blog is the Easter one.  So this year i pondered on the all beloved jelly beans that go in eggs, that are put there by rabbits, and thought, "What the heck?  How did we come to this utter nonsense?"  ;-)

Well i never told the (to me) utter nonsense that there really was a giant bunny delivering candy for the kids, to my kids.  Call me a hypocrit, but for some reason Santa and the Tooth Fairy just seem way more believable. No one seems to mind that the Easter Bunny isn't real, in fact i think it's quite frightening.

Anyway the kids do like jelly beans and candy (go figure) so even though we really try to put the focus on what Easter is really about, which is the resurrection of Jesus Christ, we do still celebrate it with Easter candy and i lately have been buying them some sort of present too.

This year Sarah and Iman got MP3 players, Edy got a Rascal Flatts and a Taylor Swift CD, and Jack got some more Lego.  They were all pretty pleased, and this year seen as half of my kids cannot have food coloring we put pennies, nickles, and dimes in the plastic eggs for the egg hunt.  To prevent tantrums and fights we hide exactly the same number for each child and tell them that when they have reached that certain number they have to stop looking.  Everyone seems to be fine with this and they all had a great time on their "treasure hunt."