Well, here are some Easter pics. It's another quasi-religious holiday that I wasn't thrilled about being involved with this year. I struggle with the idea of filling young, forming minds with horrific notions about some religion that you decided for them. I want my kids to use their minds and form decisions on their own, with what feels right and comfortable TO THEM, not what feels right and comfortable to me. I was raised in a faith that was detrimental in so many ways(as they all are) and I refuse to do the same to them. So instead of worrying about all that other stupid crap about the holiday, I embraced the damn Easter Bunny. I mean if we are believing in things we have never seen or have any actual evidence of, I'm going to promote the cute, fun fairy tale about a nice bunny that brings me eggs filled with yummy candy and fun stuff rather than the one that threatens me if I don't worship him in whatever wacko way he chooses, I am doomed to hell. What a downer, lol, who would want to hang out with that guy, hah!!
I went to four different Dollar Generals in the surrounding area to find all these Easter Baskets for just $5 each! Lol! I was determined. I filled em full of a bunch of crap (cool adult coloring books, memory books, reading books, toys, candy, stickers, oh and EGGS) and then we.....Jeremy and I....erm, the EASTER BUNNY, hopped all through the house and hid the baskets. I do love how every Easter morning the kids wake us up with whose baskets they have already found and those that they just can't seem to find! There is a lot of teamwork between the kids Easter morning and they are all genuinely nice and excited to help each other find baskets and see who got what.
Well my teenagers are starting to not have quite the excitement they had in previous years, LOL! And that's fine with me. I remember being that age. and I love having a little of the pressure relieved of being "on" for the holiday, when you don't have to necessarily "hide" things form them or create some kind of perfect thing for them.
Eden got Piggy Paint in her basket. It is safe, non-toxic nail polish for little girls that says it is as safe as mud???? Hmmm, not sure what that means, but whatever, it sounds good! :)
A lot of my kids and myself are getting into the adult coloring books recently. I bought a set of really nice professional colored pencils and we all just sit and color together sometimes.
Don't mind all the pizza boxes, we had Trapp Easter at our house this year and Nicci, Trey, Alina, Will, and Sam stayed later into the evening, the day before Easter. For supper we had Will, Tristan, and Cedric drive to Keokuk to get pizza for us.
I don't know how I didn't snap any pics at all of Cedric, what the heck!?!?!?
We all got ready for the day and went to Kelley Family Easter first, then to another Trapp Easter and Vicki and Dan's house for supper, both of which will be in a different post. I have to say though, pretty dang good Easter this year even with my recent "Faith Crisis".
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