Easter 2012

This year was the first time that Lacey could really have some fun participating in the Easter festivities. Since we have church at 9 am, I decided to hide Easter eggs while Lacey was taking her afternoon nap so she could hunt later in the day. It's so much fun watching Lacey really experience these things for the first time. I was also really glad that we had such a nice spring day to celebrate on. Not like Lacey's first Easter....

Amy was pretty excited to go outside and hunt for eggs. That and she's always smiley like this. She's just a smiley baby. I'm so lucky.

Oh look, it's me. In a picture (the one of the back of my head doesn't count). Weird. But mostly it's my cute baby, who is getting BIG.

She really was having more fun than it looks like she was having in this picture.

I filled the eggs with a little big of candy, little rubber animals, and those little sponge capsules that turn into animal shapes when you soak them in water. Lacey had fun with those. While she opened her eggs, we talked about why we celebrate Easter, and about how the empty eggs can represent the empty tomb after Jesus was resurrected. I've already started planning activities for Easter next year, when I think Lacey will be old enough to start to understand a little better, that will help us to focus on Jesus and the resurrection for Easter. I'm excited for that!