A little inspiration

In between thinking on Easter and teaching my cherubs all about it, I am reading Little Women at the moment. Yes and it is my first time at the age of 30! I know that at a younger age I would not have appreciated its tone and influence like it has on me now in this season of motherhood.

This just struck me, I need to remember this day in day out during the grind - during the tantrums and 4:30am wakings (from the 4 year old not the baby!!!)

" So they agreed to stop complaining, to enjoy the blessings already possessed, and try to deserve them, lest they should be taken away entirely, instead of increased, and I believe they were never disappointed or sorry that they took the old woman's advice."

Oh that i could be a mother so intent to teach my children that well. I want to be just like her. Her husband is away at war and she is teaching her children diligently to never complain. What power she has!

Easter

Easter is on its way to our place, we love Easter and love teaching about it. There is plenty for me to learn - to try harder to live kinder and gentler as I understand the trials the Saviour went through so we could have the peaceful life we have now.

We again are without daddy for the Easter long weekend, (almost every public holiday this year he is working!!) so we hope to make the season last a long time at our place. The boys get all excited about chocolates and bunnies and it is beautiful and sweet seeing how giggly they get caring for their little pet bunnies all over the place. I hope that even from this young age they can take lessons from the life of Saviour and how it can help them. 

Some traditions we do and ones we hope to fulfil this Easter:

28 days of Easter - daily scripture countdown

Weekly family night learning about Jesus Christ

Boys to purchase one new Easter item 

Easter photo and card for family and friends

Easter books, unwrap one a day

Decorating our Easter tree 

Names of Christ paper chain 

Easter front door wreath (have been doing since before the little bugs were with us)

Activity books, games and stickers all about Easter

A craft a day - a month full of easter crafts

Teach about palm sunday and the passover

Make home made hot cross buns

Class gifts to friends at Kindergarten and primary

Pet Bunny to tuck in each night

Easter bunny cake

Easter family brunch and egg hunt!

There may be a little more or a little less we end up doing. We always visit the beach, eat a lot of chocolate and enjoy being together. John is always away and that does make it seem sad but we do what we can to do all these things together while he is home.  I hope the boys have beautiful memories as we celebrate the Easter season and live it daily forever. 

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