Merry Easter
You know the people that have perfect meals and perfect holidays and everything goes perfectly as planned?
We aren’t those people.
I had very good intentions, I did. After Zoe asked me on Saturday if we had Easter to celebrate Jesus and HIS BIRTHDAY, I intended on everyone taking a trip to church for some Easter education. Growing up, we went to a very Southern Baptist church and I don’t really remember that much about it, other than we always painted ceramics in Sunday School, like a huge yellow triangle that said “Jesus On Board” (not kidding) and elderly people attended that church like it was their job.
But I do remember that Easter is NOT baby Jesus’ birthday.
Easter Sunday. The kids wake up and mosey into the living room to find their Easter baskets with a few goodies and a toy. Troy promptly exclaims, “KEEKA LAUS!”, which is toddlernese for SANTA CLAUS. Obviously Zoe must have explained what Easter was all about and I begin to wonder if it is indeed Jesus’ birthday. Enough is enough and we are so going to church, even Jeff. I think my exact words were “We are all going come hell or high water”.
And then a pipe attached to the downstairs toilet exploded and flooded the bathroom, the hallway and an entire bedroom closet.
By the time we used every single towel we owned and the Shop Vac to sop up the water, church was almost over. The “high water” also caused me to forget about my orange pound cake that I made-from scratch-was still cooling in its pan and needed to be removed, oh, about 86 minutes earlier. Apparently if you leave pound cake in its pan that it was baked in for longer than 10 minutes after you take it out of the oven, it tears and crumbles and looks like someone has already eaten it.
Refusing to accept defeat, my mother and I managed to prepare a nice meal. When we sat down to eat, Zoe raised her glass and said, “To Jesus and his birthday!”
Accepting defeat, I let the kids go outside an hunt Easter eggs. Because that’s how you celebrate birthdays around these parts.
It was the best birthday Easter ever.
P.S. I ordered this book to read to the children. Please don’t send me hate email. Big ups to Easter. And Jesus.
MODG
What does she think Christmas is?
Please direct her to MODG's easter entry to inform her that it's about ghosts rising from the dead. Way cooler than a birthday.
ZDub
Probably the Easter Bunny's birthday.
I have failed my children. And Jesus.
Salt
They already know more about it than I do.
Great pictures. Love your daughter's dress!
Mo
Meh. It's kind of hard to explain to kids what Easter bunnies and dyed eggs (i.e., the only parts they care about)have to do with Jesus, anyway. At least you aren't explaining it to your children as "Zombie Jesus Day," like some people I know. Because that would be wrong. Yes. Definitely wrong.
I like how your hiding places are under pine cones and behind trees. Very CO. I also like how Zoe is tromping through the woods in a pink ruffled dress and heels. Too cool.
Gini
Zoe's outfit is awe!some!!
According to my college theology classes (disclaimer: now over ten years ago), Jesus' for-real birthday was supposedly actually sometime in mid to late March. So Easter really could work! The Christians chose 12/25 as the unofficial/official birfday because it correlated with some important event for the pagans they were trying to convert. See an actual textbook for details, Walla Walla Washington.
Gini
ALSO:
"Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ is zombified…" got me all kinds of hate on Facebook.
beachbungalow8
I took my kids to their first christmas eve service this year (ages 8 &11 ) as we were driving home I asked them what they thought, my youngest said, 'I don't get it, who's Jesus? I thought Jesus was a swear word'
NOW. don't you feel better?
Chris at yardsalequeen.com
You should have used the plastic camouflage eggs from Walmart. That would have kept them busy for a lot longer.
Krëg
I'm sure your busted pipes were the result of the Terrible Wrath Of Christ! Because the Lord works in mysterious ways.
Also, you'd probably have been struck by lightning if you tried to enter sacred ground.
Cute pics.
Miss Thystle
what Gini said. I watched an entire 2 hour documentary where they used known astronomy patterns to determin that the Star of Bethlehem was in fact an actual event, but happened in the spring. Also, if the sheppards were keeping watch over the sheep, it was lambing season, which is also spring.
SO LONG STORY EVEN LONGER, Zoe is correct. Happy Birthday Baby Zombie! I mean Jesus.
Kelly @ Dare to be Domestic
Zoe looks so pretty in her dress and does it even need to be said how cute Troy looks?
What a huge ordeal to have to put up with on Jesus' Un-Birthday! You definitely got the high water right.
I'm happy to hear it all worked out in the end… sort of.
Jennifer
Love love LOVE the pictures.
Midwest Mommy
Can I just tell you from what I have seen in pictures I love your yard (your house too!). Can I move by you, lol?
Boy Crazy
Yikes about the exploding pipes. And those kids of yours are awfully stinkin' cute.
I told my 6 yo the story of Easter and he looked all confused and said 'and why do we get chocolate eggs for that?'
I didn't really have a good answer, but I never question chocolate.
-elizabeth
Clemson Girl
I love Zoe's dress! Does it come in adult sizes??
Diana Beck McCarty
They are the cuteness in those Easter outfits!
Krista
Those are some serious Easter fashions, I'm sure Jesus would approve of the birthday attire. Your kids should have come to my house for Easter, we had a birthday cake, just sayin.
Confessions of a Mother, Lawyer & Crazy Woman
Jesus would approve of the fashion choices!
sarah
No big deal. The Jesus is overrated.
I bet baby Troy put a spell on the pipe/toilet. People who know ghosts can do shit like that.
Zoe is a fierce dresser.
That one girl
Oh man, water sucks sometimes doesn't it?!?!
Found your blog through MODG and read that you hypobirthed? Just read the book and trying to go all natural this time around.
THEN, I see you live in Colorado AND the pics look like Evergreenish/Conifer… am I getting close? We are moving up to the mountains in Golden and I'm scared to DEATH of mountain lions eating my children but it looks like you let your kids go outside… hmmm, maybe I can too?
That one girl
Oh man, water sucks sometimes doesn't it?!?!
Found your blog through MODG and read that you hypobirthed? Just read the book and trying to go all natural this time around.
THEN, I see you live in Colorado AND the pics look like Evergreenish/Conifer… am I getting close? We are moving up to the mountains in Golden and I'm scared to DEATH of mountain lions eating my children but it looks like you let your kids go outside… hmmm, maybe I can too?