Easter is a very special celebration for me. Our mom has always made it so special and it just really stayed with me all these years. And every year at this time I get a little angry because all the kids talk about from school is Easter bunnies and eggs. I know it's up to us the parents to teach our kids what we believe but I feel like it's even more important to do it while they're being bombarded with all the secular things, especially during the Lent season.
We read a big chunk of the Luke's gospel yesterday and every day we're reading more about what happened in Jesus' life and what it was leading up to on Good Friday. Today I finally have a morning off because I'm only subbing in the afternoon and it is so nice to get some stuff done. Kids don't have school on Friday and since it's the Good Friday I am planning out all our Easter crafts/activities that will be all about Jesus. I am so excited to take a whole day to learn and talk about the real reason for Easter with our kids and it's a lot more fun too as they're getting a bit older so we can have deeper conversations about it.
The kids are growing up way too fast and just yesterday I was thinking I'd like to slow down the time so I can have them longer. :) It seems as if Kade is maturing overnight, not always in a good way. :) I didn't think 10 year old boys cared much about dating and stuff but he's starting to be curious and is asking a lot of questions, mostly because some of his peers are "dating" already. So we are starting to have conversations about that and it's not easy. You want to just shelter your little boy or girl from all that stuff but you can't. The only thing we can do is to talk to them about everything and turn their eyes to God. I'm so glad that for the most part Kade tells us and asks us about everything so we can see what he's wrestling with. Parenting is so hard and we're getting a glimpse of how with age it only gets harder and we can't do it alone.
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