Easter is Here!

There are so many wonderful memories that I have of Easter-time. Of course spending time with my family is by far the very most special time I love the most. This year while we are on quarantine it is hard not to think about the wonderful times and things we did with my family during Easter. It is easy to long having my extended family here, so above I included photos of some of my more recent memorable Easters (with family) and this years (less eventful) Easter. I choose to focus on the things we did together as a family and take the extra time to do them with my children. I have included below links to all the amazing things we did as a family and will try my best to include on social media and on my blog, photos of my kids and I recreating these awesome memories we did during Easter-time while I was growing up.

Use these ideas to help keep your kids and families occupied during Easter (or during quarantine). Don’t worry that Jesus has already Risen and the holi”day” has passed, instead, continue celebrating the fact that Jesus lives in us daily and spring is here and we are going to enjoy it EVERY SINGLE DAY!

Pancake Art https://youtu.be/w9upLBjjUJw

We love Peeps, to eat, to decorate and just to make all these crafts. https://youtu.be/Hrn26-j9r9k

My MeeMee used to make this for us all growing up each year. This year my crew and I made it. They enjoyed decorating it. See above for photo. https://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/easter-bunny-cake/

We love water at Eastertime. This year we bought this really cool slip-n-slide that’s a baseball diamond. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KIWU4YW/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_xzkMEb7D0QVR7

We love scavenger hunts. As kids, we have always had our Godparents create a scavenger hunt for us to search down our Easter gift. Growing up we did this at my grandparents home out in the country (Estherwood, LA) and I cannot count the amount of times the older children would have to wrasse a horse, or cow to get a clue. Or sometimes it was swim to the center of the pond or pool to get the clue. Remember, Easter isn’t always hot water yet, therefore the pools and ponds could be freezing most times. It was a memory that is cherished the very most. Here are a few ideas for treasure hunts or scavenger hunts. But honestly, we made up clues and just had kids running from one person to the other. We included age appropriate things like do a rollover for Aunt Lindsey, or sing happy easter to Maw Maw. We also made the kids say prayers they knew and raps or songs they loved. The more personalized it was the better. https://images.app.goo.gl/cPFrR9ViN27RvS2T6 https://i.pinimg.com/originals/57/cb/1a/57cb1a228ec82fa631233fe1a930e8a2.jpg

Remember, Easter Sunday is only the beginning of the celebration of Easter. So here’s to hoping we can carry Easter spirits and season year round.

Happy Easter everyone & love y’all! ~Ashley