Comments on: Easter Weekend

By: Manoj

Manoj — Tue, 22 May 2012 03:16:07 +0000

Oh, how fun! Yeah, you should tolalty just have random easter egg hunts throughout the year. Thta would be fun…or maybe that would take the magic out of it. I don’t know. tough decisions.

By: New Diva on the Blog

New Diva on the Blog — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:11:35 +0000

Glad you had a good Easter, great pictures.

I have often wondered about how the egg thinh got started too!

By: Sunrunner

Sunrunner — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:18:49 +0000

Happy Easter! We were up in Estes Park over the weekend since our anniversary was also on this weekend. Grammy and Grampa did the Easter Egg Hunt with them and then we had them for lunch and dinner.

I could go into the pagan influences and then the commercialistic (is that really a word?) influences on our holidays, and then debate which came first, the pagan or the Christian holidays, but you probably have better things to do. Like eating more Easter candy…

By: Daddy Forever

Daddy Forever — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:14:53 +0000

Why am I a dork? Maybe I’m normal and everyone else is weird.

By: Daddy Forever

Daddy Forever — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:13:28 +0000

I suppose people could also question why we wear costumes on Halloween or go on vacation during Memorial weekend.

By: Daddy Forever

Daddy Forever — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:11:41 +0000

Ha! That’s funny. It’s a good thing Jesus didn’t have a lion. That would change Easter. Beware of the Easter Lion!

By: Daddy Forever

Daddy Forever — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:09:45 +0000

Wow, your sister is only eight? I guess you don’t have to worry about sis stealing your toys.

By: Holly Schwendiman

Holly Schwendiman — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:54:29 +0000

Love the shares! We had a great weekend too – I hope to get around to sharing our Easter pics soon. I’m with you on the traditions and questions. Even though I’ve heard many times the associations for symbols it sure seems to me that there’s barely a line of connection anymore.

Hugs,
Holly

By: creative-type dad

creative-type dad — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:38:03 +0000

Wow, Kris’s explanation is pretty good.
I always thought Jesus had a bunny and he laid eggs.

By: Kay

Kay — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:46:53 +0000

Today we celebrated my sister’s 8th bday … I was thinking that I could throw her a big bash next year … hmm …

As for Easter, it was pretty silent. We’re really not into the whole easter egg thing. Hehe.

By: Chris H

Chris H — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:58:12 +0000

Jezzzz no friggin way is that baby moving in with me, no matter how adorable she is!!! You are a dork…. and the elephant is adorable too! LOL

By: Daddy Forever

Daddy Forever — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:44:34 +0000

The kids obviously get their adorableness from me. Congrats on being a grandmother again! If you’re lucky, the baby will move in with you too. That’s exactly what you need, more kids.

By: Chris H

Chris H — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:10:30 +0000

so glad you guys had a neat Easter, as did us! Your kids are adorable, and your littlest girl has the cutest wee button nose, just like my new granddaughter!

By: Daddy Forever

Daddy Forever — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:55:24 +0000

She isn’t light either. My back hurts when I hold her for more than one second.

By: Daddy Forever

Daddy Forever — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:53:56 +0000

Oh, she wasn’t sneezing. Her eyes are closed because her eyeballs fell into the egg dye.

By: Daddy Forever

Daddy Forever — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:51:55 +0000

Hee-hee. Seattle is one of the few cities that rains more often than Portland. Too bad, so sad.

By: Daddy Forever

Daddy Forever — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:50:34 +0000

My daughter may look like her mom, but she gets her brain from me…however, her smart mouth is also from her mom.

By: Desert Songbird

Desert Songbird — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:12:22 +0000

I can’t get over how fast Little Monkey has grown.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:00:19 +0000

God bless you to Little Monkey. She looks about to sneeze in that picture with the eggs.

By: Ann

Ann — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:28:08 +0000

What sweet pictures. Glad you had a good Easter….rained here too. Big shocker.

By: Danielle.

Danielle. — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:54:59 +0000

Fantastic pictures of your beautiful family…

Your older daughter looks just like her Mum…

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend.

By: Daddy Forever

Daddy Forever — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:12:36 +0000

Is 30 eggs too many? I think so. We have a lot of devil eggs and egg salad. I have to either eat it all myself or throw them out at some point because my wife and kids are out of town for spring break.

By: Daddy Forever

Daddy Forever — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:10:45 +0000

I didn’t make the connection either when I was a kid, but I should have considering Easter and Christmas are the only holidays our church celebrated.

By: Daddy Forever

Daddy Forever — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:09:32 +0000

Not sure what we are doing yet, but at least we don’t have to buy anything for the kids on Memorial Day.

By: peepnroosmom

peepnroosmom — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:04:54 +0000

Great pics! It looks like you and your family had a fun Easter. That is a TON of eggs your kids colored. Did they eat any of them? You know the boiled eggs or were they raw ones? We colored boiled eggs for the deviled eggs for lunch then colored some raw ones for breakfast the next day. Luckily none of them got broken.

By: yoshi

yoshi — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:24:03 +0000

I never knew that easter had any religious affiliations until I grew much older. pretty funny. I just though easter was just another fun holiday to eat candy and look for easter eggs. :D Go figure.

And great pictures! they’re so cute!

By: Dixiechick

Dixiechick — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:49:01 +0000

You know, I had the same questions with my hubby yesterday….don’t understand what the easter bunny/eggs, etc have to do with the crucifixtion and ressurection of Christ..but, we partake in the commercialism of it and every other holiday too….I did make it a point to discuss with my kids what the true meaning behind Easter was…for Christian folk.
Looks like your family had a wonderful day as well…now, we are all clear on the holidays, at least for a couple more months..then there is Memorial day and Fourth of July…Oy! This year is flying by….

By: Daddy Forever

Daddy Forever — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:45:58 +0000

Too many activities over the weekend. I feel like I have an Easter hangover or something. How am I suppose to work like this?

By: Daddy Forever

Daddy Forever — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:44:41 +0000

Thanks for the info on the legend of the Easter Bunny. Didn’t realize the bunny was a legend. I guess I can expect a movie down the road. Ha-ha.

By: Daddy Forever

Daddy Forever — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:43:38 +0000

Good idea. You have the whole year to celebrate.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:22:58 +0000

I love the pictures! Looks like a great Easter.

By: kris

kris — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:11:53 +0000

Great pics, Happy Easter…

Here’s the shortest answer I found to your question, but there are much longer ones if you google it:

The legend of the Easter Bunny is far from a modern invention. Long ago (roughly a thousand years or more), the rabbit was the earthly symbol of the pagan goddess Eastre, and was worshipped in the pagan festival of Eastre.

Easter bunny: Germans brought the legend of the Easter rabbit to America, though Easter itself wasn’t widely celebrated in America until after the Civil War.

The hare has long been a symbol of fertility and renewal of life — which fit in with the Christian tradition of Easter and the tradition of Easter eggs.

By: amy

amy — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:54:00 +0000

Good post, good questions and awesome pics.

I was pretty sad yesterday that we didnt have any fun, Easter plans and then I started thinking. We celbrate Easter all over the world because of the resurrection but why? I need to be celebrating every day