Easter 09

It's been so long since I've posted. Not for lack of Cade-related fun stuff, but now that I'm officially running a real business for myself, my time is so limited. I choose to use it for son, hubby, and the occasional facebook post. I have a confession to make; we're hypocrites. From the beginning husband and wife agreed that there would be no Santa Claus, because we want to ensure Christmas is about Christ. Easter? 1 year old and gathering eggs. 2 years old and another hunt.

3 years old...in early March mom asks Cade, "What is Easter about?" Cade responds, "Candy!" Insert horrored gasp and dawn of obvious...ooops! Should have nixed the Easter bunny from the get go too. But the family that puts on this annual Easter shin-dig is AWESOME, the people who attend are AWESOME, and it's a wonderful family time....but it also happens to have an Easter egg hunt. Mom dutifully begins regularly reading the story of Easter from the Bible to Cade. Quizzes followed by high praise ensue. And then the golden moment, when he puts it together as much as a near 3-year old can. For the umpteenth time mom asks, "What is Easter about?", and he responds, "It's about when Jesus died on cross, and then SURPRISE! He rose up." The simplicity, accuracy and childlikeness (the 'surprise' slayed me!) just blessed my heart.

Ahhhhh, now on to the annual shin-dig and Easter egg hunt with less guilty feelings. :)