Nice Story

I just saw this video and it made me smile. I decided to share it with you. It's nice to watch something happy. I have included the link to her blog found HERE. Check out the video first, then read her post from that day.

Can you imagine that? Isn't it funny the things we take for granted? Watching this made me feel so happy for her. I hope this makes you smile too!

Apple

Resurrection Garden 2

I hope everyone had a great Easter!

Easter morning was just as exciting as I was hoping it would be for my little one. When we came downstairs we looked at the garden and the stone had rolled away. My little one looked inside and said with absolute excitement "It's just the cloth!". It was AWESOME! I'm so happy we did this.

Remember this is what it looked like originally:

When we went to bed Saturday night everything looked a little sad and this is what we saw:

This is what it looked like Easter morning: 

And here is a closeup of the stone rolled away and inside the tomb is just the cloth.

This was such a wonderful way to bring the Easter story to life. My little one had a lot of questions about what happened to Jesus and why. My husband and I were so proud because the questions were asked in such a way that we knew there was understanding. A happy day indeed!

Apple

Resurrection Garden

Quite some time ago I heard about something called a resurrection garden. Now that my little one is old enough to understand I think this is a great way to teach her about why we celebrate Easter. Since today is Good Friday, we went out as a family in search for plants for our garden. We filled a flower pot with topsoil and all of the pretty things we could find. As the rest of the day goes on and all day Saturday, I'm sure the garden is going to start to sag. On Easter Sunday, my little one will wake up to a beautiful garden and all that will be left in the tomb is a cloth. I'm so excited!

Here are some of the things we collected:

It's partially assembled here: 

I went to Hobby Lobby and bought a wooden "man" to represent Jesus. I asked for a sample of satin-like fabric also, so I could wrap Him before placing Him in the tomb. 

I also bought some clay that baked in the oven for 15 minutes after molding into the tomb and stone.

I'll update this post after Sunday to show how the plants look and then the new garden. I hope I've posted this in time just in case anyone wants to do this with their family.

Apple