Easter 2011

Our family had such a wonderful Easter sunday.  We went to church and our church did th elife of Jesus thru song and scripture.  We are so blessed to have so many amazing singers in our small church.  It is always great to see Papaw in the choir and leading the congregation, means he feels good enough to participate.  We then went to Papaw and Mamaw house and all the Ray family came.  We had a great lunch and then had our annual egg toss, egg hunt, and just good ole fun.  The kids got some silly string in their baskets and they loved it. Thet wanted more!!

Our kids know the truth about the easter bunny, tooth fairy, etc. and Keira came home telling me she had told kids at school the truth.  We had told her before not to say anything to other kids, b/c their parents may want them to believe these stories.  She didn't understand why she shouldn't tell and we explained best we could.  Had to laugh though!!  Maybe some people think we are in the wrong, but my kids could care less and they still can't wait to see their gifts in their baskets, etc.  I was torn about this decision, but when you think of it in terms of we try to teach our kids not to lie, to know what truth is, etc. then it all makes sense.  As they get older, might they think Jesus is a made up story, since we can't see Him with our own eyes? Will they think we lied to them about Him allt heir lives, if we lied about the Easter bunny, tooth fairy, etc?  Don't know the answer, and the hubby and I grew up believing this stuff and it didn't harm our views of Jesus. Dr. James Dobson doesn't see any problems with letting kids think it is real, but it just comes down to personal choice.  My kids had such a fear of characters and anything in costume, that it was a big relief for them to know the truth.  Keira was thrilled about the tooth fairy being us and she still likes the money under the pillow. Overall, when you think of the stories of all these holidays, it really is crazy to think some bunny goes around leaving gifts, etc.  Or maybe our family is just narrow minded.....................well, I wouldn't change it, b/c the Bible is narrow minded and I sure don't want our family to be like this world.  I heard a preacher say recently, "All paths might lead to heaven (as the world tells us), but only one path leads to eternal life." Amen.