A "Beary" "Hoppy" Easter to You!

Hey, everyone!

Sorry I'm a day late, but I ate sooooo much food yesterday that all I wanted to do was sleep! And we had to move Katie back into her dorm room, because classes started back today, and she has SO. MUCH. STUFF. Anyway, I hope you all had a fantastic Easter and that the rain didn't ruin it too much. (Katie's Mom wasn't very happy with the weather, because it messed up her Easter pictures. But don't worry. We made it work. You'll see.)

I actually kind of had two Easters. Katie's church had an egg hunt last weekend, and she let me go with her to help out. (She also let me where my "Leprechauns Made Me Do It" shirt that she got on sale the day after St. Patrick's Day!) It was fun. There wasn't a lot for me to do, because I don't have thumbs, and I can't walk by myself. But I did get to color a picture and eat some cookies and lemonade, so that was fun. Most of time was spent inside with Katie's Mom, because she was doing a lesson and craft with the kids before they hunted their eggs. The lesson was all about why Christians celebrate Easter. And apparently it doesn't have anything to do with bunnies or candy.

A long, long time ago, a man named Jesus died on the cross (ouch!) for our "sins" (those are all the bad things we do, like tell lies about doing our homework and hurting our friends' feelings and even big bad stuff like killing people and robbing banks). See, I guess if Jesus hadn't have died for us, we'd get in a lot of trouble after we died. But because He did die (even though He didn't have to), we get to live in Heaven. And then the story gets kind of confusing, because even though Jesus died, He didn't stay dead. He came back! When people came to check on His tomb, He wasn't there. And that's what Easter is about: Jesus died for everyone (and from what I understand that means everyone). That's kind of cool. Dying for someone means you love them a lot. Like, a lot a lot. So I understand why that's something worth celebrating.

So Katie's Mom told the kids that story. (It's called the Crucifixion and Resurrection story.) And then they made an Easter egg craft that was really cute. And then they got to go outside and search for their eggs! They didn't have to search very hard, though, because there were SO MANY EGGS!! 

SO MANY!

There were eggs everywhere! And the kids had so much fun gathering them all up. Their baskets were overflowing, and they were all smiling! I'm glad they had fun, and I did, too.







And then yesterday was Easter Sunday. The whole family got dressed up (because that's just a thing you do on Easter) and went to church. It was only raining a little when we got there, but by the end of the service it was POURING! And Katie's Mom wasn't happy about that, because that meant she couldn't take pictures in front of all the pretty flowers in their yard. It's a tradition, apparently. But that did not mean that we weren't taking pictures, much to Katie's Brother's disappointment. (He doesn't like taking pictures, I've learned.) We found a nice covered area (at Martin Hall, hahahaha!) where we wouldn't get too wet.










I actually like taking pictures. Which is good, because Katie and her mom take a lot of them. (I think I know where Katie gets it from now.) It was fun, though, and when we got home, we got to eat a scrum-diddly-umptious Easter lunch with ham and potatoes and eggs and pie (and green beans, but those are green, so I don't really like them too much.) Not long after that, it was time to take me and Katie back to the dorm. (My post-lunch nap got interrupted, and I wasn't too happy about that.)

It's nice being back. I get to see all my animal and human friends again. Spring Break was nice, and Easter was fun, but now I feel like I'm really back home.

~Trash Bear and Katie~