Spring Break is Over

We had a glorious Easter. The weather was nice, especially in the morning, so it was easy to visualize being at the tomb, seeing the stone rolled away, and, best of all, seeing the risen Savior! We went to church in the morning and then we had our big meal at our regular dinner time--I'm just not organized enough to get everything in before church to eat right afterwards! After dinner we finished going through our Resurrection Eggs with the boys. I really like these. Each egg has a token from the Easter story (like a piece of linen, a donkey, a wine cup, etc.), and as you open each egg, you read the corresponding Scripture reference and the short reading in the little booklet that comes with the eggs. Easter was a lot more meaningful this year because Nathan really asked some good questions about it. Yesterday he wanted to know how people in the Old Testament were saved, before Jesus came. We had a good discussion about faith using Abraham as an example. Friday night, while reading our bedtime Bible story, we had a good discussion about the Old Testament system of sacrifice, and how Jesus fulfilled all of that completely. I love being a part of seeing children work out their faith and gain a deeper understanding of who Christ is and what He did for them! Along the same lines, Nathan and Luke started watching the Narnia DVD last night. As Nathan said, it's a perfect thing to watch for Easter! They didn't get that far before it was time for bed, but Nathan is looking forward to watching more tonight. I'm not sure if Luke will watch it all. He's more like me--not a fan of scary things that you see. I would much rather read the book, where I can control the images better in my mind, than see a movie, where someone has already put their own images there, ready to go straight to my brain!

We also celebrated Grandpa's birthday last night with coffee cake (and rice krispie treats for Caleb). It's ironic that coffee cake was what Caleb first reacted to as a baby! I think it was Dad's birthday then too, and we were over for cake. Caleb would have been about 6 months old. After I ate my piece, Caleb chewed on my fork and promptly broke out in hives all over his face. The cake has walnuts on it and milk in it, and Caleb has turned out to be allergic to both of those. Anyways, Dad left this morning for his trip to China, and he'll be over there for his actual birthday, so we celebrated early.

Today it has been back to the old grind, however. The boys did some of their standardized test review book, we reviewed Latin, and I finally installed Typing Instructor on our computer so the boys spent a goodly amount of time doing that. In fact, I think I might start doing some of the lessons! It looked fun and easy, and I am not a good typist at all. I told the boys to aspire to their Uncle Dan's and Aunt Claire's skill level of typing, NOT their mother's! And of course I did laundry. I will confess that I am feeling a bit overwhelmed at the amount of laundry that we are generating. I feel like I can barely keep up with the regular loads of darks and whites, and the "other" loads (towels, sheets, delicates, etc.) keep getting pushed back. At least we're heading into summer, where shorts and t-shirts don't take up nearly the amount of washer space that seatshirts and jeans do!