There's More to Easter than BATS!

With Easter coming up this weekend, you might imagine that Benjamin is spilling over with excitement and anticipation--but no. Ben gets so into Halloween and Christmas that you would think they were the only holidays in the year.

I thought this year I'd try to help him branch out and discover that Easter is a really special holiday, too.

We got a few decorations (Ben wondered if we could put out some bats, but I told him we needed to stick to bunnies and eggs),

 

We decorated some cookies (Ben wanted to use the bat cookie cutter that came in the tub of "50 Animal Friends" that I bought, but I limited the cookie shapes to birds, chicks, bunnies, and butterflies),

 

 

Finally, Auntie Shannon brought over some bunny ears and I got the Easter baskets out of the holiday closet (managing to divert Ben's attention before he spotted the Halloween stuff). Ben seemed to finally accept that bats are not going to be a part of the festivities.

 

Imagine how surprised he'll be when he sees the book I picked up for his Easter basket, titled "How Do Bats See in the Dark?" (I actually bought it at a Christian bookstore when was looking for something more appropriate--Janae's getting a Veggie Tales DVD). I'm pretty sure he'd have a happy Easter even without it, but this way he'll know that there really is an Easter bunny :)

And before you start to worry again about my children and their upbringing, let me assure you that when I asked Ben, "Is Easter really about chocolate bunnies, and eggs, and um . . . bats?" he said, "No, it's about Jesus!"

So, maybe we're doing something right. . . .