death no longer has mastery over Him: Eastery events 2009

this Easter, we played with a lot of toys
the ones from the care package from Christine & Paige.
You know, from THIS post.

It was bizarre..
..telling C to run up and grab as many toys as he wanted.
We had a blast with the whoopie cushion.
We called it the "tooter," since he does not know/use the word "fart"
but it's really hard to get a picture of something under someone's butt
so we don't really have any pictures of that.
But here's the rest of our day. Enjoy!!

We began with the Sea Capsules.
(on a side note, here is C in his Easter outfit.
He took it off before I had a chance to take pictures!! drat!!!!!!)



we stuck, like, 5 capsules in 1 glass :|
it didn't say not to...

how sneaky does he look?!

okay, folks. this is the best food in the universe:
Hashbrown Casserole

the 2nd best casserole in the world:
Sweet Potato Casserole!!!!!!

here's a sneak peak at the mommy of C&H!
She is rarely shown in my blog, so here she is in her shining moment:
Love you, sis!!!

holy moly
that is one CUTE kid

yes, H, I was talking to you!

"Oh, Shannie, you are hilarious with your camera!!"
-H
[that's what he really said!!!]

I just wanted to get one of his whole outfit:

the glow sticks were a huge hit.
this was after the "glow stick dance"

no, really. a huge hit. even with the adults!
..okay, just me.

the absolute worst picture of me & my nephews ever taken.
thanks, sister!
(Note: C has 2 glow sticks in his toes. Later on, during this
"photo shoot" he had his toes in my face wagging
the glow sticks around like a wild man from Borneo!)

Time for the Easter egg hunt.

I did not force him to re-create this picture.
I did not scream, "Cover your eyes! BOTH HANDS! NOW!!!!!"
...okay, I did. Cute though, right? And I screamed it with love, I promise.
[note: we did use M's military basket because C didn't bring his own to my house!]

C in formed me that it's against the rules to hide 2 eggs near the same spot
oops. that's why it's important to read the Easter Egg Hunt Rulebook 2009.
sorry, C.

like I said,
the glow sticks were a huge hit:

sometimes, when we aren't used to blowing bubbles
because it hasn't been warm in 7 months,
we accidentally inhale on the bubble pipe..
..and swallow a ton of bubbles.
then we nearly barf:

but we quickly recover.
even though we have bubbles in our hair:

happy Easter, yall.

even though Easter isn't about bubbles
or sea capsules
or hashbrown casserole...
it's still really fun.

Romans 6:8-11
Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.