Retsae

This year we made a more concerted effort to separate the true meaning of Easter from all of the secular aspects of the holiday.  We designated the day before Easter as our secular day, which made for a pretty full day because of General Conference, but it was nice to have some exciting things to do after conference was over.  At dinner we talked to the kids about coming up with a separate name for the pre-Easter festivities.  My suggestion was Easter Eve.  Ben wanted ... something else that I can't remember right now.  And Cat suggested Retsae (Easter spelled backwards).  We took a vote and Cat's suggestion won.  So we have an official new tradition!

The kids woke up to filled Easter baskets in the morning, with some candies, a book for each kid, and nail polish for the girls.

Then in the afternoon we had an Easter Egg Hunt.  It was small - just in our little front/side yard - but it was really fun.  Ben did a great job of hiding the eggs and the kids loved it.  Cat helped Luke focus on picking up eggs, and all of the kids enjoyed finding eggs in surprising places.  The highest egg took a lot of teamwork and trial and error to attain.  You'll see.

(Alas, Cat doesn't have the Spidey skills we hoped for.)

The last activity was dyeing Easter eggs.  We only dyed 12, and the kids definitely could have done more.  They each dyed three and they all really enjoyed it.  Luke didn't want to stop.

Happy Retsae!