Easter Bunny

Oops... forgot to include the "gravy" from Easter... the arrival of the Easter Bunny. A few funny things to note:

--Lover and I went out on Sat night before Easter and had a sitter. When we returned, the sitter said she had to remove Nucky's Easter basket from her room b/c she was crying saying, "I don't want the Easter Bunny to come in my room." She is terribly afraid of large dressed-up characters whether or not they bring toys and candy.

-- Since receiving loot on Easter, if I mention something we need like new Crocs, Nucky says, the Easter Bunny needs to get me some. Fortunately for me, I have the great heritage of hand-me-downs, so Nucky doesn't realize that you can actually go to a store and purchase things you need like shoes and clothes... they just arrive in your room from the basement mysteriously.

Reminder for next year: they hate Peeps. Nucky hated them last year... but aren't they a must?

Easter

This delayed entry among others is a real testament to my "operating system." Let me rephrase that: I am such a procrastinator and don't like that about myself. It becomes drudgery to do things like blog ... which I want to love. Regardless, we had a delightful Easter Sunday. Thank you Lord for beautiful weather, thank you for wonderful community and for sending your Son to live a human life and endure a painful death so that we can have hope and new life! Our family worshipped together then came home and shared a great feast with the Fields, Yoders and Hueys. I love great food and fellowship. It always reminds me of teaching I heard and a book I read about "resurrection meals" -- how celebrating meals with friends is a way of experiencing the resurrection. Life in community. Because I grew up in a tightknit community, I never realized what a joy and benefit it was. Now I live in a sprawling metropolis and have finally developed a community, after 7 or so years. That's not easy to re-create.