Thomas and Maundy Thursday

On Maundy Thursday our three year old grandson, Thomas, spent the morning with us. Some of his activities follow.

The first thing he did was use play dough to make some figures symbolic of Easter.

We had recently finished our taxes and so another year of old records( eight years previous) could be shredded. Tommy loves to use the shredders and turns into "Shred Man" when given the opportunity. Below he is shown using the small shredder.

In another corner of the office is a taller shredder guarded by "Bones" who hangs there when it isn't Halloween. Thomas declared he wasn't scared of the skeleton and played with Bones' feet and then proceeded to to use this shredder.

Grandma hid plastic Easter eggs in the back yard, some of which had treats in them. Then he went for an Easter egg hunt.

After finding the eggs you have to sit down and count them and check and see which are "good" and which are "bad", that is to say which ones have a treat in them.

A good time was had by one and all, particularly Grandma and Grandpa.

Easter: Bunnies, Kiddie-Boos, Eggs and Bones

We hosted an Easter gathering on Easter(fancy that) in our back yard this year. The festivities included turkey cooked on the grill, roast veggies, etc. Plus a visit from three of the Easter Bunny's helpers. The Easter Bunny and his helpers are hard to catch but I managed to get a few pictures of the helpers in action. The kids thought they were Grandma, Auntie and Momma but of course we know better.



Below is one of the Easter Bunny helpers with Little Bit.



Below EJ is gathering eggs.



Here is Lucy with some of her haul.



Prince Hal scarfing down the goodies. Each plastic egg contained either a chocolate bunny or M&Ms.



This is Little Bit with one of the helpers.



Little Bit taking time out to smell the Tombstone roses.



The remains of the day. All the eggs have been opened and contents eaten, the drinks have been drunk and the turkey eaten. The pile of bones was collected by EJ in order to reconstruct the turkey's skeleton. A good time was had by one and all.