He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.  –Matthew 28:6

I am posting early because soon my family will be eating chocolate at 7 am (Easter Bunny’s fault).  I wanted to share one of my most favorite Easter pictures from a couple of years ago.  It represents the fun of childhood and being carefree.  Also, I can only have a decent picture of my middle son in the Spring if his back is facing me.  He is allergic to trees and we fight hard to keep his eyes from swelling up shut through most of March and April every year.  Because Easter is falling so late in 2011, we are past our biggest hurdles and (fingers crossed) I might actually get a picture of him on Easter this year.  Only time will tell on how it will turn out.  I will take many pictures even if they aren’t perfect and hope you do the same!  Trust me…these kids only get bigger every year.

Before I go I have to share just one more image.  This was an Easter when my oldest (and only at the time) was about 15 months old.  Yes, they did have digital cameras way back then in case you were wondering!  I had Evan in a frilly Easter get-up and his fancy new shoes.  We took him outside for a picture but it was muddy and he threw the biggest fit of his life (up until then) because we wouldn’t let him get down in the mud.  I was laughing so hard I was crying.  Sometimes things are only funny years later but it was actually funny in that moment to me.  We have since had lots of fits and tantrums by many children at our house.  Some funny.  Some not.  I bet I will even get a few tantrums today (especially with all that Easter Bunny chocolate pumping through our veins)!  Funny how times I have changed.  I don’t have a frilly Easter get-up for anyone this year and I just hope the Polo shirt he grabs to wear is at least clean.  I might be sitting in church before I notice he never combed his hair and his brother is wearing red converse shoes with no laces or socks.

I love the missing teeth on toddlers this age.

Happy Easter!