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Now that it is officially spring and to wish you a very happy Easter don't miss getting in on my EMMA- book scarf giveaway! 

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How are you coloring your eggs? 

We are going natural this year and doing it the Latvian way with natural products- I will try to post a photo if I get one before the kids eat them :) 

Happy Easter! 

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It Is Finished

The holidays are gone.   The 4 day weekend is past. The eggs are eaten. The surprises past. 

YET

The work HE did. The words HE spoke. The price HE paid remains. 

He said, "It is finished" 

He breathed his last and paid a price HE did not owe! 

WHY? 

Because of HIS great love for you, and me, and every person who would walk this earth. 

This week we read a portion of the story of Holy week every day with the kids and did all kinds of activities to make it come alive for them. 

 Washing Daddy's feet.

 Drawing sins

 Nailing our sins to the cross to represent Jesus dying for our sins.

Making resurrection rolls to remember Jesus is no longer dead. 

HE IS ALIVE! 

How did you celebrate Easter?

Thanks Jessica for the great ideas on your blog

Palm Sunday

Sundays are always so busy for us, so I decided we would would maker our palms today and read through the story.

The kids enjoyed making palms, and acting our the story.

I have always enjoyed this day, I love the excitement my Dad (as a pastor) always created in the service and the waving of the real palms in church.

Here in Latvia this is known as pussy willow Sunday. I want my kids to grasp the reason we celebrate Easter and the excitement leading up to it from Palm Sunday.

I really encourage you to use Jessica's materials, and the audios she suggested. I listened to them today and they are great! I will look forward to incorporating them into our week's lessons!

Happy Palm or Pussy willow Sunday1

What is Easter?

Easter is just around the corner and with kids in the house of course I am wondering how best to celebrate this holiday.

How do we include the fun of the eggs and all while focusing on the real reason we celebrate?

My friend Jessica has a fantastic blog with some ideas about how they will do this and her ideas helped me plunge ahead with some of the ideas I already had and make a plan for how to make this a very special week of celebration.

My four year old asks very serious, deep questions about many topics and I don't want to fill him with nonsense about bunnies and eggs. I want him to have truth, and thoughts to build his beliefs on.Today he kept asking me over and over,"What is Easter?"

In the meantime, what are you going to do to celebrate Easter? What are your traditions in your family and in your country?