Easter blessings

We had a wonderful Easter weekend. Friday night Nathan and I went to a simulcast of The Secret Church. I'm not gonna lie-I thought for sure I would fall to sleep, but is was such a wonderful time of teaching and worship!! Now I did have to take quite a nap on Saturday, but I'm not as young as I once was either ;)

Saturday Lylah and I did a little craft that I found at Mighty $ a while back. It was a simple banner that said "He Lives" and it had stickers that went on the letters. Lylah loves stickers so this was the perfect little craft for her!!!

She especially loved the Jesus sticker. In fact it never made it to the banner because she had to show it all around her room. She did however insist on calling it Noah!!

We hung the banner on the front porch and she just thought that was about the coolest thing!! Every time we pull up to the house she squeals "he liiiives"! Love it!!

We also made "empty tomb cookies". They were really fun to make!!! They are not very cookie like, but were delish nonetheless!!!! Each ingredient had a passage from the Bible that went with it. We did not read through the passages (not ideal when cooking with a toddler), but we did talk about each. My favorite part was taping up the oven and having to leave our cookies overnight. Lylah's favorite part-tasting the vinegar. She loved it!! Weird, I know!

Crushing the pecans. Symbolizing Jesus being beaten.

Smelling the vinegar. She tasted it too and loved it...

Taping up the oven. Symbolizing the tomb being sealed.

I forgot to take a completed picture or a picture of Lylah tasting them!! Oops!! Anyway, you may want to bookmark the recipe to try with your little ones next year!!!