This year we decided that the 'Easter Bunny' wasn't something we wanted to focus on during the Easter season. It has absolutely no connection to the reason for Easter, its just one more way to keep Christ at the back of our mind.
So instead of the Easter Bunny we decided to have just a springtime party. We talked about how the world comes alive during the spring, we went to the botanical gardens and saw how the flowers just came alive one day. We saw baby ducks and talked about eggs and how babies hatch and above all we talked about how Jesus was reborn just like the world is reborn every spring. The 'Easter Bunny' was never mentioned nor asked for. She received a few books, a stuffed animal and a purse along with eggs filled with candy. We did the egg hunts and she enjoyed finding her eggs. More importantly was how she would put one egg in her basket and then run back to me and put an egg in Rora's basket. That is the true meaning of Easter. It was so nice that she didn't feel deprived without the bunny. Maybe in a few years we will need to sit down and talk about it indepth, yet for now its nice that she understands as much as she does at 3.
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