He lives!
John 11:25&26 - Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me,
though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.
He died to pay the price for my sins, and then rose from the dead - now He is seated in Heaven.
I too was dead, in trespasses and sins, but I've born again through faith in the risen Saviour.
Hallelujah!
One of my co-workers had told me about the Easter bunny rabbit making an appearance at the local mall this weekend. So we swung by today to see if we could catch a glimpse of this fun rabbit, who happened to drop off lots of crafts and a chocolate egg at our house last night!
There was face painting and bunny rabbit ear making and picture taking - Lilah thoroughly enjoyed herself!
Before she went to the bath tonight I grabbed a few picture of her little bunny face before it got washed off. She was in a very funny and hoppy mood! (I edited these pictures using The Pioneer Woman's 'seventies action'.)
I love relaxing family days...
First of all, we went to check if the daffodils were blooming at Rockcliffe Park, as we seem to be having a rather early spring this year. But no blooms yet, probably in another week or two.
We enjoyed a delicious breakfast at Zak's in the market with our Easter Bunny! We had to wait for a table and when the girl asked if it was for three people I agreed and then backed that up by saying "It's for Jill". She looked at me, grinned and said: "I already wrote that it's for 'The Easter Bunny'!"
Then we went and fed the Chickadees. We could hardly get Lilah dragged away from this task, she would have sat there for hours feeding them out of her hand! What a patient girl she is. She told me that the next time we feed the birds we'll bring Phebe along and Phebe can sit on her knee. *melt my heart*
And finally we had brought along the eggs Lilah dyed a while back and Lilah rolled them down a nice steep hill at the arboretum. Well, rolled is a loose term, more like chucked her eggs down the hill! They didn't stand a chance and as much as we cleaned up the mess, the seagulls still got to dine on a fair amount of boiled eggs! Lilah and Baba also rolled down the hill - quite a few times! Baba said he was getting too old for this kind of stuff, he was just slightly dizzy from the whole experience! Heh! And the best part - I got those crazy two on video!
Lilah came up with this cute craft yesterday after dying her eggs on Monday past. All out-of-the-blue she asked me if we had any wiggly eyes in the house and said she was going to make faces on her eggs!
And yes, those are the eggs that she dyed blue, green, yellow, red and pink. The same thing happened last year, only the pink seems to absorb into the egg shell! Different shades of pink mind you, that must have something to do with the other colours!
Let me introduce you to... 'The Egg Head Family'!
Lilah had a lot of fun dying some easter eggs today.
She loves anything to do with water, so it wasn't surprising that she spent two hours messing around with the Easter eggs, the water, the dye and the bubbles - she was having the time of her life. Her hands are just proof of how much fun she had, since they seem to have more dye on them than the eggs, even after a few washes!
I love my beautiful girl. I love her happiness. I love her intensity. I love her creativity. I love her personality. She is such a special girl, in every single way and I'm so SO blessed and thankful to have her in my life.
Here's a few pictures taken this weekend, while in Toronto, at the Bible Conference. We all enjoyed ourselves immensely.
: Making new friends at the conference.
: Pretending to be a koala in the pool.
: Relaxing at the hotel.
: A picture (she took of herself) on the drive home.
: The chocolate easter bunny.
: Beautiful smelling Easter Lillies.
: Some new goggles, noodles and a swimming hat.
I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore. - Revelation 1:18
[ the tomb is empty and our hearts are full ]
We're heading to Toronto this long weekend for a Bible Conference.
Happy Easter Weekend to you and your families.
My baby girl was sick yesterday morning. Her first 'sicky' since we brought her home from China.
* Yes, that's 2 years and 4 months! *
Just before breakfast she complained of a sore belly and then she got a sharp pain that made her squeal and she wretched up some saliva and froth, after which she pretty much lost her colour and her lips went white, which kinda freaked me out. She lay in bed with me for about an hour and then we got up and had breakfast together. She seemed fine for the rest of the day, other than looking tired, pale, heavy eyed and a bit lethargic. Poor baby.
So after all that, I thought it would be best if we took it easy for the rest of the day and just have fun with an easter craft - even though it would seem a wee bit early for easter!
A few days ago, I noticed that a few eggs in the fridge had just about passed their expiration date, so I boiled them up and let Lilah go to town with the food dye!
She literally drenching the eggs with the dye and then she would give them, what she called, 'little baths'. She asked me for a pot of warm water and a pot of cold water, so it would be the same as the hot tub and the swimming pool! Although, she doesn't say it like that, she calls the hot tub and the swimming pool, the hot tub and the cold tub. I love her little translations! Since she was having so much fun bathing them, I also gave her some soap and a straw, so she could give them bubble baths! She must have played for over two hours - splashing them around and whispering away to herself and the eggs.
I think it's more than obvious from these pictures that she was in her glory... (and you might not notice it, but I can totally tell from these pictures that she wasn't at herself.)
