{"id":674,"date":"2009-04-11T19:46:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-11T19:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/happy-easter-3.html"},"modified":"2009-04-11T19:46:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-11T19:46:00","slug":"happy-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/happy-easter\/","title":{"rendered":"HAPPY EASTER!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Me, my hubby, and our three and a half year old son went to the church Easter egg hunt in the pouring rain today! When we arrived at the church, I said, &#8220;Honey, do you really want to do this? Wouldn&#8217;t you rather go home?&#8221;<br \/>My son said, &#8220;No, Mommy. I want to hunt for Easter eggs.&#8221;<br \/>So off we went with the rest of the crowd to get eggs. For the little kids, under five, the eggs were spread out in a field. <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/SeD1exXbYPI\/AAAAAAAACdU\/Xw8RJfPjUgw\/s1600-h\/0411091055b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323524668548407538\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/SeD1exXbYPI\/AAAAAAAACdU\/Xw8RJfPjUgw\/s200\/0411091055b.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>Hubby carried the umbrella and CJ (our son) walked around the lot and collected the plastic eggs. <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/SeD11ZeE1hI\/AAAAAAAACd0\/p7GqXlSZJ54\/s1600-h\/0411091054.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323525057270830610\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/SeD11ZeE1hI\/AAAAAAAACd0\/p7GqXlSZJ54\/s200\/0411091054.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I forgot to bring a basket, so we had to place the plastic eggs in my purse.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/SeD11ALlGgI\/AAAAAAAACds\/I0izgMEBaT4\/s1600-h\/0411091058.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323525050482366978\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/SeD11ALlGgI\/AAAAAAAACds\/I0izgMEBaT4\/s200\/0411091058.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p> Afterwards, everybody met up at the church so that the kids could open their eggs. They were filled with candy. I said to hubby, &#8220;Wouldn&#8217;t it have been easier to just buy him some candy and skip this egg hunt? That way, we would not have been standing in the rain for the last half hour!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When we got home, I boiled some eggs and my son helped to dye them using food coloring, vinegar and water!<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/SeD1e1KMaqI\/AAAAAAAACdc\/DF5vM5ON2ns\/s1600-h\/0411091308.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323524669566642850\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/SeD1e1KMaqI\/AAAAAAAACdc\/DF5vM5ON2ns\/s200\/0411091308.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a busy day!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/SeD4P3nIFmI\/AAAAAAAACd8\/Y6YHrOMbB54\/s1600-h\/0411091307c.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/SeD4P3nIFmI\/AAAAAAAACd8\/Y6YHrOMbB54\/s200\/0411091307c.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323527711061710434\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy Easter! I hope all of you have a blessed holiday! Remember Jesus&#8217;s sacrifice for our sins!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\">~Cecelia Dowdy~<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Me, my hubby, and our three and a half year old son went to the church Easter egg hunt in the pouring rain today! When we arrived at the church, I said, &#8220;Honey, do you really want to do this? Wouldn&#8217;t you rather go home?&#8221;My son said, &#8220;No, Mommy. 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