Easter is on the early side this year. I’m never quite sure what kids make of it. John’s children seemed to tune out at last year’s church service, but they liked having a hunt. The big brother was considerate of his sister, who was only 2 then, and made sure she got a reasonable share of goodies in her basket.
Today I colored eggs with the two of them. Since they know that they (and not the Easter Bunny) did the work, I told them I would be hiding the eggs when we all go to Suzanne and Erik’s Sunday but that the Easter Bunny was likely to come hide other goodies. I hope that division of labor sounded plausible.
I already had a conversation with Suzanne and Erik’s son about Easter. He told me that the Easter Bunny runs very fast, and he told my husband the Easter Bunny rings the doorbell. I suspect Suzanne has read him her favorite Easter book, The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes, in which a girl bunny grows up to be the wisest bunny and the fleetest of foot and is chosen to head up the delivery operation.
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Easter is such a mixed up holiday, with the combination of Christian meaning and leftovers, apparently, from the pagan–fertility, new birth, etc. But kids enjoy the chocolate!
Yes, it’s complicated for children unless you just talk about rebirth in the spring. As they get older, they may be up for pondering other aspects of the traditional celebration.