Easter Countdown - Day 3

Easter Coundown

Day 3

open the egg

I used a medicine cup I painted gold

Christ willingly drank the "bitter cup"

as he performed the Atonement, in the

Garden of Gethsemane and on the Cross.

Matthew 26:36,39 scripture reference

Molasses Bird Feeder

J-Man came home from Joy School today with three pinecones.

He wanted to make bird feeders out of them.

He is severely allergic to Peanut Butter so after doing some research,

I found that we could make it with molasses

Here is our Molasses Bird Feeder process:

Three pinecones strung with shoe laces in a square knot

Trail Mix

Trail mix blended up in the blender

Molasses, I usually only use this for gingerbread cookies at Christmas

Pour the molasses in a plastic cup,

dip pinecone in molasses until coated.

let excess molasses drip off.

cover with trail mix crumbs

set aside to dry

J-Man wants to try

it is pretty sticky

Pretzel Necklace Bird Feeder

Thread pretzels on a shoe lace

Place on a plate

pour molasses over the pretzels

sprinkle trail mix crumbs over the top.

Turn over and sprinkle again until covered in crumbs

we went outside to hang up the bird feeders and found

a humming bird nest  with a humming bird inside in our palo verde tree

The humming bird just froze in place as I took a close up shot

We placed all the bird feeders on the tree and came inside

we went to look outside and the hummingbird left its nest

to fly around the pinecone bird feeder

Success!

J-Man was sooooo excited, he said "We make a good team"

He is so sweet, I love him.

Whimsical Easter Decor on the "Cheep"

I have space above my kitchen cabinets that I put seasonal decor on.

I had one side decorated kind of fancy with my

glass dishes, glass bunnies and easter eggs

"Christ" tile I made at Super Saturday a couple of years ago

The tile is up year round in the center of the kitchen cabinets

The other side was blank and I wanted to do something whimsicle.

I bought some jellybeans and sorted them by color.

Put the remaining jelly beans in my vase that

holds my summer faux flowers

The I-Man has already started sneaking the candy out of the vase.

Then I got to work creating my whimsy with my dollar store finds

Items: Pinwheel, Clear Glass Vase, Jelly Beans

Each Pinwheel Vase cost about $3 to make

The Carrot

Chicks

"Egg"-cellent

The trio above my kitchen cabinets

high enough that my kiddo's can't sneak the candy

& I can have a whimsical moment or two durng the day

Easter Countdown - Day 2

Today is our

Easter Countdown

Day 2

Open the egg

"30 Pieces of Silver" represent the amount

Judas paid to betray Christ.

Matthew 26:14-16 scripture reference here

Easter Countdown - Day 1

Today our family will start the

Easter Countdown.

I got the idea from the folks at

We Talk of Christ, We Rejoice in Christ.http://beinglds.blogspot.com/

Fill twelve easter eggs with scripture quotes and small related items

Place them in a decorative container,

I got mine at Target it came with the easter eggs for $3.50

Then make a cute little tag to go on the outside.

Day 1

Open the egg, read the scriptures to find out about

Jesus and his journey to atone for our sins.

A "small cracker" representing the Last Supper.

Matthew 26:26-28 http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/matt/26.26-28?lang=eng#25

3 Nephi 20:3-4. 6-8 http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/20.3-4,6-8?lang=eng#2

Break at the Lake

It was the last day of Spring Break, so we

went to Patagonia Lake for dinner and fishing at sunset.

The car packed and ready to go.

I-Man preparing his fishing pole.

Fishing poles at the ready

Patagonia Lake, 75 degrees and beautiful.

Another view of the lake

The path less traveled

Mr.Mr. and J-Man at the beach making sand castles

Noure at the beach

Mr. Mr. trying to get to I-Man's fishing spot.

I-Man got a bite, the fish took his bait. No fish yet.

Mr. Mr. and J-Man eating dinner.

Dinner on the beach, Yum!

Noure preparing the fire for marshmallow roasting.

Fishing at sunset.

Char roasted marshmallows.

Noure and the boys roasting marshallows.

One fun evening at the lake.