Happy Easter

We started our Easter celebration on Saturday at the church Easter egg hunt. It was supposed to take place in a local park but the snow moved the egg hunt inside.
The Easter egg hunt started with a short devotion.Then the hunt was on.After the egg hunt their were fun crafts. The kids made Easter cards, planted flower seeds and decorated cookies.
Sunday morning we got all dressed up in our fancy clothes. After church the boys got their Easter baskets (with new sun hats) and then headed outside to hunt eggs.
Kae was super sweet while they were finding eggs. He would find one and then help Izee find one. He said he wanted to make sure his brother had lots of eggs too. So sweet!We ended Sunday with a delicious Easter dinner and some Easter basket cake.

Happy Easter from The Howells!

Funnies

Kids really do say the darndest things! My boys are always saying funny things. But yesterday was a particularly funny day.

In the morning Kae told a young woman who was smoking outside the grocery store, "Smoking is yucky. I'm not going to smoke when I get bigger." I'm glad he isn't planning to smoke but just found it funny that would go right up to a stranger and say that.

At bedtime Izee told me through his sobs, "Daddy say no more tv! Daddy not make me happy!" It was hard not to laugh but he was so upset and so serious. Daddy didn't make him mad, but daddy didn't make him happy. LOL!

The funniest part of the day was the Children's sermon at the mid-week service. Here is the gist of it:
Pastor shows them a box of matches: "Do you know what this is?"
Kae: "Chocolate!"
Pastor: "No, they're matches for making a fire. Should I light it?"
Kae: "NO!"
Pastor: "Ok, we won't light it." Then the Pastor pulls out a lighter. "What if I make fire with this?"
Kae: "NO! We don't make fire inside. Except for lighting candles. You can light a candle if you want to."
Pastor: "OK, I'll light this candle over here." Then he pulls out a box of lighter fluid. "What is this?"
(silence)
Pastor: "This is lighter fluid, it is used for making fire in a grill."
Izee: "I HAVE ONE OF THOSE!"
Pastor: "That's good."
(At this point, Izee stopped listening, and proceeded to jump around on he steps at the front of the church)
Pastor: "Now what makes fire in nature?"
Kae: "The SUN!"
Pastor: "That's true. What about a bit closer, like in a storm?"
Kae, spinning in a circle: "A tornado!"
Pastor: "How about lightening?"
Kae: "Oh, yeah."
Pastor: "We're going to be listening to a story about fire today. Let's say a prayer first."
After the prayer the kids return to their seats.
As Kae was leaving to go back to his seat: "You should read the story now."

Usually during the children's sermon there is light laughter from the congregation. Today, however, there was all out laughter. I was laughing so hard I was crying. After church, most of the congregation came up to us and told us how funny and cute our kids are. They are!