Easter Egg Coloring 2010

My kids are at perfect ages to color Easter eggs! No major messes or big spills to speak of this year. The kids all loved mixing the colors and put special "claim" on their favorite color. We colored extra eggs so that we could take them with us to St. George later that week to roll down a hill. This was a tradition I remember doing as a child and wanted to share that with my kids this year. (pics of our fun/filled Easter in St. George are still to come)

I love Easter. All the bright colored eggs, the new baby chicks, the newness of Spring, Easter Bunny, and egg hunts.... Most importantly though, what I try to have my kids understand about Easter is remembering Christ's Atonement. Its hard for them to grasp this still at their little ages, but they listen and try to understand the Resurrection. So through the "coloring of the eggs" and the "rolling of them down the hills," in some way will allow them to let all this knowledge seep into their minds and grasp the TRUE reason of why we celebrate Easter.