A new Tradition

Easter has always been one of my favorite holidays, if not my favorite. (Thanksgiving is up there too.) I of course am so thankful that we have a day to celebrate the fact that our Lord and Savior died for us, but also that he was risen from the dead and conquered death for all eternity! Yeah!! What can be better then that? My sins have been washed clean with his blood, and now I know I can spend eternity in heaven.
Besides that part, I love the Easter outfits, so pretty and colorful. And all the springtime flowers. Just a great time to be joyful. And lets not forget all the Chocolate waiting to be eaten! It seems like Americans have alot of Easter traditions that we do every year. Easter egg hunt, pictures with the Easter bunny (not our thing), dyeing of Easter eggs, Easter baskets, Easter dinner, new Easter outfits. I do enjoy all these things, but with six kids that adds up to alot of money! The other day I was loading up my cart with all the goodies I would need to create six baskets of candy for the kids. And as I was figuring the number in my head, I was getting annoyed that I was spending all this money on candy that in a matter of a few days, they would be on sale! So I got to thinking yesterday about how I try to teach my kids about the real meaning of Easter (although the actual word "Easter" is used for the pagan holiday, so Derek wants us calling it Resurrection Day), and not so focused on all the other stuff, although that is alot of fun.What could I do to separate the two? Well I decided that Sunday would be sacred to us, only focusing on the Resurrection, but the FOLLOWING day we would celebrate all the bunny and eggs things. That way I could go out early Monday morning and snag the Easter items on sale!! I know, I know... seems awfully cheap of me, but I know the kids dont care if we celebrate it a day later, as long as they know they are going to get  it, and it will help us keep our budget, and I can feel good getting good deals. Wahoo!!!