Much to the boys' delight the Easter Bunny did make a stop in Oxford this year. To answer a question from Gramma and Shell, "Just where does the Easter Bunny come from?" Sources point to the desire of early Christians to intigrate Pagan traditions into Christian festivals. In second century Europe, the predominate spring festival was a raucous Saxon fertility celebration in honor of the Saxon goddess Eastre (Ostara), whose sacred animal was a hare.
Here are the boys coloring their fertility symbols in honor of their soon to be baby brother or sister :)
Wanting to ensure that everyone at Church knew that they colored eggs, they dyed their hands as well.
Here are the boys the next morning diving into the spoils of their hare-hidden baskets.
They also took in a little protein by eating a colored egg.
And here are the two gentlemen in their Easter finest.
5 comments:
Happy Easter! I am glad the Easter Bunny found everyone in Oxford! The boys looked adorable in their outfits...What a difference a week makes, last pics had them in piles of snow!
Have an egg salad sandwich for me guys....
Love,
Winnie
The boys look very handsome and it looks like you had a fabulous day for Easter! I love coloring Easter eggs. Remember when we used to run all over Granny's house looking for the Easter eggs. That was so much fun!!!
Love,
Min
Hey all. It looks like you had a great Easter. And the snow post, yuck...although I do miss those fun times sled riding with the kids. Now that is fun! Aim you look great...let's get a pic without the coat!!!
love,
sum
Thank you for clearing up the question of how the "Easter Bunny" came into being. Those things puzzle me at times. LOL Cute pics of the boys. Personally don't miss the mess of coloring eggs. Love, Gram and Gramp
wow. that was a very confusing story about the easter bunny! Maybe whn i grow up I will understand it. The Boys looked very handsome and warm on a nice spring easter day!! LOve, Di:)
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