Resurrection Sunday

Our story: after reviewing what happened the previous week, while all the "frightened disciples" were huddling together, the "two bravest" (girls, of course!) decided to go visit the tomb and try to anoint Jesus' body. Just as they were realizing it was going to be hard to get into the tomb, there was a huge earthquake (lots of banging of pots) and the stone was rolled away (the door to the office opened). As the girls arrived at the tomb, out came two angels who told them the good news. They then rushed back to tell everyone else, and the whole crowd came to look at the empty grave wrappings on the bench. They didn't know what to make of it though. They all went back home except Mary, who did a good job of looking dejected and then getting all excited when Jesus came and revealed Himself to her. She then went back and told everyone she'd seen Him, but they didn't believe her. But that night, as everyone was sitting around eating (wafer cookies), who showed up but Jesus! They were afraid He might be a ghost, so they gave Him a cookie to eat which proved He wasn't. So they all rejoiced!

When we think of Easter, we think Easter eggs, right? Because they're round and hard like the stone guarding the mouth of the tomb, but when they're opened up, there is life inside! So the game needed to be played with eggs. I'd colored up a dozen & we did a relay delivering them from one bowl to another with spoons. Not original, but fun for all.

Butterflies are also a symbol of new life because of the caterpillar being "entombed" in a cocoon and emerging with a new body. I found these very clever origami butterflies at Tammy Yee's origami website.

During the free time, one of the girls dropped a bunch of legos on the ground & I took the opportunity to try and get Man Chun, who used to LOVE to pick up/put away toys (didn't matter to him whether or not someone was playing with them at the time), but has gotten really passive in the last year or so (problems balancing his meds). I knew he wasn't very good at squatting down to pick things up, though, and sure enough I couldn't get him to stoop low enough. But one of the girls saw what I was doing and wanted to help. We put some bigger things on the floor and he was able to reach them and pick them up. Later we moved to a table and I was trying to get him to stack some blocks, but in general his eyes pay little attention to what his hands are doing. The girl, Lai Woon, really wanted to help so she took over from me. She was amazingly patient with him, but her raucous "instructions" (she can't speak recognizable words) were making him nervous. I told her that & suggested she speak more softly and she did. It was so sweet to watch her with him! He never did "get it," but I was proud of Lai Woon for trying nonetheless!