An update and an Easter illustration

I haven’t posted in awhile because we were off for spring break last week, and this week I’ve attempted to make a major switch in moving this website from Blogger to WordPress. On your end things may look and feel pretty much the same, but you should know that on my end I have no idea how to work my own blog anymore. Nothing looks or feels the same on the backside of these words. And, if you read these posts on your phone or a tablet, I have no idea what you may be seeing right now. In the long run I think this will be a much more flexible format, but I have some major learning and editing to do. So, this new site is a work-in-progress and I’ll continue to tweak and update it over the next few weeks. Let’s just hope I don’t break the Internet in the process! I don’t feel like I say it often enough… thank you so much for meeting me here. If you’re willing to take the time to read my ramblings and my stories, I want to be willing to take the time to make this virtual place as pleasant a landing spot as it can be.

During the break my mom and I took the girls to play putt-putt one afternoon. This was the Preschooler’s first time and only the second time the older two have played. Not surprisingly, the 3rd Grader took the whole thing super seriously and had to have total quiet and concentration before every shot. The 1st Grader haphazardly whacked her ball {sometimes using the wrong side of the putter} toward the hole, and miraculously made several hole-in-one shots. This was, of course, maddening to her more strategic and highly competitive older sister. The Preschooler, who really doesn’t have the patience for a sport like golf, gave up using her club altogether by the fourth or fifth hole and resorted to bowling her ball through the rest of the course. And, you’ll notice on our score card that two players had to skip a hole because of carpenter bees. Some things just aren’t worth the risk.

This week everyone is back in school and coming home with lots of Easter crafts and interesting conversations about the upcoming holiday. Earlier this week the First Grader brought home an illustrated version of the Easter story. It’s always interesting to see how children visualize and process the stories they are hearing, and this one is certainly an important story to understand. Here is her version of the Holy Week happenings:

Note, Jesus rode into Jerusalem not sitting but standing on a donkey, or on what we presume to be some sort of large beast. Either way, it was a dramatic entry. Also note the person to Jesus’ left who was very ahead of the times and is wearing glasses.

Next, Jesus served the Last Supper. I think maybe Jesus is not pictured in this particular illustration. But, we do have a very egalitarian crowd with three men and three women in attendance.

Next, we have Jesus praying in the garden. Somewhere between his entry and this scene, he transitioned from a full beard to a goatee. I do love how his expression captures the intensity of this part of the story.

Then we move to a most confusing scene. It appears that a now clean-shaven Jesus was {happily} betrayed by a {very happy} Judas. All I can surmise is that “betrayed” is a difficult word to understand.

This one speaks for itself. And, the expressions perfectly capture the seriousness of this particular scene.

And, we end with this final and most important scene. You’ll note the empty tomb and the three shocked women who are wide-eyed {and endowed with awesome eyelashes}.

From the mouths, or in this case the pens of babes: Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.

Happy Easter!