Resurrection Eggs

Last Easter, we bought this story/activity thing called Resurrection Eggs. It is 12 plastic eggs in a hard plastic egg carton. There is a booklet that comes with it and it tells the story of Easter in 12 pages. Each page has a corresponding egg that has an item that goes with the story. It is a way to tell the story to children and keeps them engaged with the hands on items. I read it to Eli last night at bedtime. As I was reading, I would stop and explain with a little more detail and ask him questions to see if he was understanding. He really did seem to get it. He has asked me several times before if I knew that Jesus died so we would be saved. We talked about praying and talking to God, which he has started to do a little on his own at random times. I explained about putting his hands together, closing his eyes and bowing his head as a sign of respect. So, tonight he prayed and thanked God for all the people in Rockwall. Then we did bedtime prayers and he asked God to make Zoe's fever go away and never let her be sick again. (She has had a fever all day and started antibiotics tonight.) It makes me so proud to see him praying and understanding the importance of it. I love my sweet boy :)