It's Easter!!

Are mine the only kids running around the house singing repeatedly, in the their best (very dramatic) opera voice, "horse and chariots, horse and chariots, were cast into the sea!!"? 

The Vigil mass on Saturday was... I almost can't explain it. The mass began at 8:30 and ended around 11:30, and it really seemed to me that it went by in the blink of an eye! And, the most amazing thing, 11yo Marky, who had struggled (really struggled) through serving on Holy Thursday and Good Friday, made it through- no problem!! While we have attended all three services before, never has our whole family attended all three in the same year. It was pretty awesome.

This is one of my favorites moments of Easter day. No Easter attire, no Easter decorations. Just my motley little crew after finding Easter baskets, and dad working on the bacon and sausage (4 pounds!). I am sitting on the step by the back door taking the picture.-

There were many magical moments to follow.-

I admit that we have not hit the first week of Easter with the zeal that I would like- we are pooped. My oldest daughter and I were comparing our Holy Weeks and came to the conclusion that those last three days are perhaps suppose to be a bit grueling. It seems only fitting.

Now, time to rejoice! Or, in our case, rejoice and sleep!

We did add this adorable printable to our Easter/Divine Mercy table-

The black and white version is available to print here- the color version comes if you subscribe by email to Catholic Icing.

We printed several copies of this Divine Mercy Novena and Chaplet from Diary of a Sower blog. It is shown with a ring through the top- I think it looks better that way, but I just quickly stapled ours.

Happy Easter!!