You can refer to my Palm Sunday post that I wrote at the beginning of Holy Week to find more links to the Triduum and Holy Saturday.

My dear friend, Lynda, at My Heart's Desire, recently posted this photo and the video, The Hill of Crosses, about the history of Lithuania and The Hill of the Crosses.  This story is amazing and I thought it was appropriate to share especially today when Jesus suffered and died for each one of us on the cross.  Click HERE to view the video via Lynda's blog since I couldn't get it embedded onto my blog post.

Speaking of crosses and Good Friday, I thought I would share this art piece that my 10 year old daughter made  last year in her homeschool art class.  She made it out of different colors and types of beans and I'm linking this artwork to Kimberly's Art Showcase.


Included in my post is the recipe for the Resurrection Cookies we make as a family each Holy Saturday and this year we are trying Resurrection Rolls for the first time.

You can refer to my Palm Sunday post that I wrote at the beginning of Holy Week to find more links to the Triduum and Holy Thursday.

I was visiting Kylie's blog over at Our Worldwide Classroom recently and I found a cute and easy Easter craft to do with my children that she got from another blogger.  The definition of an easy craft for me is using supplies that are usually around the house (which means no extra trips to the craft store!) and the crafts are not too time consuming and they are fun to do!  Check out Kylie's Easter Egg Garland with a link to the instructions. Using egg shaped cardboard pieces, foil, paint and Q-tip swabs, here is what our garland looked like:

My 3 year old painting her cardboard egg that I wrapped in aluminum foil.  As you can see our art table is dirty...I mean well loved! :)


And here they are hanging from our mantle with the front view at the top of this post. I taped tulle to each end of the mantle and stretched it across. Then I hole punched the top of each egg and tied a knot using a small piece of tulle to allow them to hang straight and face forward.  I also had fun making some of these eggs with my cupcakes!  To go along with the craft I read The Legend of the Easter Egg which my children enjoyed hearing. 
Thanks Kylie for the inspiration and fun!

A couple of weekends ago, my parents took my cupcakes to the Cole Bros.Circus that comes to our hometown each year as part of a big annual festival.  My husband and I were able to enjoy a nice dinner alone while my parents and our children were having fun under the big top! Win-win for everyone :) Here are some photos that my parents took to capture their fun afternoon: