Sugg Scoop: The Easter Egg Bunny

This Easter turned out to be such a beautiful one, no rain and no wind, made it a great day. Prior to this day we had been preparing Jackson that Easter was quickly approaching. We of course taught him that we celebrate this day because Jesus died and is now risen. While we teach him this he acts as though it goes in one ear and out the other, we know this isn't true, so we will keep teaching him as much as we can. Having told him stories of Jesus several times and having watched Jesus Your My Superhero video more times that I can count Jackson would tell you that "Jesus is his superhero, his star and his best friend." Words that are so sweet to our ears watching your son learn to love Jesus so much. While we are teaching him the true meaning of Easter we also let him know that the Easter Bunny is coming and will bring him some surprises. We taught him the song "Little Peter cotton-tail, hopping down the bunny trail, hippity hoppity Easter's on it's way" which we sang a minimum of 5 times a day. One morning Jackson was playing in his room and I was in the living room feeding Collin James and Jackson came running in there so excited he was stuttering as he was talking but finally got it out and this is what he said "Mommy, Mommy when I, when I, when I was a wittle bunny rabbit, I had a wittle fuzzy tail coming out my butt and ears on my head and I hopped around wike this" then he proceeded to hop around the living room. I was laughing so hard I could hardly contain myself and of course Collin James was excited and jumping around but he does this every time he sees Jackson. Jackson then had his first Easter egg hunt at our church outreach, the next day he had his second hunt at his school, this is when he realizes that the "Easter Egg Bunny" hides all these eggs and they are filled with candy. So on Saturday, prior to Easter Sunday, Jackson and I were riding in the car and we were talking about our plans for Easter Sunday, our plans for lunch and church, and I said to Jackson "Is Jesus your best friend?" expecting the answer I always hear, but much to my surprise he says "NO! The 'Easter Egg Bunny' is my best friend, he brings me candy!" That is when I should have put a halt on the whole Easter bunny idea, but that is where is just began. We show up at Mimi and G-daddy's that evening to find that the Easter bunny had brought the boys Easter baskets filled with candy and toys. We go home and go to bed and Jackson wakes up on Easter morning to find that the Easter bunny had put eggs all in the yard. So he goes outside and is putting eggs in his basket having only picked up about half the eggs he says to Brad and I "this is enough eggs, lets go inside now" I guess he was still tired not real sure, so we help him pick up the rest of the eggs and head inside where he finds his basket full of How to Train you Dragon candy and sorts (no he hasn't seen the movie only the commercials and is already obsessed with the movie). We then get ready and head to Aunt Jennifer's house where the Easter bunny has brought more eggs and another basket, by this point the Easter bunny has almost out done Santa Clause. All the while Jackson has a blast, with his week long Easter celebration, and Collin James enjoys watching Jackson have a blast. Next year Collin James will Jackson a run for his money while picking up the Easter Eggs.