easter giving

To us, Easter is about giving and sharing and it was really good to share this with the children. The day started with chocolate - and this was a common theme throughout the day. They loved the easter egg hunt, and looked so cute using their own baskets. The little eggs weren't very well hidden - in fact sprinkled on the grass, but we had to make sure we got all of them before the dog found them.
All together we baked some cookies to share. Alexander has been very interested in family, and my grandparents. I still have my maternal grandmother. She is now 95 and in a home nearby. All her life she has been very stubborn, and now with dementia, she is stubborn about things like putting in her teeth and walking where she doesn't want to go. So she is in a wheelchair and actually looks pretty scary - even to me so I wanted Alexander to be prepared.
We went to the home which is a high dependancy dementia ward with my mum for a visit. Alexander had helped make a plate of cookies and some of his eggs for Granny May. I tried to explain to her that she didn't remember much, she wouldn't recognise any of us, but she would remember that she liked chocolate. He was so good, he wasn't too scared, well he didn't show it. He said hello and gave her chocolate. She liked him and was happy for company. Mum was pleased for the company too, and we were all so proud of him. Not only this, but then he walked around with the big squirrel to our elderly neighbours to give them a plate of biscuits and chocolates. It really is true that giving is so much better than receiving and I am glad he understands that.