Easter

Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
Og Mandino

Our daughter is really responding amazingly to songs, music and singing. Yesterday was Easter Sunday so we went to church to try and keep some spirituality and perspective in our lives as parents. Our daughter was just amazed by all the singing.
As you can see from the photo, Samantha had her first encounter with the Easter bunny. Some of the things about the holidays and how we as parents are supposed to expose our children to them are very confusing. Which of the two is more important? Is it the bunny or is Jesus? Does it depend on her age or does it depend more on how we view the holiday? How do we prepare our daughter to be able to tell what is made up to sell her things and what is made up to scare her? How can we on one hand tell her that a magic rabbit is going to hide eggs around the house and leave her some chocolates while we know it certainly is not true? If we don't believe it should we be telling our kids that it's the truth? What kind of damage does the lying cause between parents and kids?
I suppose all of these questions have been asked and answered by thousands of parents. I just hope that we are asking the questions and that the answers are right for our daughter.