Feeling the Easter spirit today!

For some unknown reason, today, about a week and a half until Easter, I am feeling the Easter Spirit! I am thinking flowers, bright sunshine, cool breeze, bunnies, chicks, jelly beans, chocolates, etc! I think back to when I was a kid. My Granny, my great-grandmother, made my Easter dress every year. And she was so good at dress making! My absolute favorite dress was a yellow one she made. She made me a bonnet for it too! I don't remember for sure, but my guess is that I wore black patton leather shoes, as I always did with a dress. :) As spring springs, I think back about how I loved to dye eggs, how I loved to hunt them, how I loved to wake up to a filled Easter basket, and finally, how I loved sharing Easter with my Granny. She absolutely LOVED Easter! And what also made it so fun is that her birthday (April 19th) was always around Easter. Man, I sure miss her! By the way, this isn't a depressing blog entry! It is a "feel good" for me. I love thinking of my Granny. Very often, I realize that I think or feel a certain way about something because of her knowlege, her opinion, her advice, and her love. :)

Okay, on to the funny stuff!

One Easter Sunday in a large Baptist church in Birmingham, Al., the minister decided to have all the young children come forward to the front of the sanctuary in their new Easter outfits for a quick "children's sermon." He couldn't help but notice one especially pretty little blond-haired, blue-eyed girl about five or six years old. She was wearing a beautiful white frilly dress, with rows and rows of ruffles head to toe. But she had such a sad expression on her face.

Trying to cheer her up, the minister called her by name, and said "You look SO lovely this morning. And I know you will wear that dress a lot because it is SO gorgeous."

Sadly, she shook her head, and said, "No, preacher, I won't ever wear this dress again."

Naturally, he couldn't imagine that response.... so he said, "But, honey, you look so beautiful in that dress."

The little girl said, "Well, thank you Preacher, but I will never wear this dress again."

The minister said, "Well, I just have to ask you WHY... when it is so pretty."

She very as a matter of factly (and in a rather LOUD voice) replied, "because my momma says it's a PAIN to iron!!"

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Boy 1: "How did you get that bruise on your arm?"
Boy 2: "I ate some Easter candy."
Boy 1: "Eating Easter candy won't give you a bruise."
Boy 2: "It will if it's your big brother's candy!"

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And now a few cheesy ones:

A man wanted an Easter pet for his daughter. He looked at a baby chick and a baby duck. They were both very cute, but he decided to buy the baby chick. Do you know why?
The baby chick was a little cheeper!

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Saving the Easter Bunny
A man was blissfully driving along the highway, when he saw the Easter Bunny hopping across the middle of the road. He swerved to avoid hitting the Bunny, but unfortunately the rabbit jumped in front of his car and was hit. The basket of eggs went flying all over the place.

The driver, being a sensitive man as well as an animal lover, pulled over to the side of the road, and got out to see what had become of the Bunny carrying the basket. Much to his dismay, the colorful Bunny was dead. The driver felt guilty and began to cry.

A woman driving down the same highway saw the man crying on the side of the road and pulled over. She stepped out of her car and asked the man what was wrong.

"I feel terrible," he explained, "I accidentally hit the Easter Bunny and killed it. There may not be an Easter because of me. What should I do?"

The woman told the man not to worry. She knew exactly what to do. She went to her car trunk, and pulled out a spray can. She walked over to the limp, dead Bunny, and sprayed the entire contents of the can onto the little furry animal.

Miraculously the Easter Bunny came to back life, jumped up, picked up the spilled eggs and candy, waved its paw at the two humans and hopped on down the road. 50 yards away the Easter Bunny stopped, turned around, waved and hopped on down the road another 50 yards, turned, waved, hopped another 50 yards and waved again!

The man was astonished. He said to the woman, "What in heaven's name is in your spray can? What was it that you sprayed on the Easter Bunny?" The woman turned the can around so that the man could read the label. It said: "Hair spray. Restores life to dead hair. Adds permanent wave."

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And this is just great!

~"Tish"