At almost two (4 days to go!), Sophie is at the perfect age to enjoy most everything. Talking about her birthday and the arrival of the Easter Bunny has elicited much excitement at our house for the last several weeks. Sometimes I wonder how much she’s really understanding, but when I went into their room to announce the EB’s arrival, she was giddy and couldn’t wait to check out the goods.
I know that everyone celebrates a little differently when it comes to Easter. Sometimes, baskets aren’t even a part of the equation, some people do candy only and others make it look like Christmas. I try to find a happy medium and fill our baskets with things we would otherwise need for Easter along with a few fun surprises. I also let up on our limited sweets mantra and we indulge a little for the holiday. Both girls got plenty of candy in their basket and we skipped our cinnamon rolls in favor of Reese’s Cups and M&Ms. I can tell you that everyone survived, we brushed our teeth and ate healthy again on Monday!
And just in case you do something different, we leave our eggs for the EB. He hides them all around the living/dining room and leaves lots of goodies for you to find!
In Sophie’s basket there were bubbles, an echo microphone, a glove/ball, shovel, watering can, bathingsuit, headbands, books, coloring books and a hair barrette to match her Easter outfit. She also got a chocolate bunny, M&Ms and a few small Reese’s eggs.
Ella got a straw basket for the beach, a new Bible with her name on it, Nike running shorts (this was by far her favorite item), the new Fancy Nancy chapter book, Sun Sand sandals for church, sunglasses, bathingsuit, shovel and leggings/hair barrette to go with her Easter outfit.
Ella wasn’t present for very many photographs. She was too busy hunting eggs and devouring candy. I got some great video and it wasn’t until after their baskets were disassembled that I realized no one was taking pictures! These were all of the aftermath.
The girls managed to find all but two of our eggs and we had decided Beemer must have had a midnight snack, since even the EB himself couldn’t manage to locate the missing eggs. Fast forward a few days, and they were spotted by Ella last night from the dinner table. Two eggs in the dining room chandelier were the source of many more Easter smiles.
