my dd is 7 years old. i dont know how long the easter bunny will be real for us.
so i wanted this easter esp. to be special.
however i wasnt going to do anything different. it somehow happened that we had two easter egg hunt at church back to back.
and then suddenly she was ready to go home. i was surprised. she is never ready to go home.
'mommy MOMMY lets GO HOME. come on lets go. i want to see what the easter bunny left me.
YIKES!!!! holy cow i had nothing planned. i tried convincing her the easter bunny visited the church but she said nah - it was someone from church.
so i got a friend to take dd and i went easter present shopping. i was just going to get one of those huge baskets dd has always wanted but every place was out. so i ended up going to the only place that was open AND close by. a walmart. my first time.
oh boy that was one of the happiest times of my life. i got to play. i splurged. its next months rent money and i spent a third of it. i got her a plastic drawer set and got items to fill it - toys, clothes, swimwear, books, art materials, lip gloss, yarn and crochet hook, embroidery stuff. i love putting together a basket of little things instead of one big toy. and for the first time i BOUGHT JUNK cereal. lucky charms that dd has always wanted. i know that seh will not eat it all. most of it will get thrown away. but the fact that she got junk would tickle her pink.
then i called her and told her i was home and there was something by the door. oh how she squealed. then she got home and squealed and squealed some more. she loved it. every bit of it. her fav. though was the crochet stuff.
and here's teh sad part - last night as we were snuggling during bedtime seh told me 'mama i know why the easter bunny left me so much stuff. its because we are poor. the rich kids didnt get much because they get things all the time so the easter bunny saved for the poor kids. but we cant buy a lot. and so that's why the easter bunny left me so much.' it made me sad listening to her reasoning. at school she found out most kids got candy and nothing much else.
but here's why easter was so special for me this year. she was the oldest kid there. without me saying anything she took some of her eggs adn shared with the toddlers and hid of hers back for them and helped them find it.
r: sniff.
she went to her dad's sunday night which is our usual exchange time.
do you have an easter story to share?
so i wanted this easter esp. to be special.
however i wasnt going to do anything different. it somehow happened that we had two easter egg hunt at church back to back.
and then suddenly she was ready to go home. i was surprised. she is never ready to go home.
'mommy MOMMY lets GO HOME. come on lets go. i want to see what the easter bunny left me.
YIKES!!!! holy cow i had nothing planned. i tried convincing her the easter bunny visited the church but she said nah - it was someone from church.
so i got a friend to take dd and i went easter present shopping. i was just going to get one of those huge baskets dd has always wanted but every place was out. so i ended up going to the only place that was open AND close by. a walmart. my first time.
oh boy that was one of the happiest times of my life. i got to play. i splurged. its next months rent money and i spent a third of it. i got her a plastic drawer set and got items to fill it - toys, clothes, swimwear, books, art materials, lip gloss, yarn and crochet hook, embroidery stuff. i love putting together a basket of little things instead of one big toy. and for the first time i BOUGHT JUNK cereal. lucky charms that dd has always wanted. i know that seh will not eat it all. most of it will get thrown away. but the fact that she got junk would tickle her pink.
then i called her and told her i was home and there was something by the door. oh how she squealed. then she got home and squealed and squealed some more. she loved it. every bit of it. her fav. though was the crochet stuff.
and here's teh sad part - last night as we were snuggling during bedtime seh told me 'mama i know why the easter bunny left me so much stuff. its because we are poor. the rich kids didnt get much because they get things all the time so the easter bunny saved for the poor kids. but we cant buy a lot. and so that's why the easter bunny left me so much.' it made me sad listening to her reasoning. at school she found out most kids got candy and nothing much else.
but here's why easter was so special for me this year. she was the oldest kid there. without me saying anything she took some of her eggs adn shared with the toddlers and hid of hers back for them and helped them find it.
r: sniff.she went to her dad's sunday night which is our usual exchange time.
do you have an easter story to share?
