Innocence

This weekend was full of family time. I just soaked it all in.

My older kids, while participating in Easter activities, didn't have quite the same enthusiasm as Mason did.

He has gone from being too young to understand what is going on to being excited about every single part.

He is still so sweet and innocent. This weekend he...

-"dived" Easter eggs (which made him very firsty")
- ran around looking for Easter eggs
-chasing bubbles around the yard and...
-got his groove on

This kid makes me laugh and smile. He drives me a little nutty. He is my not so baby, baby! I am going to enjoy as much of this this time as I possibly can.

Good deal alert!

Do you have a little one that you are filling an Easter basket for? Right now you can score a nice deal on the newest Veggie Tales movie!

My kids (even the older ones!) love Veggie Tales. I love them because they always have a good message.

Right now, there new movie, " The Little House that Stood" is on sale at Vons for $9.99.The latest issue of All You magazine has a coupon good for $4 off!

You can find the coupon in this issue towards the end!

 

$9.99 -4.00=
$5.99!!

That isn't all though...

On the cover of the movie is a coupon for a free box of Capri Sun Super V's. Not bad for $5.99! Throw one of those juice boxes in an Easter basket as well!

Mason couldn't wait for Easter! He laughed his way through it!

What do you normally put in Easter baskets? Do you go all out or just keep it simple?

Easter traditions

Ivan with the EB...and my shadow (:

Like Christmas, the true meaning of Easter often gets overlooked.

Filling those baskets & hunting for eggs seems to be a main priority for a lot of people.

I am not saying these are bad things. They aren't. We participate in quite a few of them.

I admit that it is really hard for me to not get caught up in it also.

But I really, really want to make sure that my kids know the true meaning of Easter.

Since my kids were little there has been one thing that has really helped our family keep our focus.

We celebrate the Easter bunny on the Saturday before. Then it is OVER. They get a basket filled with goodies and little toys. We don't talk about it. The EB is just not a priority.

Sunday morning, we go to church, eat a nice, big traditional dinner and talk about Christ and His resurrection.

However, we can all use good ideas for our kids baskets, right?

Besides candy, I like to put in inexpensive movies (or maybe something I just got a good deal on). Outdoor toys like balls, jump ropes, sidewalk chalk, bubbles...

I also like to look in the dollar section/ $1 stores for stickers, notepads, glow sticks (one of my kids favorite things!) playing cards, crazy straws, crayons, markers...

Things like lip gloss, hair things, fun socks and little items like that usually make it into my daughters basket.

So what about you, what do you do for Easter?