Easter

June 1st and getting the Easter post up. Finally.

Here it goes ladies and gents. I spent from right after Christmas until the weekend before Easter thinking up grand ideas of what we should put in our children's Easter baskets. I ordered swim suits on sale from Carter's right before Christmas and got candy the weekend before, everything else in between. Looking back, I obviously wouldn't suggest ordering clothes that far in advance. Last weekend we took our toddler's swimsuit back to Carter's and order a size bigger that should be here in a couple days. The baby's suit should fit just fine though!

Kinnley's Easter Basket (Age: 20 months)

So above is Kinnley's basket, or more appropriately bag. Kinnley's Mimi (my mom) hand painted bags for each of the girls (they also have hand painted trick-or-treat bags!). In the bag we put her swim suit from Carter's, sunglasses, color bath drops, a large set of crayons, a Frozen themed set with small markers and coloring pages, the I Wish You More book, and a dry erase marker board with markers. I got some things keeping in mind that we would be going on a road trip in early June and thought they would be great car activities. We tried to stay away from candy since we knew she would be receiving some from grandparents and inside eggs. 

Anniston's Easter Basket (Age: 2 months)

Above is Anniston's Easter bag! She also got a swim suit and sunglasses, along with a wubbabub, a Baltic amber necklace and two books, Duck & Goose Colors! and The Little Bunny in Kansas. Hers was obviously a little more difficult because of her age but great Easter ideas!

We had so much fun letting Kinnley participate in egg hunts this year! We took her to one in a neighboring community and also put one on for just her at our house!

Whenever I give books that have a theme related to when they were given, I liked to write a little note with a date inside. My mom did this when I was little and I enjoy reading the inscriptions. I don't usually write in board books, just the books with actual paper pages. Some books will have one inscription written to both girls, so they will have to fight over them when they want to have them for their own children :)