QOTD 3/26

[RedDDD]

For those of us that do the Easter bunny thing....what is your tradition or what traditions did you have as a kid that you are going to continue for your own families?

[RedDDD]

Im actually asking this question because we didn't really have much of a tradition. As kid we opened our door first thing in the morning and there was a basket that EB left for us. Not really a big deal. DH parents blew Easter up and they had huge baskets of stuff and egg hunts etc. My brother and I would hide eggs for ourselves So Im acutally looking for ideas for fun traditions. We have already purchased the baskets and goodies/treats/games/toys....DH wants to blow it up so we did. But what else...what are you all going to do?

[legitsince86]

We had an egg hunt inside our house. I don't know why we didn't do it in the yard now that I'm thinking of it. There was no candy in the egg, but clues to find the next egg. Eventually it would lead back into the living room where our easter baskets would be. Obviously our LOs are a bit young for that.

I plan to do Easter twice. DH gets home the day after so we're spending easter with my parents. I'll hide eggs and give her a little basket at my parents. I'll leave the big basket at home.

[af1004]

We'll do baskets in the morning when she gets up. Lunch at grandparents and hunt eggs there. Probably try to go to another set grandparents that day too.

[girlonfire]

As kids my brothers and I would get an egg hunt in the living room and an Easter basket with random little whatever’s. These days my mum’s best friend has an adult competitive egg hunt, complete with trophy, which is always a blast.

DD is getting a Easter basket, sand toys (bucket and shovel) and an egg hunt in the yard if the weather is nice. She went to an Easter Eggstravaganza party last weekend and had a ball collecting eggs.

Bermuda is all about Good Friday and the tradition is codfish cakes on hot cross buns and kite flying. People get super competitive with their codfish cakes so you’re always forced to eat one wherever you go. Also we build our own traditional kites but it takes a lot of time and concentration, of which I have neither these days. This year I bought DD a birdie (plastic) kite. Maybe next year I’ll make one.

[fiveohfive]

We are doing an Easter basket with play-doh, bubbles and some Sesame Street musical toys (love clearance!). I'd like to do a small Easter egg hunt and put some animal crackers, mini chocolate chips, etc in there.

[happymama]

Growing up there was never a consistent tradition. Some years we got new outfits, an Easter basket, or did an egg hunt but it varied.

Since DD is our first, we probably won't do much this year since she couldn't care less. For us, Easter is a religious holiday and that is our primary focus, though I do plan to do some of the fun traditions as well.

I made her a dress this year, I don't know how long I will have the energy to keep that up since we plan to have more kids, but I do like getting a special Easter outfit. I also plan to do Easter baskets and egg hunts starting next year, though I need to put more thought into the basket and come up with a few fun traditional things to include since I don't want her getting a bunch of candy.

[lilqt3929]

We dont have any "traditions" but DD is going to an outdoor easter egg hunt this weekend held in the village and will get an easter basket the day of. Her basket this year will be filled with a book, playdoh, bubbles, a stuffed bunny from when I was little, and of course plastic easter eggs filled with Annies cheddar bunny crackers, goldfish, stickers and socks. I'm sure as she gets older we'll fill the eggs with candy but IMO she's too young for that still.

ETA: any candy DD receives at the easter egg hunt will either be given away to other kids or be put out in a dish for our family to snack on for Easter day.  I understand she may get into a few pieces and thats ok, I'm just not going to intentionally buy her candy. 

[sugarkissed]

I grew up with an Easter basket and an egg hunt inside with my siblings and parents. We'd have a nice dinner but nothing too formal.
DH grew up with a HUGE Easter party including all of his massive family and a formal dinner.

We are having a dinner with about 15 of his family members on the Saturday, followed by our own little quiet Sunday with DD. She'll get basket with some chocolate (mostly for mommy to eat haha) and a couple of new books. I'll probably do an Easter egg hunt when she's old enough to get the concept.

[Deleted]

We colored eggs the night before Easter, then did an indoor egg hunt Easter morning. We got baskets with toys and candy, went to the family Mass (read: it was the shortest one), then did Easter dinner somewhere - either at our house, down the street at my grandparents' house, or went to my grandmother who lived an hour away.

[redfraggle]

The kids get a basket from us and one from my mom since we are visiting her for Easter. They enjoy an egg hunt as well and a tasty dinner.

[annarose]

For my family we colored eggs close to easter which I will do this year with DD. We got a basket that had the regular Easter candy, colored eggs and a gift ( usually a toy). H was similar except they did an Easter egg hunt.

So for DD we will hunt eggs in the mornings and her basket is stuffed with a bunch if stuff! New bath toys, far crayons, some new plates and bowls... etc Basically stuff she needs anyways. No candy for her - we got some -Annie's funnies and graham cracker bunnies and gold fish for the food aspect.

We will have my parents over for the day and honey baked ham dinner . Will spend most of the day with DD in her new kiddie pool

[marley629]

We go down the (NJ) shore and enjoy 2 for 1 rides on the boardwalk the day before Easter and afterwards go to my sisters for Easter Egg hunt and brunch The one tradition I'm continuing with is a big chocolate bunny. My Nana used to get us one every year and I'm continuing that with DS & my nieces/nephews.

[jlprybs927]

These all seem like fun ideas! We never did anything really elaborate growing up. We'd come into the living room and surprise, there's the Easter basket!

My H's parents went all out with the hunt. They'd tir a string to the boys' bedroom door and then lead the string through the whole house, up and down several floors, under tables, etc. to lead them to tbeir basket which I think is a really fun idea. I would like to do that once she's older. I may to a little egg hunt of our own at home and take her to one when she's older.

[joi922]

Growing up, I'd wake up to an Easter basket in the living room and we'd have a big breakfast. Then we'd go to my grandparents' house for an egg hunt in the yard and big family dinner with all the extended relatives in town. It was a lot of fun, and I always hoped to have something similar for my kids.

But my husband's family doesn't do anything. No baskets, no big dinner. They just went to church. We live near his family right now, so nothing is planned. We're hoping to host something next year when (fingers crossed) we'll be in a house and have the space for that. But we'll see - he has two brothers, only one of whom has kids, and that brother travels to his wife's family a few hours away every Easter because they have their own traditions, so it would be a small group of people who aren't really into celebrating the holiday if we did host something (which doesn't sound really fun). For this year, DS is getting a basket with books, a toy truck, a ball, and a little candy.

[af1004]

We also color eggs the week before Easter. I'm going to use whisks to make it easier for DD to color eggs a la Pinterest. I also saw on Pinterest a carrot made with goldfish in a bag and ribbon fit her basket. And boo-boo bunnies I'm going to make. Anyone remember those?

[nymama917]

Growing up the Easter Bunny hid my badket. So first thing in the morning I would wake up and go hunt for it. There was candy and other gifts. Usually a few big things like softball spikes or a new bat or some cool outside game. Easter was my mom's favorite so I always got a lot. When I was 16 I got the keys to my (used) car in my Easter basket. Then we did an egg hunt with money in the eggs and 1 egg to a clue to a present from my grandparents. My mom now does a present and egg hunt with all the kids so 1 step above what we had. We had lunch with one set of family and dinner with the other.