Easter, an event that starts in February and ends mid April at a shopping centre near you!
So Yesterday I was walking through the PnP and saw all the goodies on display urging me to buy them for the kiddies and as tempted as I was I had to ask myself “just who am I kidding?”.. My boys are 15 and 11 now, they don’t really believe that a fluffy whatnot is randomly dropping chocolate goodies in the garden just for them.. well, not anymore that is.
They only play along with insanity each year because they know the rules “If you dont believe, you dont get”. So they talk about Father Christmas like he is a long lost uncle and patiently wait for their teeth to fall out in the hopes for R20 from the toothfairy..(that reminds me, I need to talk to them about the toothfairy before they start going after the permanent teeth)
So this year I am NOT going to hide eggs in the garden for them, instead they can organise a small play between them for the Easter weekend on *what Easter means to them* and then mommy will lavish them with chocolate goodies in return for effort. The more effort, the more chocolate goodies !
Good Deal, eh?
So how old were you when you realised Bunnies don’t actually poop chocolate eggs??
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Bunnies don’t poop chocolate eggs????
Where does my mom get them every year then?!
Yep, almost 26 and still insisting on easter eggs. Forever young baby, that’s how you do it.
I need to write down these parenting tips for when my little Image grows older.
the trick here is to not let the parents know that you know that chocolate eggs do not come from bunnies.
Me (26) and one of my cousin’s (30) will have a temper tantrum if the easter eggs aren’t hidden all over the garden, seriously, we are that bad
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Well that is me in tears now!
I just lost Father xmas, tooth fairy, and easter bunny ……..
well at least I still have the Cookie Monster!!!!
Tara – I’m sorry hun.. the truth is that a norty boy bunny jumped a skanky chicken and dragged her to the nestle factory where he had his way with her over a choc conveyer belt..
Hardspear- I will write a book and send you a copy, k?
Twistygirl – your parents know.. they just love watching you frollick in the garden like a 5 year old and laughingly tell all their friends how they tricked you for all these years..
Davy – ((hugs)) I have something to tell you about the cookie monster….
Haha I love the idea of a play. “Why Easter is important to me… because we get chocolate?”
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I think the truth hit me when my mommy darling dressed up as a bunny for her grandsons one year…
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you make me snort.
despite all this, i still believe in the easter bunny. and my Kid is going to love easter this year – first year he’ll actually (hopefully) understand what an easter egg hunt is!
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although….i’ve been buying the bf and the kid easter eggs since the shops started stocking them in jan – so by the time easter comes around, they might actually be sick of them by then!
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oh shoot! bunnies don’t poop out eggs?!! you are joking me right?! jk haha. I don’t think I actually ever heard that when I was little. But I love the idea of having your kids create a play. we did that for our parents during Christmas.