Easter 2018

We had a really lovely Easter morning of cozy family time inside, with hot coffee for us and much delight and excitement for K. She ran all over the house exuberantly searching for eggs stuffed with stickers and balloons, and out in the rain with an umbrella for the eggs we dyed together a few days ago. She had so much fun helping me make pancakes, fresh whipped cream and “bunny ears” – cut marshmallows in half and dip in pink sprinkles, but then she didn’t want to eat them and happily went down for nap at 12:30 (uh-oh). Shure enough, she woke up from nap sick and we spent the rest of the day (and the next few days) snuggled  up on the couch watching Curious George and Llama Llama, and trying to keep her hydrated and eating a little bit. She is feeling much better now and we are all so relived. 

Her Easter basket was assembled over the last year from clearance, sales and the dollar store and came in at just over $25 total which was more than intended but she loves everything. She got: new jelly shoes for summer, bubble bath which we were out of, bath crayons (she hates the bath but loves drawing, worth a try!), mini-pool float birds – these are meant for drinks but they are perfect for little toys to ride around in for the wading pool this summer, a wand, ladybug stickers, and a little bag of play makeup.

I struggled a lot with whether the play makeup was a good parenting choice, but ultimately decided that it is not the use of makeup itself that fosters insecurity or gender stereotypes, but the language we use around it. I only wear makeup a few times a week but she is all over mine and tries to take it to play all the time, so I decided to go with it. She LOVES this little kit and has been having so much fun carrying it around and asking family “excuse me, would you like your face painted?” then very gently pretending to brush on the pretend paints. When she gets a little older we’ll get her a kids face paint kit and this is great pretend play to practice. She also loves carefully brushing the pretend nail polish onto her fingernails and mine and that has been a great fine motor skills activity.

Happy Easter and happy Spring to all!