This one is for you, Jay.
After many years of making Karina Easter baskets I decided that this year would be the beginning of not doing Easter baskets for her anymore. In the past she has always taken the candy and hidden it away (and never ate it) and if given a stuffed animal it would just end up on the shelf with all of her many other stuffed animals. I figured that they didn't mean much to her and there was just no need anymore.
We were wrong! This morning she went to her dad with a Walgreen's flyer in her hand and said "Look at the Easter baskets!". That is all she said but the look she gave her dad said, "Where is my basket?" A few minutes later she called me into her room and showed me the same pictures and said the same things and gave me the same sad look. Dan and I had a quick secret meeting and he took her outside for awhile and I ran to our scary, crawl space holiday storage area and pulled out the Easter boxes and found an Easter Basket, some eggs and a funny looking bunny holding a pitchfork and carrots. I threw in some grass and then ran around trying to find some goodies to put in the basket. The only things I could come up with were some fruit snacks that I opened up and put in the eggs and some chocolate covered pomegranite candies. I also put a pack of Club crackers (which are her favorite) and then left the basket in her bedroom. When she came in from outside she found it and was soooo excited. She said, "Look what Santa brought me!". She opened the eggs and ate all the candies and loved the bunny and put it in a new place of honor in her bedroom. She was especially excited about the crackers. I guess the Easter Bunny (or Santa) will be coming again next year.
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