No candy Easter Eggs!

Easter’s coming up and I’m trying to put together the bees’ baskets. I’m not a fan of putting candies in their baskets, never have been. Nor am I a fan of them eating candy or sweets. Heck, I don’t even buy Capri Suns and slightly feel guilty giving them fruit snacks! I myself, grew up with drinking juice boxes and eating at fast food restaurants, not a lot, but enough. Last year, I put a few candies in their baskets but when they would ask to eat it, I’d say “not yet” or “no.” I know, I know.. I’m horrible. But I did give in and said yes a few times.  Last year’s Easter baskets had coloring books, books, and little stuffed toys and of course the few pieces of candy. I also have an egg hunt for them, which they love!

This year I have filled their eggs with quarters, stickers, tattoos, Squinkies (they LOVE them), and little coupons of activities that they love to do. I think this is a better idea considering they are so active and prefer to do activities rather than sitting in front of the TV, which is good because Mr. Bee and I are not fans of our children being entertained by television, so when they’re able to, weather permitting, we let them play outside. But if they do watch TV, they would have to earn it depending on their behavior at school that day (the school has a behavior color system).

Here are some ideas for their Easter eggs that I’ve come up with:

·         Coins

·         Squinkies

·         Stickers

·         Angry Birds bracelets

·         Coupons

·         Bouncy balls (J bee collects them)

·         Erasers (K bee collects them)

The coupons in the eggs are:

·         You earned 30 minutes of video game.

·         You earned a movie night with your choice of movie.

·         You earned a dessert of your choice.

·         Pick a breakfast of your choice (valid only on weekends).

·         You earned an extra story before bed.

·         You get to stay up 30 minutes after bed time.

·         Watch a show of your choice before bed. 

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ISome of the things I'm putting in their Easter baskets are silly putty, markers, coloring books, pencils, pens, glow in the dark bracelets, Yo-Yos, etc. 

I'm looking forward to their egg hunt! And this year, it's Baby bee's first Easter!