Easter Basket Woes

This Easter was an exciting one. We did our regular thing, colored Easter eggs and tried to find our Easter baskets. For some reason, they are always hard to find. I've given up on decorating for holidays. No decorations EVER seem to make it out of the box, so Saturday night, I was scrounging around trying to find the container with the baskets. I found the container, but ended up dumping the entire bucket from the shelf (quite high up), but I figured, better the container than me, since I almost fell. I guess that's probably why you shouldn't stand on the work bench, in between all the tools and try to pull containers down that are heavy. Did I mention the light in the garage doesn't work, so I had Jared's head flashlight on. You know the kind that straps to your head, so your hands are free. Always the fashion statement!! Monica and Ryker were my cheering section, when I knew it was me or the container that was going to fall and they kept telling me it's okay, and when everything crashed down, Monica said, "I'm sure nothing's broken." Ever the optimist!! And the worst part ...... NO BASKETS. So, we improvised. One birthday present bag, two Tupperware bowls, one Christmas basket, an old ice cream bucket (clean), and Cannon's basket from his babysitter. (They always do an Easter Egg hunt, Ryker had a basket too, but amazingly, that one was lost too!). Does it seem like no matter what we do, there is always a good story. Well, this is no different. Here are a few pictures of the kids Easter morning, before we get to the heart of the story. Oh, no pictures of Cannon Easter morning, he was sleeping. He decided not to go to sleep until 2:30 AM - he was trying to wait up to meet the Easter Bunny. We decided, it was cold, he probably shouldn't be consuming large amounts of candy first thing in the morning, and of course, we didn't want to deal with the grumpiness. Yes, without sleep he is EXTREMELY grumpy. He comes by it honestly, traits handed down.... I believe a distant relative was/is a swamp thing. :)





And here's where the story gets REALLY good. Sunday morning, Monica is scheduled to leave for California with her Grandpa and Aunt. So, we're up early, we search for Easter eggs and the kids are out looking for their baskets. Of course, Ryker finds Jerrick's, Cannon's, then his, then Jaxon's. And he's not quite old enough to realize that he should see that it's not his name (which he does know) and leave it there. No, he's super excited and brings it into them. So much for the Easter Bunny hiding them very well. Gunnar's was a little harder to find, but with a little help from the chocolate smeller (only way to explain how he found them all) - Gunnar's was found too. Now just Monica's. Well, she found hers .... at least remnants of hers. The Easter bunny apparently put the basket too close to Daisy, the chocolate loving dog, who helped herself to Monica's chocolate. Seriously, how depressing is this. THE DOG ATE MY EASTER BASKET. Now if it had been me, I would have been devastated. Not Monica, she's upbeat and says, "It's okay, really mom, it's okay." I would have been in tears and cursing the dog (okay secretly, I was cursing the dog). Monica was a trooper. She took the Easter Basket bag shredding like a pro. Who needs candy anyway?? We looked through the remnants, she joked that several unwrapped pieces of candy were on the ground, but since they were covered in dirt and probably dog slobber, she opted to not pick them up. Daisy even tried to rip open her peanut butter bunny, and mauled her little stuffed moose. The bunny was a loss, but the moose was willing to go for a swim in the washing machine!! Luckily, Cannon doesn't eat too much candy, so she was able to share some of his. What an Easter to remember! At least there was a highlight. She got to go to California, not that 12 hours of driving was a treat, but she didn't have to babysit for a whole week!


We spent the afternoon up at a friend's house, we had dinner and a fun Easter Egg hunt for the kids. The boys had a great time. The day turned out pretty well, considering how it started....... why is it that no holiday can be just normal? I guess we like to do things with gusto!! Perhaps this was created when I decided to have more than one kid! The joys of motherhood!!