Which brings me to the Easter Bunny. and I guess Santa Claus, the tooth fairy, et al. I'm not sure I'm totally into this whole perpetuation of creepy human-sized mythical creatures bring presents and gifts. I guess there is no way to get around Santa... but a bunny? Is there a way to turn Easter into a celebration of spring? Maybe it's a day we go the nursery and get plants, plant seeds, dig in the dirt, have a nice meal, pick flowers, whatever... something like that? I'm all about dying eggs for some reason... we used to blow out the insides and make an egg tree as a child, and I really enjoyed doing that. But perpetuating a myth about a big bunny that "bring you chocolate" seems a little much for me. Am I stupid here? Am I thinking too much in my head about this? I mean, please, you can't tell me that this is just a little weird, right?
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Oh, the Easter Bunny is big time creepy. Last year, when people kept asking Hannah if the "Easter Bunny was gonna come" she would look at me with big scared eyes and quickly say, "No. No. He not come in my house." So, I said, "Do you want Mommy to make your Easter basket?" She said, "Yes." And here we are. She also encourages Santa to leave things on the porch & "Mommy get them." I'm thinkin' eventually, Mommy will just officially take over for Santa et.al. permanently. But, egg dying, egg hiding/hunting...all awesome! Hanny & I just crunched/exploded a bunch of confetti filled eggs this afternoon (DIY: blow out the egg yolk of dyed egg & let dry, cut nickel size hole on one side, fill with confetti, cover hole with tissue paper, crunch!). Maybe you can celebrate "New Life" as that's what the eggs symbolize. You could go see baby animals, and new flowers, etc. Happy spring! xoxo
I wonder about Santa myself. I would really love not to do the Santa thing, but I also don't want the weird kid who ruins Christmas for all the other kids by saying there's no such thing as Santa Claus.
-Michelle
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