Hoppin’ around town
18th March 2008
The fluffy little Easter Bunny is hopping around town. He always sneaks up on me each year.
He’s at both the Oshawa Centre and the Pickering Town Centre until this Saturday — click the links for hours, photo packages and more.
Lucy is at the age where she’s totally ready for an Easter egg hunt, and I’m so excited to have one this weekend. As Jen O. said, I’m not entirely thrilled about loading Lucy up on sugar, but am planning more of a modern day hunt: There will be some chocolate and refined sugar, but also some notepads and stickers and markers and other small little presents any toddler would love.
My Mom bought Lucy the most adorable dress for her birthday, perfect for Easter: It has embossed bunnies, sequins, ribbon, little chicks and other whimsical bits. She’s going to look adorable. She’ll probably smear her dinner or dirt on it 0.598 seconds after we put it on her, but that’s part of toddler living, right?
Sunday we are heading to my parents’ house to visit with them, my Grandma and Aunt Judy and Uncle Randy. It will also be my birthday dinner, as I turn the big 29 on Saturday, March 22. The last year in my twenties! Friday I’m celebrating with the Game Night Hooligans and Lucy with Thai food at my fave restaurant in Ajax, followed by ruckus back in the Boonies after. Gooood times.
Got any Easter plans? Big hunts planned for your wee ones? Giant dinners with family? Chocolate gorge fests? Can I come?
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On Sataurday we’re going to a Parade in Pickering and then to my Mom’s for dinner. We’ll do the hunt on Sunday after my sons nap. Carly good idea to hide stuff other than sweets, I’m going to do that as well as some mini eggs/fruit roll ups.
My son is not old enough for an easter egg hunt as he just turned 1, but maybe next year for sure!
I laugh at all of us parents (me included!) who are so-oo concerned about holidays where are children consume sugar. Our parents let us do it. We will have to let our kids do it at some point. It just comes with the territory. Anything in moderation is ok.
Friday we are having my cousins over for a bbq. My parents are in Florida so they won’t be around. Saturday we are doing Easter Dinner a day early to accommodate my bro-in-law. His birthday is the 23rd (Sunday) but can only make the HUGE trek out from Toronto on Saturday, because he has to work on Monday. Poor thing……
I am lucky enough to have Monday off. So, Sunday and Monday we are free as birds. I hope the weather is a little bit better than today!
It’s not that I mind at all that Lucy have treats — I agree that it’s one of the greatest things about being a kid!
It’s that she’s only 2, my family has weak teeth, a toddler crashing from a sugar high is NOT PRETTY, and she has her entire childhood to gorge on candy and chocolate. As long as she’s young enough to limit it without her realizing it, I intend to keep doing it
Just a note – Pickering parade has been cancelled due to huge amounts of snow on roadsides. http://www.newsdurhamregion.com/news/pickering/article/95374
And Happy Birthday Carly!
I am following some of the same trends as when I was a kid… I remember every year getting a brand new pair of Jelly Shoes, a new skipping rope, a new outfit to wear to Easter dinner and of course an Easter egg hunt. This year… Jackson will be getting new rubber boots instead of jelly shoes, a new umbrella instead of a jump rope (he wants one so I don’t feel bad that it’s practical) and possible a new outfit or a new spring jacket… as well as a ton of eggs to hunt for throughout our house. Steve wants to head to Williams Chocolate in Whitby to get the boys some special treats, apparently they have the BEST chocolate around including special chocolate for diabetics!!!!!
I think people think I’m exaggerating or kidding when I talk about Eirinn’s tantrums; especially the sugar-induced ones. THEY ARE THE WORST TANTRUMS EVER PRODUCED BY ANY HUMAN BEING EVER BORN IN THIS WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD AT ANY TIME DURING HISTORY. EVER. Seriously. I have witness probably dozens of different children throw tantrums and Eirinn wins. By a long shot. And it is because of these tantrums that I fear giving her chocolate. I will be giving her a little bit because, as you said, it’s all a part of being a kid, but I don’t have a death wish. I will limit it severely because if I don’t EVERYONE will pay.
Does sugar-free chocolate (the kind for diabetics that Cheryl wrote about) taste gross? If it doesn’t, I should seriously consider it for her.
I bought the kids each a five-pack of mini chocolate bunnies, rather than the big chocolate ones. Ends up being about half as much chocolate, which is more than enough for them. Plus, I can divvy them out one at a time.
Other than that, we don’t have any big family Easter celebrations planned, though we are going out to celebrate my in-laws’ 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday. It’ll be a small family celebration at a local restaurant…should be fun.
Hoping to have some fun play time with the kids, too. Might go swimming at the Y at some point…they love that.
The diabetic chocolate at William’s is good. I have tried it before and I bought my father-in-law some because he is trying to eat a low sugar diet. The only downside is that they use hazelnut and other nuts to give it flavour – so not necessarily good or yummy for the kiddies.
Good thing is they now have foil wrapped eggs, bunnies and boxes of fancy chocolates in the diabetic variety.
I just went there last night and loaded up for our family for Easter Dinner this weekend……$70 later, but I did buy bunnies for 5 kids, 4 adults and the diabetic chocolate. Quality over quantity!
Thanks for the notice about the Pickering parade. I guess we’ll go to the Zoo with my employee free pass. Oh, also Friday we’ll be at my in-laws for dinner and I get Monday off but my son will go to daycare. Should I feel guilty? No way! I’m already paying for the day and we just had March Break off together. Mommy needs a day to herself and this may be the only time for another 6+ months.
Wow, I am happy someone admitted to putting there child in daycare on the Monday. I have it off as well and was debating(still debating) if I should bring my 20 month little one. I want to but feel sooo gulity for having a kid free day. I am paying for it so why not. Our family is still not sure what we are doing. Slackers! I should offer but we just recently hosted a family supper and I feel someone else should. That sounds horrible doesn’t it? Give me a few days and I will offer to host it.