Easter.....March 23!

Easter is fast approaching this year & between the dyed Easter eggs, ribbons & bows, chocolate bunnies and other traditions, let's not forget what we are celebrating, the resurrection of Jesus!

I thought I would start this discussion so that we could all share our Easter celebrations, traditions, suggestions & any other things that come up!

For all of you with children, I would like to share 3 of my favorite websites for Easter attire & goodies:

http://www.ragsland.com/
http://www.talbotskids.com/
http://www.potterybarnkids.com/


Sweet clothing for boys & beautiful dresses for girls.....and lots of Easter goodies!

Enjoy!

What every family should have......

Yes - it is red again! I thought I would share w/ all of you something...or rather someone that my kids just love! I have an Aunt.....we refer to her as our 'Great Ole Aunt Sara'.....

When I was growing up - she never missed a B'Day or Holiday....especially since she has lived away from us for many years. She is always the first gift that arrives & now my kids get to enjoy this same feeling. As usual - for Valentine's Day, a box arrived & they new it was from Aunt Sara. She had stickers, candy, cups, stuffed animals among the goodies. They love their packages from her.......Zachary asked how she always remembered to send things & guessed it correctly.....she loved them very much...........

My lesson for the day.........never miss the oportunity to be that special person to a child....they will remember it for a lifetime!

Happy Valentine's Day!

So...I write this posting in red for Valentine's Day & I wonder what all of you parents do for V'Day. You know....I love V'Day - but I have found it a bit stressful this year. We have 2 kids.....this equates to 2 sets of Valentine cards to give out at school. Oh...& let's not forget, we 'need' to take goodies for all of the kids in the class. Oh....& let's not forget that we need to send a tasty treat for the party & perhaps be available to volunteer at school to assist w/ the party. And I haven't even started purchasing something for the husband & the kids from me for Valentine's Day............LOL...Does this sound like Christmas to you?

I really do love each holiday, but it seems that each year they get bigger & better. What do you think? What is reasonable?

After all of this prep work.....guess what? School is out for V'Day & Friday for the flu!!!!!!!!!! I guess it is back to baking on Sunday night.

Happy Valentine's Day to all of you!