easter treats + parks’ easter basket

this is the first year that i get to play easter bunny! i am excited to fill parks’ basket with a few little goodies. he will only be ten weeks old- so it’s going to be very simple! so i decided to share some favorites for your little bunnies. growing up, we usually received either a few small toys, a pair of spring pajamas, a coloring book, a movie, bubbles, plastic eggs, play-doh, stickers, sidewalk chalk, etc. i loved reese’s eggs and my sister loved the carton of pastel bubble gum- you know the one where the eggs are super juicy for about five seconds and then are completely bland! ha. there were usually extras of our favorites in our basket. 

i loved going to my grandma’s farmhouse after easter mass and celebrating with my mom’s family by eating deviled eggs, ham, wearing our lace bonnets/socks, floral dresses, and going out to the back porch with my cousins to see all eleven baskets lined up with small treats. we had a large piece of land to hunt… you started out on the farmhouse side and then eventually were big enough to venture over to the ‘big yard.’ my sister and cousin, scott, were born a month apart and were often pretty competitive out there; however, i have never really had that side… so i think i would just stare at them in amazement as they viscously hustled for the most eggs. 🙂 my grandma would play games with us like ‘ring around the rosey’ and drop the clothes pins in the glass jar. 

oh, the memories. to be a kid on the farm. 

here are some cute options for this easter: 

this is over my ‘easter bunny budget’ 

{i am so going to be the tooth fairy that gives $1 per tooth and a $2 bill for the front teeth}

isn’t that enough for a kid? 

i feel like it’s not about the amount but the excitement of receiving something from the fun fairy?

{i have heard some crazy amounts these days? thoughts?!}

anyway, i love this teepee from the land of nod – maybe for christmas?

which will probably be around the time that we start to create a permanent play area in our home

i have seen several teepees but this one is my favorite for our future kids to play and explore in 

teepee from the land of nod

felt ball garland 

on another note, baby parks is starting to get rolls on his thighs and i am beyond excited! 

baby boy loves his jellycats

astleigh of hill collection sent us this cute sleeper when she found out we were expecting last may

it’s from old navy is one of my favorites 

i hope to share the easter basket that i plan to use for years to come soon for parks- it’s precious.

 however, i discovered it too late on etsy and it won’t be here in time for this easter

but next year is perfect- when he is hopefully running around picking up eggs with his cousins

this year, i am going to put a few small things in this bunny tote 

which we can use year round 

they are $17 on etsy and are too cute, right?!

{order before march 18 to have it by this easter!}

when our kids are older, i love the idea of using these wire baskets from h&m

a cute idea for a newborn/small baby

a beautiful teething necklace for mom that benefits baby as well 

cute games: 

felt crayon roll up easter toy 

easter egg matching game 

mr. monaco as a little boy with a basket 

will parks look like this in a few years?

my hometown church- st. michael’s catholic church 

where everyone in the town gathered together each week 

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also, thank you all for the sweet comments about our birth story yesterday!

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what are your favorite things to add to your kids’ easter baskets?

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