Easter Baskets

Can you believe Easter is just a few weeks away? So early this year! Bring on spring!!!

Sharing our Easter basket selection today in case anyone needs ideas.

Ivy's basket (age, 10 months)

Ivy loves musical toys and I really wanted to get her the rock-a-mole back at Christmas but it was out of stock. I hope she loves it. We got her a tiny little stuffy rattle because she has a ton of stuffed animals already but there isn't too much to get for a baby her age. She loves shaking rattles too so win-win. The water squirt toy is not age appropriate and it's likely for Kip but as a twin, I know the feeling of fairness so I got her one because Kip got one. Same goes for the play phone. I knew if I got one for her, Kip would take it so they both got one. The Lego set is for Mandy. She wanted it. And Kip will play with it but Ivy will too, so fun for all!

Kip's basket (age 3 1/2)

A new train car, of course. A play phone, sidewalk chalk and chalk holders (for those sensory avoidant people who can't stand the feeling of chalk), a water squirt toy, and a small scribble scrubby set. Have you seen these? They are tiny plastic animals you can color on and then wash and re-color. Kip enjoys them and they are cute. Mandy found this Wall-E and Eve set. Kip was really into that movie a month ago and made little Lego versions of the characters. Hopefully he enjoys these realistic versions too.  

Let me tell you, maintaining control over the accumulation of toys and stuff since we moved into a bigger space is SO tough. We tried to keep it small, simple, and practical for the kids Easter baskets and I'm proud to say this doesn't feel crazy. 

On Easter Sunday, we plan on dressing up, hopefully tuning in for virtual church, doing a small Easter egg hunt for Kip in our yard and making a fancy dinner. A lot of things are the same as last year but a lot is still different.