tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30765699.post7608899116978848816..comments2023-08-09T06:52:13.737-04:00Comments on Burgh Baby: Feel Free to Explain it to MeBurgh Babyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123901504643963583noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30765699.post-65120361173493478482008-09-15T21:37:00.000-04:002008-09-15T21:37:00.000-04:00I know I'm commenting on a way old post (but you t...I know I'm commenting on a way old post (but you told us to click around and I did and how the heck am I supposed to stay COMPLETELY silent?!?) Anyway, I'm more than disturbed about combining 'Jesus was beaten, tortured and died for our sins, then three days later rose again, defeating Satan and death' with, "Eggs, candy, and cute little bunnies!!" Had a seriously intense Passion play one easter at church, then gave the kids chocolate rabbits. It just didn't work. Not to mention that I now have 8 children, and almost 1 daughter-in-law, and doing baskets for that crowd is ridiculous. So -- we no longer do Easter baskets. We do 'Candy Bunny Baskets.' The weekend AFTER easter. When I can buy everything half-off or even more! And we stock up on dye and color eggs whenever the kids can talk me into the mess. Anyway, a few friends have picked up the idea and love it. Just a thought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30765699.post-66984291630195676052008-03-26T18:45:00.000-04:002008-03-26T18:45:00.000-04:00We just keep it simple to.We just keep it simple to.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00447128976667732712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30765699.post-71784096594384643932008-03-26T14:39:00.000-04:002008-03-26T14:39:00.000-04:00Didn't you get the holiday memo:Easter is the new ...Didn't you get the holiday memo:<BR/><BR/>Easter is the new ChristmasTexashollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17982077447405220888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30765699.post-72532955199777795312008-03-26T13:56:00.000-04:002008-03-26T13:56:00.000-04:00Oh it has gotten BAD! When I was little we got jel...Oh it has gotten BAD! When I was little we got jellybeans, a chocolate bunny (that I NEVER ATE) a few otehr candies and one small gift (think movie, book) now i see parents buying a TON of crap. <BR/>I got Bean a few DVD's. No biggie.Marmarbughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08949355629133829262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30765699.post-51504134365824354332008-03-25T22:12:00.000-04:002008-03-25T22:12:00.000-04:00I set a limit on Easter this year. The kids go ch...I set a limit on Easter this year. The kids go chocolates. Aurora got clothes which she needed anyway and Aidan got a Thomas learning toy.Mom Knows Everythinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07411100964204886892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30765699.post-26104763438181327482008-03-25T22:07:00.000-04:002008-03-25T22:07:00.000-04:00I still haven't participated in the Easter Basket ...I still haven't participated in the Easter Basket thing with my kids. I was feeling kind of guilty about it, but now I feel relief. <BR/><BR/>They did eggs hunts, but we didn't give them a basket (although I really wish I could have picked through their black jelly beans).just jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09218649675899000158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30765699.post-15944808052245618162008-03-25T21:42:00.000-04:002008-03-25T21:42:00.000-04:00We have an egg hunt the day before with the cousin...We have an egg hunt the day before with the cousins and that's it. If you want to really scare your husband, celebrate May day.Shelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12851446861098955538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30765699.post-20377024665516098062008-03-25T20:36:00.000-04:002008-03-25T20:36:00.000-04:00I agree with you 100%!!!!I don't spend much on Eas...I agree with you 100%!!!!<BR/><BR/>I don't spend much on Easter either. Just some candy and some arts and crafts things. Their favorite part is the egg hunt!!!!<BR/><BR/>Kimmykimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09905962393992117434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30765699.post-12829964608043891262008-03-25T20:17:00.000-04:002008-03-25T20:17:00.000-04:00WHOA. That Dora-ala-sticker egg is QUITE impressiv...WHOA. That Dora-ala-sticker egg is QUITE impressive. I sense artist in the making!<BR/><BR/>DORALICIOUS!MamaGeek @ Works For Ushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09563543041234527282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30765699.post-85711199111199388102008-03-25T19:54:00.000-04:002008-03-25T19:54:00.000-04:00I'm with ya. Our Easter buckets, for three kids, w...I'm with ya. Our Easter buckets, for three kids, were probably about20 bucks for everything. We spent the weekend with family. The chicks and bunnies have nothing to do with the Christian version. And as Christians, we were bad and didn't even attend church. The most crowded day of the year.Fleahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03412755038083750088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30765699.post-40327831266760071912008-03-25T18:31:00.000-04:002008-03-25T18:31:00.000-04:00Well, each of our 3 big kids got one book, one mov...Well, each of our 3 big kids got one book, one movie and an art set and then candy of course (which mommy eats most of haha). The movies we would have bought anyway so the bunny just gave us a reason... so if you don't count the cost for those, I spent about $10 per kid. We re-use our baskets... those things have gotten CRAZY expensive! Keeghan got 2 sets of peek a blocks but they were already on our gift shelf downstairs... I got them on sale about a year ago for $2.50 each. We didn't dye eggs this year either, I just filled some plastic ones and hid them downstairs in the play room but we definitely focued on the real Reason for Easter... just as we focus on the real Reason for Christmas... though I always seem to go a bit overboard with Christmas shopping! LOL Still, I can't imagine giving a new bike or game system or something like that for Easter... crazy!Mommy to those Special Kshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07321242319840791482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30765699.post-58116317641757888352008-03-25T17:37:00.000-04:002008-03-25T17:37:00.000-04:00I didn't even know about this basket thing until I...I didn't even know about this basket thing until I started visiting everyone's blogs on Monday.<BR/><BR/>I bought some chocolate eggs, stuffed them in the plastic eggs Little Man got at his school hunt and hid those around the living room.<BR/><BR/>Then I got drunk.<BR/><BR/>I'm kidding about that last part. But I obviously wished I could have gotten drunk.<BR/><BR/>Because a 2.5 year old high on sugar? Way worse than a teenager high on whatever kids are doing these days.<BR/><BR/>And when I read the word playdoh in your post, I totally dropped a four-letter word in my cube that rhymes with 'shit' because I totally bought Little Man an Easter playdoh kit at Kohl's and it's still hidden in our front closet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30765699.post-50562986013955079382008-03-25T17:25:00.000-04:002008-03-25T17:25:00.000-04:00I think I spent under $20 for all three of the boy...I think I spent under $20 for all three of the boys, with most of it being dollar toys. Plus, they have small baskets, so not much fits in them. <BR/>I think everything has turned commercial these days. Seems nothing is sacred.Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339665205284492242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30765699.post-46530664375385119362008-03-25T16:55:00.000-04:002008-03-25T16:55:00.000-04:00i totally love your views!! i too agree that east...i totally love your views!! i too agree that easter (and EVERY other holiday) is totally out of control. i think the candy and play-do are perfect basket fodder. then she will not expect bike's and dvd's when she gets older!<BR/><BR/>thanks for your kind words on my blog as i was trying to dig myself out of abnormality. i think i'm almost there!kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07769494885540871232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30765699.post-87092976870898696702008-03-25T16:29:00.000-04:002008-03-25T16:29:00.000-04:00I agree and feel the same way about Christmas, but...I agree and feel the same way about Christmas, but I can't help but play along at Easter because I'm a sucker for the candy! I have this completely sound theory that candy is of a higher quality at Easter...maybe it's something about pastels, I don't know...VerWayniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04304075870176667530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30765699.post-55898491429290978422008-03-25T16:09:00.000-04:002008-03-25T16:09:00.000-04:00me, i don't get it either.but then, i'm the jewish...me, i don't get it either.<BR/><BR/>but then, i'm the jewish kid on the block. there's lotsa stuff i don't get. ;-)the planet of janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11444337511603560544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30765699.post-114217313557210762008-03-25T15:27:00.000-04:002008-03-25T15:27:00.000-04:00Easter is OUT OF CONTROL. Amen, sistah to this pos...Easter is OUT OF CONTROL. <BR/><BR/>Amen, sistah to this post. Amen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30765699.post-21945276236924232642008-03-25T13:16:00.000-04:002008-03-25T13:16:00.000-04:00I agree that Easter seems to have gotten a bit out...I agree that Easter seems to have gotten a bit out of hand.<BR/><BR/>I am very jealous of everyone who has kids and gets to experience all the fun and excitement associated with these holidays. When it's just adults it's really boring and you wind up doing nothing but yard work and eating dinner at 9pm...ALFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14009691278000970203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30765699.post-33498086248872117472008-03-25T12:53:00.000-04:002008-03-25T12:53:00.000-04:00I'm glad to see that someone else, other than me, ...I'm glad to see that someone else, other than me, actually EATS the eggs! Very cute.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13064271466583841630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30765699.post-56762007954922669902008-03-25T12:40:00.000-04:002008-03-25T12:40:00.000-04:00I did buy a basket because my mom said she wanted ...I did buy a basket because my mom said she wanted to "hide" plastic eggs in her yard and let the toddlers (yikes! Mine's a toddler now!) "find" them. I put those words in quotes because we just set them all over the yard, not really hiding them.<BR/><BR/>So I bought her a basket. But what did I put in it to give it to her? Two little stuffed animals she got sometime in the last year that were sitting on her shelf forgotten. She's too young for candy and dying eggs, so that was it. The plastic eggs in my mom's yard? Empty and none of the toddlers knew the difference. <BR/><BR/>Let's see how long I can get away with that! I can't see buying her real gifts for Easter. But imagine the candy in a basket will be coming in a few years.caramamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02327695885346537321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30765699.post-1761284902063375522008-03-25T12:39:00.000-04:002008-03-25T12:39:00.000-04:00I have a hard time with the comercialization of an...I have a hard time with the comercialization of anything, BUT my love language is strongly in gifts, so sometimes I am at war with myself. <BR/>I decided a long time ago that when I did Easter baskets for my kids, or niece and nephews, they would be practical, and yet in a sneaky way... <BR/>For example, Genny is a girl and loves new clothes, so her Easter basket this year had headbands, bracelets, summer clothes and underwear. I threw in a small chocolate bunny, stickers for her sticker book and a DVD that I would have bought her anyway. She loved it, but I won because she NEEDS summer clothes, NEEDS underwear.... etc. <BR/><BR/>I guess it's my attempt at manipulating the system.Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09505420894898738638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30765699.post-18692383229633481192008-03-25T12:37:00.001-04:002008-03-25T12:37:00.001-04:00For some families, Easter is the new Christmas whe...For some families, Easter is the new Christmas when it comes to gifts. I don't know when gift giving on Easter started, but it won't be happening in our house. The kids get baskets with the requisite solid chocolate rabbit and a couple of handfuls of brightly wrapped assorted candies. No gifts. Clearly, they're deprived.Tootsie Farklepantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18336671002327112885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30765699.post-56896159043029893042008-03-25T12:37:00.000-04:002008-03-25T12:37:00.000-04:00I totally agree with you. But, I like to give othe...I totally agree with you. But, I like to give other things because the last thing they need is more candy. Their baskets each had practical stuff that they need anyway, like they each got flip flops and sunglasses and then some other random, inexpensive items that can fit into a fairly small basket.<BR/><BR/>I did not, however, appreciate my mother-in-law being there and subsequently "out-doing" the Easter Bunny and letting the kids believe that Easter should be like Christmas...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30765699.post-69649770714047599162008-03-25T12:05:00.000-04:002008-03-25T12:05:00.000-04:00I didn't do a basket or anything because I figure ...I didn't do a basket or anything because I figure he's too young to really know what's going on right now AND he's had a stomach virus so he can't eat anything I'd put in it anyway.<BR/><BR/>I did make my family's traditional bunny cake but on a much, much smaller scale (think cupcake) because again he can't eat any of it. We were going to go hunt eggs on Saturday but there was vomiting involved so overall this second Easter was a bust.<BR/><BR/>I never got massive presents as a child and I don't intend to do that for Boog. However, we are not Christians but we do celebrate the secular portions of Christmas and Easter, meaning the bunnies, eggs, trees and big guy in a red suit.<BR/><BR/>And in reality these things aren't secular either but rather throwbacks to the original pagan celebrations of the Spring equinox and Winter solstice. In addition our families do celebrate these holidays and we enjoy participating with them as a way to celebrate our families and our ties to tradition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30765699.post-7957397538665177492008-03-25T11:25:00.000-04:002008-03-25T11:25:00.000-04:00I don't get it either. I also don't see why we hav...I don't get it either. I also don't see why we have to stress ourselves out so much to make sure the kids look so perfect at Easter. This year my kids looked nice, but I didn't stress myself about it. I wasn't going to buy a dress that will only get worn once.<BR/><BR/>I think I've got you beat on the baskets, though! I spent about $13/child this year. Bubba has wanted a sleeping bag for a really long time and of course whatever Bubba does, Punkin MUST do too. So I went to target and found these precious kits that contained a tent, a backpack, a sleeping bag and a water bottle -- ON SALE for $12 ea. Those and an bag of M&M's made for a happy Easter in my house.Madame Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05879021662076403965noreply@blogger.com