An Easter Without Candy :) {With Linky}

not my photo, image googled from around the web.

We are having an Easter without store bought candy. 

Kids get enough candy on Halloween to last them a lifetime, and then Christmas rolls around, and Valentine's Day, then Easter....

My question to you is....

Do your kids REALLY need all that candy?

The honest answer is NO.

So what do you do if you don't give your kids candy for Easter?

• Make dinner time special. Let the kids help plan a special Easter dinner.
• Fill their Easter baskets with toys or educational items or things they need ( or skip the basket all together).
• Have a coloring fest with your childen. Print out these pages here.
• If it is nice outside where you live, do an Easter egg hunt, but don't fill  with candy....fill the eggs with point values that they can redeem for little prizes ( stuffed animals, key chains, etc).
• Have them give back. Give away previous years Easter bunnies to a charity or family in need. Or shop for new ones the share with those in need. There are children who would love to have what your kids have, even just once in their lives.
• If you must have candy, make it at home .....without sugar. I will post a recipe on here this week for you and link it to this post.
• Hardboil and dye Easter eggs with your kids, pick natural dye options for an extra eco friendly Easter.

Mostly, make sure to spend quality time with your kids on Easter.

What are we doing for Baby A?

I am making her my special home made peanut butter cups that are 100% clean. She will only get 2 ( they are made in ice cube trays).

We are getting her a stuffed bunny. We also got her a toy that she really wants.

We skipped buying the extra basket ( it only goes in the trash any way). Try instead setting up a display table for your childrens Easter gifts, without the baskets.

We also printed out the free Easter Bunny letter. Please see this post for the link.

What are you doing for Easter?

How are you keeping your Easter healthy?

Be Happy Healthy & Strong,

Lolli

Are you a blogger who wrote a post on Easter without Candy?
Not a blogger, but saw an awesome candy free Easter post...Link up above~!

Crazy Week, Easter Bunny, Food Processor Moment....

It has been a crazy week so far, and we are only halfway through.

Have you ever had one of those weeks?

This week was:

• Neighbors across the hall getting new furniture and making loud noises both Mon and Tues, blocking our apartment door. Tues they break the light and I hear glass shatter outside my door. Wonderful.
• Tues slept through my alarm and missed my work out. Bad fibromyalgia day.
• Baby A decided to take a long nap in first time in forever, right before I was supposed to be at Chiropractor....30 minutes late for my appointment.
• Burner on stove explodes. This brings us down to only 2 burners, the back ones. So much for cooking stir fry. Not to mention the stove fire and melted parts on the burner that resulted.

• Now have to wait for maintenance, who by the way must not find our stove a priority. I guess they figure people eat take out....well we don't.
• 10 minutes after the burner on the stove burst into flames....a bottle of hot sauce....brand new bottle....falls off the counter and shatters. Did I mention we have carpet in the kitchen ( what apartment complex puts light grey almost white carpet in a KITCHEN?)

• Call the Dr. today, and they have lost the information I need. Really? Who does  that? Thankfully Hubby saved the day and was able to get the info re-faxed.
• Baby A hasn't slept well all week either. Last night I was up with her until 5 am. Something was bothering her, what it was though I don't know. I checked temperature, clothing, gave her bottle, pacifier, etc....even soothing music. Nothing worked.
• It's snowing. On the first day of spring. I want to plant our garden! Go away snow!

The good parts of my week made me smile though:

• Our new food processor just came in! I cannot wait to not have to use the blender  for food processing tasks! YAY!

our new food processor! Hamilton Beach 10 cup 525 watt.

• Also, I found the cutest little website that a fellow blogger posted ( I apologize. I forget which one I read so many blogs yesterday)! It is a website where you can make a letter from the Easter Bunny! Got to love that!!

http://www.easterbunnyletter.com/

photo from easterbunnyletter.com

Have you had one of those weeks?

What was the light  part of your week, your " food processor moment"?

Have a wonderful rest of the week!

Happy Spring!

Be Happy Healthy & Strong,

Lolli

Happy Easter!

We are excited to be celebrating Baby A's 1st Easter this year! We already took her for pictures with the Easter bunny & have a nice day planned. 

We are also remembering and missing my father as Easter was one of his favorite holidays.

♥

Lolli