Things My Kids Taught Me

‘Oh no! The scary Graveyard of Dooom!’ Angel Cakes piped in from the back seat as we drove past the tiny cemetery in town. In case you are wondering like I was, it is the ‘Graveyard of Dooom’ because they might come back as ghosts. Yes, it can happen at any cemetery, not just ours.


This prompted a whole discussion about people dying and how they are buried. I’m sure it is because she heard me tell Daycare Lady that I am going to the wake today and funeral on Friday. It was just so sweet when she asked if she could go to the funeral with me because I was going to be sad and she wanted to be there to give me hugs to make me feel better. It took all my will power not to pull the car over and snuggle her close.

Buckaroo asked if he got to say goodbye to Great Grandpa when he died. Of course he didn’t because I was pregnant with him at the time. He got the saddest look on his face. Great Grandpa was hurting because he is dead, and that makes him sad is what he told me

Lesson learned? Don’t talk about death and funerals in the car. You can’t reach over and hug your kids until they scream they can’t breathe if you do.

Firing Mr Easter Bunny

I was all set. I don't like to fill the kids baskets with candy. I put
a little candy in, but put other stuff and let them fill their basket
with the candy from the eggs they find instead. We still have candy
from their Christmas stockings so they really don't need a whole lot
of candy that will eventually get thrown out.

When I went to Target on lunch a couple weeks ago to buy my swimsuit I
stopped by the dollar section, because how can you not? I bought two
coloring books, two buckets of chalk and two little journal notebooks.
I ordered the kids Pokiman sleeping bags when they had them on
Kids.woot.com for $5 each, just add $5 for the shipping. I was feeling
pretty proud of myself. Three weeks before Easter and the Bunny was
set for the budget price of $21. No, that didn't include candy for the
eggs, but that would come closer to Easter.

Two days ago I got home and Mr Easter Bunny told me that Angel Cakes
saw the sleeping bags. He had taken the box out of my car and left it
in the middle of the garage. Thinking quick he said that they were for
their two boy cousins, but it meant there was no big present from the
Easter Bunny. I was not amused!

Back to Target on lunch on Thursday. I got the candy for the eggs, and
new baskets because their old ones are well old. I spent a few minutes
in the toy section before heading over to the craft section. They got
little buckets of play doh with 4 colors and animal shapes cutters,
packs of 12 additional colors, giant coloring books (Hello Kitty and
Transformers) and little pots of washable paints. Total bill? $84. Ok
$40 was for candy and baskets, but the other $40 was needless. And I
don't think the paints, coloring books, and play doh will have quite
the same reaction the sleeping bags would have.
So yep, I was not amused and almost ready to fire Mr Easter Bunny at
that point. Almost, but not quite. Then I found out that since he has
a show with the National Band that he won't be home until about 4Am.
So Mrs Easter Bunny will be up till all hours of the morning getting
things ready, filling and hiding eggs, and then have to be up at year
crack of dawn when the kids get up to start the hunt. Then I get the
pleasure of cooking and getting everything we might need ready to go
to Bloggy SIL and Shutterbug's house for Easter lunch. Thrown in
bathing the kids and myself, while rousing him out of bed, so we can
be out the door by 12:30, and you have an unhappy Mrs Easter Bunny and
a FIRED Mr Easter Bunny.

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