i’m not sure what i thought easter was going to be like this year, but i sure as heck didn’t think we wouldn’t be with our families. easter usually consists of meals with both my side of the family and joey’s side, with some easter egg hunts and baskets in there. this year, since we are sheltering in place, i know easter will be a little different but i still want to make it fun for the kids. here are a few things we are doing to keep our easter ‘normalcy’ — bonus, most of them are last minute ideas you can pull off in the next two days.
easter egg hunt
this is an age-old tradition, i know, but there’s nothing that says you can’t have your own easter egg hunt. i’ll be filling up cole’s easter eggs with puffs and logan’s with some nut-allergy safe candy. wondering what to do with the eggs when you’re done? we use them as bath toys!
have a family meal [digitally]
i think we are going to attempt a family meal over zoom with different family members. wear what you want, eat what you want, stay as long as you want. it’s something new for all of us, and while we can’t be together IRL, that’s no reason to forego spending time together.
dye easter eggs
i know, it’s not something revolutionary, but i almost forgot about this one until joey and i started using it as a bargaining chip to get logan to stop yelling “hello! is anyone out there! can you hear me!” from her crib after we have put her to bed at night. took three nights, but we will finally be dying easter eggs because we made it through a night sans shipwreck-desperation screaming. also, great because hard boiled eggs are super good for you. win-win.
instead of easter dresses, do easter comfies
i’m going to be hitting up target.com and placing a drive-up order to get us all some fun comfy outfits for lounging the day of. bonus points that we will now each have a fun new set of loungewear for the next month+.
what i’m really getting at with all of this is to embrace the situation, no matter how weird it is. i’m incredibly lucky that my kids will likely never remember this time in their lives, and if anything, will only remember how we made them feel. my hope is that these traditions that i know will continue in the future will happen without skipping a beat, and we can have a fun, low-key holiday while still remembering the reason FOR the holiday. i mean, no matter what you believe, there’s something special about springtime and the renewal it brings. let’s celebrate that!