Fucking Pottery Barn. I ordered stockings from them and they're ginormous. I spend almost as much on stocking stuffers as I do on the regular presents.
Fill the bottom with oranges? That's what we got as kids. #bitterGenX
sproctopus- Thank you for posting a pic of your little guy. He's getting so big!!
He is wearing 2T. He is toddler-sized and still has room for all of Florida's oranges. Lawd.
Whatever small stuff he didn't get for Christmas or his March birthday, usually. I think this year it's some really small Lego sets, books and a see roots grow garden toy thing. I try to limit sweets and candy.
ETA: He's 8. I tend to shop generically all year and just dole out toys/books in whatever amount at whatever holiday.
I am such a donkey. I bought the PBK basket liner when it was on sale and had it personalized, figuring I could find a cheap basket/use a coupon at Michael's or Joann's to go with it. Well, I ordered a large. No one makes a generic basket to fit this behemoth liner. So then I had to buy the damn basket from PBK too.
Cut to $60 spent and a basket large enough to fit my child, a few of his closest friends, and 3/4 of one elephant later...fuck Easter.
Anyways, I got him a Sesame Street Take-A-Long band and a book called I Love You, Honey Bunny. I'm going to fill the rest of it with regret and shame.
Omg. My mom bought this basket for my kids too. They are enormous! Watching 2 year old DS1 carry it over to the park for an easter egg hunt a couple years ago was hilarious. It was as big as him.
Your DS is adorable.
I don't even know if we're doing anything Easter related this year. They certainly don't need more crap and neither one really needs any clothing or anything. We don't really celebrate Easter, so I'll probably just ignore it and we'll go find an egg hunt nearby.
DS is 2.5: Pouches from the pantry, goldfish packets leftover from my mom's x-mas gift to him, light up bunny stick from last year's basket from my mom, a few empty easter eggs.
This sounds about right. DS2 got pouches and puffs last year. And some sort of Easter book.
I haven't even thought about it. The kids have swimsuits since we went to Florida for vacation. Probably a little bit of candy maybe a little easter stuffy and one other toy? Sunscreen lol.
Post by W.T.Faulkner on Apr 11, 2019 14:08:58 GMT -5
sproctopus, thank you so much for the laugh. Your little guy is SO cute!
DS is almost 4 months old. He's getting a stuffed bunny with his name on it and a book. My mom went ham. We have to talk to her about spoiling him. lol
I'm actually just picking up stuff right now. He really doesn't play with toys at all other than Legos. I got him some tiny Lego Pokemon characters to put together (that come with a pokeball, like $6/each at Kroger), a little Lego Movie set (like, a tiny set), a white chocolate bunny, a chocolate bunny and a little handheld 2 DS (or is it 2 DS, IDK, lol). I'll probably throw in some writing journals and pens. I'm going to be honest, we usually go way over the top for Easter, we're *those* annoying parents but we're not doing that this year. It's all under $100.
Post by BicycleBride on Apr 11, 2019 18:17:36 GMT -5
DS is 6 and DD is 3. I learned early they really don’t care what the contents are, they are excited about anything. So they are each getting a new set of sheet, goggles, sidewalk chalk, new strings for their violins, and new markers. Basically stuff I would have bought anyway.
8 year old - Minecraft Lego set, couple of Lego poly bags, mini m&m s, Ninjago trading cards, a few Lego Stars from the Lego Movie Two movie, and a new color of the Aaron's Thinking Putty.
18 year old - Avengers Lego set, Brickheadz, Iron Man Lego minifigure, jelly beans and gummy bears.
I’m so excited, this year we’ll be in Ireland visiting my family for Easter so I don’t need to get the baskets out! In Ireland there are no Easter baskets you just get Chocolate eggs and since we’re doing hand luggage only we will just have to eat them all before we leave 😀
I haven't had a kid free moment in two weeks with H's travel and work schedule, so Easter had completely slipped my mind. Both boys (11 and 8) could use new swim trunks for our upcoming Disney trip, and I'll probably also get them each a Barnes and Noble gift card. Minimal candy--DS 1 doesn't really care for it, and DS 2 is a sugar fiend who will will sneak it from hiding places when we're not looking. I'll probably think of a few other little things for them to get--maybe some new art supplies or activity books for our long drive to Florida.
sproctopus, thank you so much for the laugh. Your little guy is SO cute!
DS is almost 4 months old. He's getting a stuffed bunny with his name on it and a book. My mom went ham. We have to talk to her about spoiling him. lol
Goooood luck with that. I am finding that my mom is just the worst kind of grandma in this regard. Lol She hears our rules, but man does she spoil them with toys.
Peter rabbit board book, a Toronto Blue Jays baseball cap, some of his favourite snacks, and some wooden/open ended toys.
His first birthday is 2 weeks later and my parents have gone overboard for birthday gifts (a wobbel board and a self driving Audi that also has a parent control option, why does a 1 year old need this?) and we got him a 4-in1 tricycle and a water table so the plan is all other gifts for this year will be small. Lol
DS is 6, and obsessed with sloths and Pusheen the cat.
- Pusheen blind "egg" (basically a blind bag with a plush or vinyl figure, but in an egg) - Star Wars Polybag Lego set (those small $3.99 sets) - sloth coloring book - $5 hooded fleece blanket (an orange fox, I think?) from Five Below - Meiji panda cookies - Batman Pez - a book, title TBD
No true chocolate, because he's been having GI issues and difficulty processing it lately.
Post by fancynewbeesly on Apr 14, 2019 13:05:44 GMT -5
DD1 doesn't like candy at all. So her basket is a bunch of books, a small lego kit and some hatchimal mini figures.
DD2 is a baby and the only reason she is getting a basket is because DD1 would notice. She is getting some board books, a baby doll and a baby swing for the swingset.
Post by starburst604 on Apr 14, 2019 13:33:02 GMT -5
DD will be 4 next month. I have no shame and am pulling from the toys I put away from Christmas a Melissa and Doug gardening tool set that she will LOVE. I stored it so she wouldn’t destroy it before springtime and she loves helping me with my flowers. I’ll probably add in a bit of her favorite candy (Starbursts, go figure, and M&M’s). Also going to get some sort of Play Doh set since she’s all out of that. Some kind of stuffed animal too? We don’t go crazy with Easter. She’ll have an egg hunt with her cousins and my Mom and MIL will bring her baskets too.
Post by fivechickens on Apr 14, 2019 14:33:52 GMT -5
My girls are 8.
I got them tutu outfits for their Build A Bear dinosaurs, those glove bubble things, pikmi pop eggs, DD1 & DD3 are each getting a Breyer horse, DD2 is getting Littlest Pet Shops toys. They also got new comforters which I already gave them. And candy(each of them like different things so I don’t get them much).
MIL brought them their Easter baskets and they threw half their candy away because they don’t eat it.