Easter Baskets (sssshhhhhhh...don't tell Lillycat!)

[Cincy'sMom]

As my mom already said, we got Easter baskets for a long. I remember getting clothes, CD's and other cool things as we out grew the need for 8 tons of candy!
I know Ralph's family did the Easter basket thing too, as his mom still colors eggs and makes one for each of the dogs.

So yes, Jonah should have his! And if you just happen to have any extra Greater's choclate laying around, you have my address!!

[Glacier]

We didn't get baskets exactly, but we had candy hidden all over the house. Sometimes we found those marshmellow egg things months later! It was great fun. My Mom still sends me a chocolate bunny every year! Jonah should definately have some Easter goodies!

[luvofallhorses]

I love Easter baskets. my grandma would always make us older kids a basket full of candy. I think I will have to go get myself one.

Annette,

that sounds like a great idea to make up easter baskets for your pets! I may do that.

[Roxyluvsme13]

I love Easter baskets!! I think it's great that you give Jonah one, too .

[Uabassoon]

I've never heard of hiding the gifts before, that sounds like a really fun idea. There was one easter tradition in my family that I loved, but I've never heard of anyone else doing it (other than people that grew up where I did). You would save and wash out your egg shells, just leaving a small hole on the top to get the inside out. Then fill the eggshell with confetti and glue a piece of tissue paper on the top where the hole is. Then we would hide them in the yard. After they were all found we would chase each other and crack them on each others heads! There was nothing more fun then smashing a confetti filled egg on my sisters head.

[slick]

When I was growing up, we did have an Easter Egg hunt on Sunday morning and that was always alot of fun. I remember one year my Mom got the idea to really make us hunt. She posted a note on the fridge that said "go look in the oven". When we looked there, there was a note to look downstairs on Dad's workbench. Then there was a note there to look somewhere else. Finally, after about 20 min, we were lead to our baskets. They were always filled with little easter eggs and lots of chocolate. Funny, I loved chocolate when I was a kid, now I can't stand anything sweet.

Laura, that's too funny!!! That would be fun to do at the BBQ this year....

[RobiLee]

Of course Jonah should have an Easter Basket!!!!

We had the same tradition when I was a child. Every year my mom would make my sister and I beautiful Easter baskets filled with candy and little gifts. Then she would hide them in the house. It was such a thrill waking up Easter morning and searching for our baskets. I can also remember coloring eggs. Such a fun time. As we got older we still got baskets but we didn't have to search for them anymore. Mom always had them sitting on the table waiting for us. Of course I carried on the tradition with my son and it was a favorite time for him also. I don't know what I will do this year since he has moved out. I'll probably just pick him up some of his favorite Reece's peanut butter eggs and mabye a gift card or something like that.

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

We always got baskets too. My oldest brother had the biggest, mine was medium sized and my youngest brother got the smallest - no wonder he has a complex these days.

I can remember finding mine in the oven one year. And if I remember right, if we found someone else's basket, we snatched a piece of candy but didn't tell them where the basket was.

As we got into our teens and Easter baskets became oh so uncool, my mom started putting just one basket in the middle of the dining room table - filled with her and my dad's favorite candy (black jelly beans (mom) & those orange marshmallow peanut thingys and candy corn (dad). Needless to say we kids thought that candy was G-R-O-S-S, so we didn't eat any of it - my mama was no dummy!

Peanut, CJ & Terry do not get baskets - I'm so boring these days.