First Easter Basket 2020

Hey guys,

While we are dealing with the Coronavirus all around the world, my viewpoint is that although right now is rough you always have to look towards the future and things that makes you happy. I don't recall who said this quote but "Be strong now, because things will get better. It might be stormy now, but it can’t rain forever." This quote has helped me a lot in the past,especially in past relationships. Before I show more close up pictures of the items in my son's (he'll be turning 9 months shortly after Easter) 1st Easter basket, I want to have a disclaimer. I know he's young and can't consume candy quite yet but I wanted to keep a tradition of what I put in his basket each Easter (and I'll just eat the candy as that's parents' jobs right?!).

This is his Easter Basket for this year. I might keep using this one and get a more structured one that I could use each year in the upcoming years but this one is okay for now since he won't even be one yet, so he won't mind. 

I think any kind of "egg" shaped with candy in it is needed for an Easter Basket. There doesn't really need to particularly be jelly beans inside. I just chose Sour Patch Kids, Starburst and a KinderJoy, although I thought I read previously that KinderJoy eggs were banned somewhere.

Chocolate is always a good choice so I chose a cookies n' cream bunny, a chocolate sucker and I'm pretty sure the chocolates that are in the bunny (lying down) are just Hershey type m&m's.

If I recall correctly, these were the chocolates that we had in our baskets growing up. Hershey's and Reese's are always a yummy treat!

Cotton candy is a nice extra treat. You can choose which color container to get. You can give your child(ren) their favorite color or just give them a random color as it taste the same anyways. Giving them their favorite color,tho, lets them know that you pay attention and notice what their favorite color is.

I, of course, had to include some snacks that my son loves. He loves his Puffs, Yogurt Melts and Lil' Crunchies. As the years go on, I'll add his favorite snacks that he has at that time so his basket is unique to him.

<3 Amanda 

Easter Basket Ideas For Babies (Newborn-1 year)

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Hey guys,

I'm really excited for Easter this year and that's because it's my son's first Easter. I'm excited to put together his first Easter basket,which I will show in another blog post. Since babies are so little and can't have much candy-wise, I thought it would be fun to give you all some ideas that you could put in your baby's Easter Basket.


1. Summer items- Things for the beach or possibly for an upcoming vacation
2. Books -Could either be books to add to baby's library or bath books
3. Toys
4. New bottles/sippy cups
5. New outfits
6. Some Puffs
7. Teethers
8. Snacks- Like goldfish,crackers, cheerios, rice cakes,apple sauce, etc.
9. New pacifiers
10. A new blanket
11. Bows
12. Shoes/ Sandals
13. Utensils- Forks/spoons
14. Plates/Bowls
15. Bibs
16. Diapers/wipes/formula- Babies won't care about getting the necessaries for Easter, they'll probably like the boxes more
17. Candy- Yes, babies can't eat candy yet like chocolate but that's one of the joys of having children. Until they can, you (as the parent) can eat the candy they get for holidays

What are you going to be putting in your baby's/child's Easter Basket?

<3 Amanda

Easter Basket Ideas For Significant Other

Hey guys,

So, I'm unfortunately single right now but I thought this would be a fun post to write. Even though we are too old to get Easter baskets,  I think it's always fun and sweet to create a basket for your significant other or even a friend.  You can go with their favorite color(s), sport team, hobby; there's so many ways you can go. Here are some ideas that you can throw in your significant other or friend's Easter basket:

• Candy! Who doesn't like candy?! You can always find eggs shaped candies or even bunnies
• Flip-flops for the summer
• Sunglasses
• Their favorite snacks or beverage
• Some summer activities (A Frisbee, anything beach related)
• Make-up
• Bobby pins, Headbands,  Hair ties
• A DVD of a movie that they want to see or liked in theater 
• A gift card to one of their favorite places
• If they are a reader, a book
• A CD that they have been wanting
• A cute homemade card saying "SomeBUNNY Loves You"

I hope everyone has a safe and fun Easter Weekend and a fun Spring Break if you're on it!

<3 Amanda 

Popular Easter Candy 2017

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Hey guys,

If you're like me, you like candy ( although, I'm trying to be better at eating less candy). It is fun to see what type of candy flavors they can come up with for the different holidays.  My favorite type of candies are all chocolate (Hershey bars, Hershey's Kisses , Reese's', Junior Mint and Peppermint Patties).

According to RetailMeNot, the tops 5 Easter candies were (Matthews, L., 2017):

1. Reese's Mini Peanut Butter Chocolate Eggs - A fan!
2. Chocolate bunnies - Not really a fan
3. Jelly beans -Not my favorite but if I had to eat them, I would choose either lemon, lime or orange. What's your favorite jelly bean flavor?
4. Hershey's Eggs - A fan!
5. Peeps-  One word: Ew!  What's your opinion of Peeps? 

What's your favorite Easter candy?

Reference:

Matthews, L. (2017). This Is The Most Popular Easter Candy Of The Year. Retrieved April 17, 2017, from http://www.cosmopolitan.com/food-cocktails/a9215646/popular-easter-candy-2017/

<3 Amanda 

Easter Cookies For Basically Anyone

Hey guys,

So I did have this whole post planned out in my head but life gives you downs and you have to get through them,which I think I'm doing okay with the situation I was put into recently. I was going to show you step by step but on the day that I made these cookies my mind was all over the place.

Thank You For Being An "Egg-cellent" (Blank) Easter Cookies

Ingredients:

I actually used the rolled kind but forgot to take a picture.

Smarties (You can use any candy you want)

Neon Food Coloring ( I chose Neon because they looked more like spring colors to me).

Pam Spray

Sprinkles

Easter Plates

Vanilla Frosting 

I baked the cookies,then let them cooled. While they were cooling, I got 4 different bowls out and use each color of the food coloring (purple, green,blue and pink).  I frosted the cookies and either left them plain, decorated with sprinkles or smarties. I chose to write on a little tag that said "Thank you for being an "egg-cellent" neighbor".

One of the plates

Do you guys have any Easter baking recipes? 

<3 Amanda