This morning I was awakened by Makayla jumping up and down and shouting, "Mom! Wake up! You gotta come see this! The Easter Bunny came! I can't believe my eyes!"
Ellie followed closely behind with, "The Easter Bunny brought me Princess and the Frog coloring book! That was so nice of him!"
Upon closer inspection of Kimberly's basket, Makayla found a package of baby fruit strips. "Hey! these are for babies. How did that Easter Bunny know Kimmy was a baby? I think he must be pretty smart."
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I wasn't too excited about doing the whole Easter Bunny thing for my kids. We didn't participate in any egg hunts or get pictures with the Easter Bunny at Walmart. But seeing the excitement on their faces this morning totally makes me want to go all out next year. It's quite possible that they are more excited this morning than they were on Christmas morning.
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Last night, there was a knock on my door. When I opened it, there was no one there. But whoever it was left 3 Easter buckets on my step. Inside each was a stuffed animal, a package of cookies, and various Easter treats. The girls were so excited! And me? I was overcome with emotion.
Since all this crap started happening to us in the beginning of March, our family has felt an out-pouring of love from friends, family, neighbors, and members of our church. People have come over to clean our house, bring us dinner, watch our children, do our laundry, and called us on the phone to let us know they are there if we need anything.
I am overwhelmed by the kindness of people. These secret Easter Bunny baskets have just been the icing on the cake. And while I'm pretty sure the person responsible is not a reader of this blog, I just want to say thank you. This means more to us than you could possibly know.
4 comments:
Happy Easter. How cute when kids are so excited about the little things. I'm glad you have been receiving help during this time. Hope things just get better and better!
Very glad somebody did this for you! Wish I had thought of it ;-)
Aww how neat! I am glad to see even though I am not there (cause you know I want to be) others love you too!
Happy Easter!
It's hard to not go all out. Madison came in our room at 3 am telling us that she thinks she stepped on an egg. She had a hard time going back to sleep. Glad someone has been there to help you all our in your time of need. Wish I could have helped out with the girls. May next time you need someone I wont be 8 months prego and moving. Take it easy. Good luck with your gallbladder. Had mine removed after Marcus left the NICU>
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