Cavan's Easter basket contains a coloring book with stickers, a bag of balloons (she loves balloons), a bottle of bubbles, a package of zinnia seeds, and 12 iridescent eggs filled with her favorite treat—M-n-M's! I didn't want to go overboard with presents, just goodies.
I am sitting right across the coffee table from Hubby while I'm stuffing the basket. He even suggests the seeds, since Cavan loves helping me in the garden. Good call! After I am done filling all the eggs with candy and stuffing the basket, I turn the finished product to Hubby and say, "here it is!"
First he responds, "where is the stuffed animal?" I thought about that while I was at the store, but I wanted to get her little treats that she would actively use, not just another cheap stuffed animal to add to the ten thousand we already have. Second thing he says, "Why did you stuff the basket now?" Huhhh??!! He then proceeds to tell me that in his childhood, he and his siblings would leave the empty baskets out on Easter eve and they would know the bunny came because on Easter the baskets would be filled. And finally he tells me, "I guess we'll start the tradition next year."
So, as you can imagine, I'm a bit irritated by these responses after I'm the one that took the time and effort to shop for the goodies and then try to make them special for Cavan's Easter. What's wrong with the way I was doing the Easter prep? How is that less of a "tradition?" Won't it be obvious that the Easter Bunny came if there was no Easter basket one day and it suddenly appears the next morning? And why did you watch me fill and decorate the basket for a half hour before telling me that you wanted to leave it empty tonight? I think that leaving empty baskets out, like X-mas stockings, is a really cute idea, but I don't enjoy the dismantling of my excitement in the process. Communication failure.
So here's my question? What are your Easter Bunny rituals?
