We Killed the Easter Bunny!

Yup, you read the title right. We killed the Easter Bunny! Although, most of our kids didn't actually believe in him so it wasn't like that bad of a murder. But what does this mean for our Easter? It simply means our kids won't be getting huge over flowing baskets with tons of toys, this year it'll be more meaningful. Part of the reason we're doing this is because of the overflowing toy boxes our kids already have. They have more than enough toys, in fact we get asked sometimes if we run a daycare because we have so many toys. We wanted to make sure our kids didn't feel like we just got rid of Easter all together, but we also just couldn't imagine bringing another toy into this house. We found a good little compromise, that will only work if your kids actually enjoy leaving the house so for our one son this probably isn't the most ideal gift. We decided to do little "coupons" for them, they can be cashed in for various different activities. These range from getting a later bedtime, to going out to the arcade-it seemed like a simple yet fun way to get our kids excited about something other than toys. Another awesome benefit of this, we don't have to spend much money. With money being super tight we truly thought about just skipping Easter all together, but then I realized I'm insane and don't know how to do that. I just feel like our kids are way too young to miss out on something like this. I know, it wouldn't be the end of the world if they had to miss out, but Easter is very important in our family. Last year I drove with my mom for about three hours to see my grandma for Easter and that was the last time I ever got to see her. Jason pointed out that it was an awesome holiday to be our "last holiday" seeing as it is the reason we are able to reunite with our loved ones one day. With that being said, I really hope my kids are okay with our ideas of how we're celebrating this year.