This is a sponsored post from Pillsbury™, but all opinions are my own. Is it just my imagination? Or did I start to hear some birds chirping this week?! While it’s still pretty chilly here in Idaho, I am SO ready for Spring! More sunshine, warmer temperatures, flowers starting to bloom, and Easter. There is just so much to look forward to during the Spring season. With all the freezing that Winter brought us, the kids and I are so beyond excited to get out of the house and start spending some more time outdoors. Do you have any Spring traditions that you do with your family? Both my husband and I have been trying to integrate some of each of our special family traditions, so we can create new ones with our children. One of the things I remember most about spending time at my Grandmother’s for Easter was all the baking! Our entire family would gather together, get dressed up and go to church, and come home to the most amazing spread. We had handmade rolls, honey baked ham, delicious green beans, and some special family treats. Easter family traditions: customized cinnamon roll shapes Now, I […]
I have such fond memories of going on these crazy basket hunts that my parents set up when I was younger. I would follow multiple clues that were hidden around the house and in our yard, but it never failed that my basket was always hiding in the oven. Always. As we lived right outside of DC, my parents also used to take me to the White House Easter Egg Hunt, where a ridiculous amount of kids would be unleashed on the White Houses lawn and we would all scurry around finding the most eggs possible, get our faces painted, and pose for pictures with a few local government big wigs, but more importantly to a 6 year old me – the Easter Bunny. It’s traditions like those that I look forward to implementing as H grows. While we will obviously be the ones to help him search this year (alas, he doesn’t quite have the reading thing down yet), I think it will be really fun to start the habit earlier rather than later. Here are a few things we’ve picked up along the way to add to his Easter basket, that don’t include the sugary sweetness that […]