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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
Do you/will you allow grandparents to make Easter baskets?
My mother will probably get DS something small, like a chocolate bunny, but thinks the basket is something only the parents should do. My MIL on the other hand, made a huge basket last year and will probably do the same thing again. But baskets are her thing - she made baskets for my DH and I up until we had DS. So while I'm not crazy over the idea, I won't make a big deal out of it. Just curious to see what others think!
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Re: Do you/will you allow grandparents to make Easter baskets?
MIL & FIL are the only grandparents physically close to us and they will come over the day before Easter for lunch. I doubt my MIL would even think about doing a basket for E. I agree with your mom that the baskets should be done by the parents. I feel like it is our right now as a parent to handle Santa Claus (if you do it), Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, etc. They had their chance.
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I find it curious that anyone would be mad at their parents or in-laws for making an Easter basket for their kids. The more the merrier, it's a holiday, they're grandparents and they want to be caught up in the excitement too. So what? I think it's sweet. Even if my parents went above and beyond what I did for my kids, I'd never care - little kids don't "compare" that way. That's adult reasoning.
Yeah, don't think it's in the spirit of Easter and Christ and all that good stuff to get upset over this one.
Just me.
This.
My mom is making a basket for DS this year. My mom has done baskets every year since DS was born. And if there happens to be candy, I will eat it or take it to work for my clients.
I don't think my MIL has made any baskets for DS, but she has insisted to have an Easter egg hunt every year at her boyfriend's ranch. And supposedly SIL is coming with her tribe this year.
As PP has said our basket is from the Easter Bunny.
As long as the basket from the grandparents is from the grandparents and they don't say its from the Easter bunny I would be ok with it. If they said it was from the easter bunny I would have to talk to them. To me, the parents get to do the easter bunny, santa, etc thing not the grandparents.
I don't have to worry about that though. Both sets of grandparents kind of ignore that kind of thing.
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My feelings exactly.
THIS.
MY MIL makes DH and I a shared basket always has. She makes all her grandkids small baskets with things like little outfits some candy and some other little fun things.
I don't mind it at all. We all the grandkids know that it is from her she doesn't act liek it was from the Easter Bunny. We will do our own that is from the Easter Bunny
yes
no doubt my mom will do a basket for both dd and h & i.. just like she did a stocking for dd and another for h & i at christmas.
My mom will prolly bring some stuff over for her, i dont know if it will be in a basket. But MIL will prolly go out and get something from CVS last min and it will be full of chocolate and $hit i wont want her eating a lot of.
But if they want to do something for her thats fine.
I would love if they did! As long as they were from them and not the bunny. That is my job:) That being said, went to my parents last year for Easter and my mom made the basket ofr Cedric. I didn't mind at the time, but looking back which I did it. So from now on I will do them:)
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