This year, with such a busy family, I wanted to keep
Easter very simple. After all, simple is the new detailed right?
I've found that browsing Pinterest and braving the frantic chocolate-filled stores does two things to me; either
1. I become this crazed woman who pulls hair to get the best eggs in her basket and spends four hours seeking out matching bunny outfits for the entire family or
2. I shake my head in disbelief and disgust at the
hype surrounding holidays and the loss of meaning in such things.
My default of course, is to do the crazy mama thing and go berserk. It's in my creative minded nature and OCD tendencies, but this year I decided to chose the latter. No, I haven't banned chocolate and yes, I do have an
Easter board on Pinterest. But I am not letting the preparation and expectations of this holiday smother me. I am not letting this be a
stressful Easter. (I'm a stress-free mama, hear me roar!)
Each child or couple within our family is getting a very simple brown paper bag, filled with very simple and average sized Easter eggs. Nothing the size of a saucepan, nothing shaped like a bunny with ears on steroids and nothing stamped with branding not at all related to the meaning of Easter. (I am working on a post about what Easter means for me and for our family, it will be here soon!) I jazzed up the bags a little with some very cheap craft supplies and now, three days out from 'bunny day' we are completely organised with having only stepped foot in a supermarket and a craft store.
However, I couldn't escape a few creative details that my heart was desiring. I let Stella paint some polystyrene eggs in purple and beige and we went crazy with superfine silver glitter. The result; a pretty centrepiece to sit on our table for the Easter holidays. I've also got plans for my first ever cake-pop making experience and have made some seriously sweet bunny ears for my little bunnies to wear, both of which I will share with you soon!
Easter Sunday itself will most likely be very simple too; a casual family BBQ. As long as the girls are surrounded by people who love them, the smell of chocolate is in their hair and the sun is shining, I am happy.
Perhaps this will be my new motherhood mantra;
Everything Simplified.
What are your plans for Easter? Do you at times feel overwhelmed from the 'hype'?
Plenty of love,
