I love Easter. The candy, the baskets, the beautiful weather. And I really love the look on Alex's face when he comes in to the living room to find a surprise left by that elusive Easter Bunny.
This year was a little bit different. Instead of one basket for one child, there were two. Last year we told Alex he was going to be a big brother and yesterday they got to find their baskets together. Of course Joss has no idea what the Easter Bunny is, but she will. This was a Josslyn's first Easter, but also Alex's last as a child who believes.
After admiring his spoils and finding all of the hidden eggs in the backyard, Alex stood back and took it all in. Then he turned to me and said, "I don't think the Easter Bunny brought me this stuff. I think it was you guys."
We knew it was coming. He held onto the Santa myth by a thread this year and a giant rabbit that delivers eggs is even harder to swallow once there is a tear in the curtain. I wasn't going to blatantly lie to him once he asked to here the truth, so I came clean.
At first he was really sad, not because the Easter Bunny wasn't real but, because he felt like we were playing a joke on him. We had to explain that it wasn't something we did to be cruel, but it was all in good fun. We were just pretending to be the Easter Bunny like when he pretends to he a pirate or a dog. The best part about knowing the truth, I told him, was because now he can play the Easter Bunny too! He really liked that idea, but it was to late to do something for his little sister. So, we suggested he play the Easter Bunny to some friends that would really appreciate it.
We went to the store and he picked out some goodies and paid for them with his own money. We snuck over to our friends' home and left the baskets and goodies on their porch while they were out at Easter dinner.
Alex thought it was so great to be in on the secret and to be able to make his friends' Easter just that much better. We stalked Facebook all night to see if they would post a picture of the kids with their gifts. When they did we all felt so great and decided it was a perfect end to our day.
This year was a little bit different. Instead of one basket for one child, there were two. Last year we told Alex he was going to be a big brother and yesterday they got to find their baskets together. Of course Joss has no idea what the Easter Bunny is, but she will. This was a Josslyn's first Easter, but also Alex's last as a child who believes.
After admiring his spoils and finding all of the hidden eggs in the backyard, Alex stood back and took it all in. Then he turned to me and said, "I don't think the Easter Bunny brought me this stuff. I think it was you guys."
We knew it was coming. He held onto the Santa myth by a thread this year and a giant rabbit that delivers eggs is even harder to swallow once there is a tear in the curtain. I wasn't going to blatantly lie to him once he asked to here the truth, so I came clean.
At first he was really sad, not because the Easter Bunny wasn't real but, because he felt like we were playing a joke on him. We had to explain that it wasn't something we did to be cruel, but it was all in good fun. We were just pretending to be the Easter Bunny like when he pretends to he a pirate or a dog. The best part about knowing the truth, I told him, was because now he can play the Easter Bunny too! He really liked that idea, but it was to late to do something for his little sister. So, we suggested he play the Easter Bunny to some friends that would really appreciate it.
We went to the store and he picked out some goodies and paid for them with his own money. We snuck over to our friends' home and left the baskets and goodies on their porch while they were out at Easter dinner.
Alex thought it was so great to be in on the secret and to be able to make his friends' Easter just that much better. We stalked Facebook all night to see if they would post a picture of the kids with their gifts. When they did we all felt so great and decided it was a perfect end to our day.
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