Being an aunt is just way too much fun

[trystinn]

I spent about $80 and the better part of an hour at Hallmark today buying things for my nieces' Easter baskets. I still have a few more places to go to fill their baskets, which are these darling old-fashioned cloth bags. I had to call my MIL to verify a few likes and dislikes, since the last time I saw Lilah she was still nursing. :(

Torie, our pretty princess niece loves pink, she's one of those freakishly adorable blondes. Lilah, our adventuress niece loves animals and swashbuckling, she's a tomboy with a penchant for engineering. When Torrie went Trick-or-Treating she went as Queen Cleopatra. Lilah went as Cleopatra's younger sister who just happened to also be her personal body guard, complete with sword (and tiara, too). Gods, I love those girls!

So their gifts are entirely color and/or personality coordinated. Small bunnies with hidden jeweled necklaces inside, Easter egg colored Woodstock in bunny ears, Zhu-Zhu B&W Hamster and White Rabbit, with matching carriers & blankets, holiday stickers, etc.

So, all my dear parents and grandparents, aunties and uncles - anything I really need to tuck in there, too? Do the kids needs more candies or more fun stuff to play with? I'm thinking markers, bubblers, etc.

Inquiring, mischievous minds wanna know.

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[lore-of-lore.livejournal.com]

Depends on the kids. For Ashley (7) and Savanna (4) we usually give some candy, and then either an outfit or occasionally toys. We kind of avoid toys if we can because they have toys coming out the whazoo at that house lol. Oh, and A&S also really like books - nice picture books to read with grandma and grandpa (or whoever will read to them), books where they can make faces and things with stickers, or even the educational books for printing, addition, spelling etc. Colouring books aren't as big of a hit though... they colour in them, but not very often. They seem to prefer drawing on blank paper, or doing fun foam crafts and the like to colouring books (must limit their creativity or something LOL)

[wild-heart.livejournal.com]

Go to an arts & crafts (AC Moore, Joanne Fabrics, Michael's, etc.) store and see if there are any make-a-necklace kits for the Pink Princess, and any cool piraty or adventure gizmos for Indiana Lilah.

[tryst-inn.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, that's another trip off island. :) Poor me!