Super Saturday

It was another wonderful day today! started off with a family shopping trip... OK really there was not much fun about stuffing three kids in the backseat of the car and taking them in and out and in and out and in and out at numerous stores, while daddy complained about them the whole time :( But, we were on a mission to get HIM something to wear to the Father Daughter Dance tonight, because he kept putting it off, litterally until the last minute. Luckily we eventually found something that fit and was aproved and matched the Princess' Outfit for the evening. We made it home just in time to get them cleaned up, dressed and ready to go :) Aren't they cute?

While they were off dancing, and the boys entertained themselves, Mommy snuck off to her room to go through the Easter goodies she's been collecting and started bags for in their baskets. I also put together the Giant eggs the kids and I decorated with stickers the other day for Grams to give them and their two cousins for Easter.

I think they turned out pretty darn cute, and pretty cheap too. Mostly from the Dollar Tree, the four "big" kids get mostly the same thing, bubbles, chalk, fruit snacks, and an egg with 3 rolos (because Pd insisted the other day LOL) I also put mini Princess puzzles in the 2 big girls' and in the baby's there are some super cute StrideRite socks that look like shoes I got on clearance today :) and there is an outfit to go in hers I just didn't get it in there yet. The big Eggs were $1 each, the chalk came already seperated into packages of 5, and there were 4 packs of 5 for $1, the bubbles are fruit scented and were 3/$1 and the fruit snacks were 6/$1 and puzzles 2/$1 so Each egg is less than $3... well the babies will be more because her super cute outfit has two onesie style shirts and some ruffle but pants that I picked up for a wopping $3.50 and her socks were $2 so her Egg will be the most expensive at $6.50 but really that is still a cheap Easter gift. I also spent $3 in stickers to decorate them, total for everything, plus another Egg for a special friend of ours came to $17.50

I have been making lists for the last week or so of things I want to put in the Kids' big Easter baskets this year, I almost always make my own, Last year I got some really awesome baskets on clearance, I can hardly wait to fill them! I got an Awesome Deal on a Littlest Pet Shop Get Well Center

Walgreens had them on sale for $9.99, I couldn't pass it up, I know L will love it! I got the boys some toys to play with at the pool from dollar tree, and some cute peg games from there too. I still have to decide what bigger item I want to put in the boys, and I was going to pick up a Barbie for in L's but I couldnt get away from her at walmart LOL. I always wonder if I am the only mom that has a heck of a time shopping for their kids because they are ALWAYS with me. I will of course include the traditional toothbrush, tooth paste and dental floss, some sort of craft project to make, a book, pencils, bubbles, chalk (can you EVER have enough bubbles or chalk? not at our house) I thought about making my own chalk eggs this year but after pricing out what I need to make them I decided its cheaper to buy the 1/2 dozen at Dollar Tree! What sort of things do you put in your baskets?