Easter Traditions for Kids and Family Legacy To Be Proud Of

Easter is this weekend and I am so excited for the memories and family legacy we’ve been creating through fun holiday traditions. Alina’s preschool is a religiously based institution, so she is well aware of the sacrifice made during this time of year. But also, she is so young that she still doesn’t understand (or expect) the traditions of candy and gifts surrounding this now very secular holiday. This is what we have been doing lately to celebrate Easter…

We started our Easter celebration a few weeks ago with a cute bunny pancake breakfast. Inspired by a fellow Vegas blogger over at The Joys of Boys, the kids thought my version of the Easter Bunny was super yummy. They were easy to make, too! I used organic heavy cream to make my homemade whipped cream recipe. Pancakes on Saturday has long been Daddy D’s tradition (check out these Birthday Pancakes he made for Alina one year!). Add some blueberries, banana, strawberries and a bit of bacon, and you have a sweet Easter tradition that your kids will love!

Infusing Culture and Parenting Values Into Holiday Traditions

Easter is the culmination of Lent. We’re not the most devout people, but I would be dishonoring my heritage and my foundation of faith if I failed to teach my children the true meaning of Easter. Easter is fun, but it’s so much more. As a balance to cultural immersion and Easter themed fun, we’ve been reading some of our favorite Easter children’s books in Spanish.

Since Sebastian has been eagerly learning his ABCs, we also took our Easter egg dying tradition to a new level with some fun Easter crafts for kids that reinforce literacy, like this ABC Easter Egg Craft.

4 Easter Basket Traditions To Feel Good About

Here’s my confession: I’m having a hard time getting down with the over the top Easter baskets. I said it over at eHow, but it’s worth repeating: my kids have everything they could ever want. They’re as spoiled as any first world kid could hope. And I don’t want my kids inhaling chocolate for the next several weeks, regardless of how adorably packaged the stuff is. I’ve become the Ebenezer Scrooge of Easter.

Instead of boycotting the Easter basket completely, I’ve decided to start a new Easter tradition this year and make a Sibling Basket for my babies. Who said each kid needs their own? Their Easter basket will be filled with items they can either share, agree to play with separately or as a family. Most trinkets in there are also focused on fine motor skills, reading or coloring. It’s also 100% chocolate free. Sorry, I guess it’s still pretty scroogy.

Check out the other ways we’re trying to incorporate the Easter basket into our family legacy in ways that I can be proud of – as a parent and as a consumer – in 4 Easter Basket Traditions to Start with Kids.

Family Legacy, Holiday Traditions and Raising Babies

Every year, Easter looks a bit different for us. As a family with two young kids, I think it will be another couple years until we are set firmly in traditions during Easter. This year will be the first we celebrate in California and I am so excited for the memories we’ll be creating. A perfect balance of my family and D’s, Sunday will prove to be a full day of faith, food and family.

There is nothing better I could give to my children. I am SO excited!

Happy Easter, everyone! Wishing you lots of love and even some chocolate too. 🙂