Easter. Another Sugar Holiday.

Easter, in secular terms, goes on a long list of sugar filled holidays. 

Valentines - Heart shapes boxes filled with candy

Birthdays - cakes with icings and GOODY bags. 

Thanksgiving - Pies and cakes

Christmas - Candy canes, cakes and pies

There always seems to be other occurrences when there is candy, candy, candy!!!

This year, I decided that we would do FRUIT BASKETS. I told a few people and was told Kelly Ripa grew up getting fruit baskets. 

On February 23rd, my kids picked their three favorite fruits each. 

Easter basket fruit

My son:

Clementine

Grapes

Cherries  

My daughter:

Watermelon 

Oranges

Clementine 

My kids both chose clementines and I definitely know why. 

They can devour a bag of those little treats. Clementine are seedless, easy to peal and delicious. 

  

The day before Easter, I wasn't feeling well.  But moms are superheroes  and there are no breaks for superheroes. 

Well, I went to pathmark and behold no clementine and cherries!

So I bought

Oranges

Strawberries (another favorite of the youngins)

Watermelon

Grapes

Mandarin fruit cups

Mangos (another favorite)

I separated the fruit and put it in baggies and put it in their baskets. 

I really wish I could've got my B Smith or Martha Stewart on, but like I said, I was sick.  I still had to cook and I was hosting Easter dinner. 

In the end, the children ate the fruit with no complaints. They actually enjoyed it and no one mentioned the missing fruit. 

Good thing we made the list almost two months ago. 

Phew, maybe this will pay off with fewer dental visits. 

Exposuremom