It’s Good Friday, the start of a long weekend, a day of religious significance and the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal, which promises hours of mindless entertainment all for a good cause.
This year in our house, it also marks the day when the Easter Bunny became an endangered species.
We are a week into school holidays and Poss is still unwinding. She has been all manner of whiney, cuddly, sooky, flappy and stressy. We have had tantrums and meltdowns (and yes, there is a difference). She wants to see people, but then is rude when we do. Her food aversions are kicking in again and we are spending too much time telling her to calm down and use her words.
I know WHY this is all happening and we can cope with it. She made it through the last two weeks of school by a whisker and then was so fabulous when I was at DPCON12. So I know why. We help her through it and put things in place to calm and sooth.
What I am struggling to cope with though, is the sass. The backchat. The frustrations coming out in angry voices. The shouting and the demanding. Here’s a tip, shouting “GIVE IT ME NOW!!” at the top of your lungs is not going to get you what you want. Not in our house anyway.
So, the Easter Bunny has been officially given notice.
A call has been made and an email drafted. He is on warning that our house may have to be missed this year.
I am not sure how many years we have left before this threat will hold NO power, not many I suspect, so I plan to use it while I can!
Is the Easter Bunny still scheduled to visit your place?
At this point the Easter Bunny is still allowed to visit but if the whinging and whining, from both I might add (when on earth did one-year-olds learn to whine?) does not stop at least for an hour or so I might have to put him on notice here too!
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Whining from the 1 year old? Wow that’s a talented boy you have there Kate
Hope the boys behave so chocolates are delivered!
LOL!
“Use your words” sometimes I don’t want to hear my own voice again…
The bunny is still coming, but I don’t think I’ve utilised his power as much as I should of….
Happy Easter Renee
oxox
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You will know for next year… the power that the Easter Bunny has can be incredible!
Happy Easter Hannah – hope you and the family have a lovely break xx
Like Hannah I am sick of my own voice! The Easter Bunny is still coming here but I think by the days end he will officially be on notice. I hope the Easter Bunny isn’t stuck with lots of undeliverable treats this year!
If he is, well I am happy to help him clear his backlog of chocolate
Hoping the day is happy Jen and your kids are still on the delivery schedule!
We’ve used the Easter bunny threat a few times this week and it has certainly helped Olivia eat her veggies and drink her disgusting veggie juices (I know that sounds so mean to make her drink something gross but it’s part of a bigger health plan!!) We have had to use threats a lot in during this school term, Prep term one has been tough and exhausting for Liv and my god….the SASS and BACKCHAT drive me nuts too!! She’s had the ipad/tv/iphones/computer taken away for 3 days, missed out on going to a carnival, but the threat of easter bunny not coming has actually had some effect!! I hope Poss can settle down so she can enjoy some easter treats, but if not…stick to your guns Renee! Use the threat while you still can!!! Happy easter to you and your beautiful family xxx
Nothing wrong with bribery Shell… it’s sometimes all that saves me from losing my mind completely! Although I don’t think any amount of bribery would get Poss to drink vegetable juice… so well done on getting that one across!
Happy Easter to you guys too – big hugs all round! xx
The Easter bunny is only allowed in my house hold at the moment as long as he’s delivering carrots and carrots only, my 3 smalls have strained my voice and my last nerve. thankfully I have a few days with my husband as back up so they may be able to redeem themselves, I’d hate to see those treats go to waste, and the thrill of the hunt fade away as the sun rises.
Hope you all have a wonderfully safe happy Easter xxx
Thanks Danielle – and I too will be hoping having hubby home gets your smalls back into line!! Would hate for them to miss out entirely and carrots just don’t hold the same appeal…
Hope you have a lovely Easter xx
Easter Bunny and Father Christmas are on the same wavelength here. They have these magic cameras in the corner of most of our rooms (also known as alarm sensors) to keep an eye on good behaviour.
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I love that Vix – we have those sensors too… might have to change tactics!
I l ove her dress! Where did you grab that one – I am always looking for dresses with t-shirt, not straps on top.
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It’s such a great dress – a few seasons old now – but is a Gumboots one. They can sometimes be a bit hit and miss, but overall their range is pretty good and a bit more conservative than some of the others…