Easter is Right Around the Corner

Thank you, Jenny, for pointing out that I needed to get moving if I was going to purchase Easter things for my children.

The girls have gotten so many dresses since Christmas, I'm not buying them new clothes. They both need some white shoes.

Yesterday The Boy Child and I went to the Grand Openning for Kohl's. He was very disappointed to discover that Kohl's DID NOT HAVE A TOY DEPARTMENT! Oh, the humanity!

Despite his disappointment, our little guy made out like a bandit. I tried to draw his attention to the clothing sets: some were just shirt and tie, others had shirt, tie, pants, and vest. He wouldn't slow down to look.

We moved over to the underwear department where he picked out "Power Rangers" and "Go Diego Go" three-packs of undies. Satisfied with his underwear purchase, Little Boy slowed down for the clothing sets. I was attempting to explain that the pants from the set might not fit while the shirt and vest would, but he walked to the other side of the display and pulled down a shirt and tie package. "This one," I was informed. I started to balk at the pale green shirt, but why pass my issues on to my kids? (I hate to wear green near my face. Always have.)

"You need some socks." I pulled down two different packages. We discussed the differences between nylon and cotton socks. He picked the nylon socks. We headed over to the men's department. A beautiful red shirt popped out at me. "That's going to look great on your father! Should we find a green shirt for Daddy that matches yours?"

Openning Day maddness was upon the crowd. The check out line snaked around past the shoe department. We back-tracked to the boys' department again (still no toy department), then I was finally allowed to look at clothing for me. Nothing appealed to me.

Heading back to that awful line, we discovered that we could check out at Customer Service at the rear of the store. My Little Trooper was getting tired. I pointed out the Dr. Seuss books on the display. A sign read: "100% of the profits from these items support children's literacy programs..." After much agonizing, Little Boy picked "Fox in Socks".

Then I saw him.

I fell in love.

I had to have him. I mean, he's going to be famous for a whole new generation in another week. Right?

"Sweetie, hand Mommy that elephant." The tag informed me that, just like the books, his price was $5.

I am the proud owner of Horton the Elephant. He is so WONDERFULLY soft!

And we still don't have new shoes.

Guess what I'll attempt to accomplish this next week?

Wrong.

I have to prep my garden. There will be tomato plants to be planted when we return from Easter Break. It is not possible for me to have enough energy to clean the garden, prep the soil, and plant little baby plants in the same day. Not happening.

If I discover any new baby turtles, I'll be sure to say something. After all, this is the time of year that they hatch here. It's been a bit warmer than usual, so the little critters are hatching. We will all be keeping our eyes peeled for quarter-sized hatchlings. I just don't want to find eight this time.

What will you be doing this Spring?