i'm not complaining. truly.
but, i never got real gifts for easter. easter was not a gift giving holiday in my family. when we were too young for candy we got one toy in our basket. when we were older we got candy and maybe a pair of earrings or hot wheels car or something costing less than $5. my grandparents usually sent a card. nothing from aunts and uncles. so when we go to the in laws and have easter it kinda blows my mind how much stuff little bean gets. it is on the lines of what most kids get for christmas... no joke! it is no exaggeration to say that she got 9 easter "baskets" (i'm using this term loosely) this year between both families and a few friends (what?!). i won't go into details- let's just day my child wants for nothing! NOTHING!
on a different note... how bad of a parent am i that i let my child wear shoes that were one and a half sizes too small for her!?!?! in my defense i'd like to say that i got her easter shoes a few weeks before she was going to be wearing them. they were a little big at the time. easter sunday rolls around- they fit tightly! what?!?! they were size 5, i take her to the store and have her feet measured- they say she needs a 6 1/2 to be sure that she will be able to wear them for a little while. oh yeah, she was wearing size 4 1/2 shoes at the store... i felt like an ass. BUT, holy cow! did her feet really grow that much in just a few weeks???? it doesn't seems possible, but i'm sure it is. now what do i do with the 3 pairs of size 5 shoes that she just got in the past month???? sigh.
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Easter was never a gift-giving holiday in my family either, so it's rather mind boggling to me as well! It's unreal to me (and a little bit sad how *every* holiday is all about consumerism these days).
Oh, and yup, my girl is growing at an insane rate too. Not one-&-a-half-shoe-sizes-in-3-weeks fast, but all the 18 month summer clothes I have for her? Yeah, that's not happening.
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