Is anyone else NOT doing Easter this year?

[Marseeya]

Although I'm an atheist, I've always done Easter with the family for them, but this year we're doing nothing. After the big fiasco with my DS, plus I've been sick for a week and a half, I haven't been able to go buy stuff for dinner or for DD (basket, candy, stuffed bunny, etc). I bought eggs a week ago, but I never bought the dye and we didn't dye eggs today. No hard boiled eggs, no deviled eggs, no egg salad. I was able to make it out earlier today to get a card for both kids that I'm just going to put some money into.

My mom doesn't want to do dinner now either because my Dsis has to work. We talked on the phone today and we both just agreed, "Oh well, let's just skip it."

I don't know, it's both depressing and a big relief at the same time!

Is anyone else not doing Easter?

 

[SillyMe]

Sort of. We had our dinner today because we're going to see Champions on Ice tomorrow.

 

[Brianne]

We're filling up a few plastic eggs to hide around the house because the kids like that part but other than that, no. No dinner or anything else. It's never been a big deal for us & the kids don't seem to care. Going off on another thread on here tonight, I had the oldest two come & tell me that they knew there was no bunny/TF/SC anymore--they know not to tell the younger two. Two more to go & then I'm free!

 

[Marseeya]

We're filling up a few plastic eggs to hide around the house because the kids like that part but other than that, no. No dinner or anything else. It's never been a big deal for us & the kids don't seem to care. Going off on another thread on here tonight, I had the oldest two come & tell me that they knew there was no bunny/TF/SC anymore--they know not to tell the younger two. Two more to go & then I'm free!

Oh just wait until the youngest don't believe. It's so sad!

I felt like the world's worst mother today. DD had wanted the traditional Easter morning with dyed eggs and a plastic egg hunt and the works. I realized today that I just couldn't pull it together, so I asked her if she'd rather do the traditional thing or if she'd like to have the money I would have spent on it and I'd take her to Toys R Us. She chose Toys R Us, but I felt so guilty for putting that choice in her hands.

 

[DebbieB]

My Mom passed away in September. I did the traditional Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners at our house, with 10 people each time (my 2 brothers, their wives and children). I felt I was keeping the family traditions as my mother would have wanted. Well since then, both my brothers have split up from their wives. One was a second wife, so she's out of the family, along with her 2 kids. His first wife is taking his son to her parents tomorrow (out of town). The other one is having a sort of custody battle, so he only has 1 of his 2 daughters. So it's me, my 2 brothers and 1 niece. I decided I wasn't going to cook for 4, especially since I have an early morning flight on Monday for work. So we are going out to a restaurant. I feel like my mom is looking down and wondering what happened to the family.

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

We're not really doing anything.

Several months ago I felt like DS needed a little "guidance" in the department of mythical creatures. My friend told me I am horrible for doing it, but I was so worried that DS was going to become an object of ridicule at school I decided it was better to burst the bubble for him. He's in 4th grade, so I was just blown away that he still believed. Or maybe DH and I are just amazingly good at that sort of thing.

So when his most recent tooth came out I said "I want you to think REALLY hard about he tooth fairy. Do you HONESTLY believe that a fairy comes in the house and takes your tooth?" It was a downward spiral from there.

Last year I just couldn't face staying up late, putting stuff in the plastic eggs, and hiding them all over the house. Nobody even LIKES hard boiled eggs, so we skipped that last year, too. I just put some things in a basket for DS and that was it.

This year he is getting Disney Dollars and a card. If Toys R Us is open then we might head over there tomorrow. We all went to Target last night and chose some candy. DH has to work and we have no idea when he will get home so we couldn't make brunch reservations. My mother and youngest sister are supposed to go to Six Flags, and my other sister lives with her in-laws so I fully expect her to do something with them!

We did spend the day today with my mom & my youngest sister, and then we went to dinner tonight with our friends. Just not going to be doing baskets and egg hunts and all that jazz. DS doesn't really like candy so it has been a struggle all these years to figure out what to put in the darn eggs in the first place! It is a little sad, but on the other hand, it is nice to be able to just relax.

 

[Charade]

 

[OhMari]

We went to Saturday Vigil Easter Mass tonite and all I could think about was,

"next year I'll be in Disney" "next year I'll be in Disney" "next year I'll be in Disney"

 

[pearlieq]

We're taking the holiday off. We had MIL in town for a couple of days, so tomorrow is just going to be a lazy day for DH and I. We might go wild and do a little yardwork. That's about it.

 

[smilingmouse]

I'm not doing much, either. So far, my "big plans" are visiting the indoor pool in my apartment complex.

 

[Poohnatic]

I'm with Debbie. I'd invited the inlaws over, but with youngest and I battling Bronchitis, they're not tempting fate. If my mom were still around, we'd be doing something at her place. Stepdad's trying to ignore the holidays, because it's just too painful right now.

The kids baskets are ready and we'll have dinner, but scaled down. Just as well, I have to be to my new job at 4am Monday morning!

Suzanne

 

[RadioNate]

We aren't doing anything, granted I'm a lapsed Catholic who's father was Jewish married to a sworn agnostic so it is kinda against our nature.

I take that back, we dyed eggs the other day and did the neighborhood egg hunt but I don't hide eggs around the house.

We'll be at a hockey game so no dinner or anything tomorrow.

 

[palmtreegirl]

We hid some eggs for kids and filled their baskets with candy. Tomorrow we're going to the beach with another family, I love living in Florida.

 

[kirbsam]

we love easter. it is the most important holiday of the year. if it wasnt for easter we would not have christmas. not trying to be preachy, just putting it into perspective. my kids have learned the true meaning of what it means to be christian. sorry the rest of you dont feel the same way. easter is the biggest celebration of the year. your savior was raised from the dead. you are saved. wow, what a reason to celebrate...i am not born again, or a fanatic, just a regular catholic. christ the lord is risen today...alleluia...it is a day to rejoice...it really is

 

[lunchmomd]

No big Easter here. We are flying to Florida (Tampa, not Disney) to visit my parents for a few days.

 

[MUFFYCAT]

We only have my mother as family, so it is not a big headache.
I'm not going to church because I don't want to get dressed up.
( i know that's bad)

 

[Marseeya]

The you-know-what just hit the fan here.

DH is a choir director, and he was supposed to be at church at 7:00 for a sunrise service. They've been practicing for weeks for an Easter cantata.

He overslept!

Oops.

I hope they're understanding towards him. He's been through the ringer these last couple of days and has only had 4-5 hours of sleep altogether.

 

[AllyandJack]

I'm working. I have no desire to go play the Happy Game with my family. I have no desire to slap on a big, fake Easter Smile. My DH is dropping by my parents' place because my mother made us each a basket and got me a card from the cat they kept when I moved out (I had 4....now I only have 3 of them with me). After everything I've been through, I am in no mood to deal with my mother or my cousin. Plus, it was my cousin's b-day yesterday. Am I the only one who thinks it's ironic that a 30 year old who has never paid a tax in her life was born on April 15?! I refuse to spend a penny on her, but I would have had to show up with SOMETHING. All in all, it's really better for everyone if I just don't go.

I will, however, spend my day off tomorrow eating the chocolate out of the basket.

 

[dumboiu]

No Happy Easter for me either.

 

[Kitty 34]

As I dyed Easter eggs alone last night while my youngest and only son at home was out in the barn with his Dad, I thought maybe I was doing this so I don't forget how to dye them when (and if) I get grandkids!!