Every year at Easter one of the most important traditions at our house has always been the coloring of the Easter eggs.  The kids love it!  My daughters Olivia and Sydney are in it for the long run.  They start early Saturday morning, the weekend before Easter, by getting all the eggs boiled and cooled.   We always color two dozen eggs so that the kids each get to color eight eggs each.   The kitchen table is transformed into their very own egg coloring craft table so that everyone has plenty of room.  But most importantly (and I have learned this the hard way over the years) we always have three boxes of Paas Easter Egg Coloring Dyes so that no one gets accused of “hogging” any specific color and they each have their own colors and crayon to design with.

The girls always go for the bright spring colors and of course they have to be perfect, while Caden my son tends to dip his egg into as many colors as possible for a darker color.  The crayon that comes with the kits always gives them plenty of different ways to decorate their egg before dipping them into the color.  Once all the eggs are done, which can take up to an hour to achieve perfection in egg coloring with youngsters, they put them in a basket on the kitchen table for all to see. 

February is coming to a close and soon Easter will be upon us – 25 more days to be exact!  I love Easter.  Just knowing winter is over and spring has finally arrived is enough reason for me.  Don’t get me wrong, I love seeing the first few snow falls and how pretty everything looks blanketed in that beautiful white snow, then come February I am so over it!  As I get older the thought of becoming a Florida “snowbird” gets more and more appealing to me.  However, with my youngest just finishing pre-school I think my snowbird days are pretty much wishful thinking at this point!

Speaking of pre-school age, have you seen the Tom Arma Bunny Costume for infants and toddlers yet?  It is absolutely adorable made from soft plush with faux fur and lined with the softest fleece.  I couldn’t order mine fast enough!  Plus all the Tom Arma costumes come with an animal package insert ”critter facts” from the National Wildlife Federation so you and your child can learn more about how to promote conservation awarenss for the animal you’re portraying with your costume.  So when you order the Tom Arma Bunny costume, you’ll receive “critter facts” about the Snowshoe Hare. 

The entire Tom Arma costume line is available exclusively from Halloween Express.  Oh, I almost forgot … check out the 2008 Tom Arma Baby & Toddler of the Year Photo Contest.   Enter your baby or toddler into the contest and you could win $500 (plus a bunch of other cool stuff!)

This year Easter will be celebrated two weeks earlier than it was last year.  It’s on Sunday, March 23 while last year it was on April 8th.  For some reason I always liked celebrating Easter in the month of April - March just seems so early to me.  Oh well, I’m hoping the weather is nice so that all those pretty Easter dresses and bonnets can be worn without the off chance of an unwanted snowfall.

Halloween Express is the place to go for all your Easter costumes.  If your Easter Bunny needs to be big, tall, short, little, old or young you’ve come to the right place!  If you haven’t seen our Tom Arma children’s Easter costumes you are really missing out on some of the most adorable costumes ever.  The bunny, sheep, flamingo and flower are just some of the great costumes for your little ones this Easter.

Every year in our neighborhood on the Saturday before Easter we have all the children dress up in their Easter best and walk around with their Easter baskets to each house for Easter eggs and candy.  Then of course we have the big Easter Egg hunt for all the different ages.  When my son, Caden was little he always hated having to put on his Easter outfit, so one year I decided to let him pick out a costume to wear that had an Easter theme.  He loved it!  Of course we still had to go round and round when I told him he couldn’t wear the yellow Peeps Costume to church, but he did wear it everywhere else that year.  If your family, friends or neighborhood is having an Easter party it’s the perfect time to put your infant or toddler in one of our great costumes.  Your children will love it and so will you!