A Sugar-Free Easter

I am a week behind in posting about Easter - for no other reason than I was just procrastinating - no one was sick.

Easter went well. The Easter Bunny listened when we asked him not to bring any candy or sweet to the house. Easter baskets were filled with clothes and toy bunnies. Tom and I got the girls bathing suits and cover-ups along with a new movie for each girl. Other folks gave them pajamas, musical toys, big stuffed-animal bunnies - we totally avoided candy. Tom's parents had the usual big basket of candy and treats but it was placed out of sight while Gracie was visiting. At my sister's house, there was no candy in sight. If the Easter Bunny delivered any there, it was hidden before we all arrived.

We had an Easter egg hunt and all of the eggs were filled with non-candy items. We had lots of money - tons of change (some not even US currency) and a few dollar bills. There were lots of little trinkets from the dollar store - erasers, pony tail holders, spinning tops, super balls, slinkies, parachute men, jumping frogs - basically anything that could fit into the eggs! The kids had a blast. Rita was the big 'winner'. She found the most eggs so she got the most toys and money. Graceie just enjoyed opening the eggs and playing with each new thing she discovered. She did not quite get the boundaries of her eggs versus everyone else's eggs. However, she was 'stealing' from her big cousins so there was no problem - they were more than willing to share with her.

I am very pleased how Easter worked out with the diet. We managed to keep the candy out of the holiday and events and I'm sure Grace never even knew there was anything missing. I think even Rita remained unaware that anything was missing.

I included some photos from the line-up prior to the Eater egg hunt and some of the girls on Eater with my sister's daughters and one with all of the girls and my Father. With two daughters and five grand-daughters, it is fortunate one of his favorite sayings is, 'Blessed art thou among women'.

Marie

P.S. For some reason the counters on the days since starting the diet and last seizure are not working. I wish Gracie was 431 days or so since her last seizure! We are at about 43 days since the last seizure. Good but not 431!