Part of me thinks that it shouldn't be. After all, we're christians so Easter should be about so much more than chocolate. And it is!
Monkey has been learning about the Easter Story at Sunday School, at ACTS and at Pramtime. She'll be at church on Easter Sunday to celebrate and rejoice.
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But still....
Monkey's a toddler! And for most toddlers (and probably most adults!) Easter means chocolate. Everywhere you look at the moment there are chocolate eggs. They're brightly coloured and look like fun. Monkey has been very interested in them.
She can't have them though.
Dairy allergies rule out chocolate. Some supermarkets are offering dairy free eggs. Great! Except it's not so great when they're made from another of your allergens - soya.
I'm determined that the Easter Bunny will visit Monkey though. Allergies might make things more difficult sometimes but I'm never going to let them mean she misses out.
Books are always a hit with Monkey. I found this Veggie Tales Easter book
which I think she'll love. Veggie Tales is an american cartoon that retells Bible stories for kids. Monkey has seen it a few times at church and enjoyed it. The book has american spellings which irritates me slightly but Monkey will love the glitter and sparkle on each page.I also ordered a very cute dressing up outfit. The idea was that she could wear it for her baby ballet Easter party tomorrow but unfortunately it hasn't arrived in time. She's going to look majorly cute in it when it arrives though. We'll find somewhere to wear it even if it's just to nursery!
Pound shops have been great for little bits like chicks and bunnys. I even managed to find some Easter themed colouring books.
But lovely as all this is, I want my girl to have an egg. A real chocolate egg, just like all her friends will have. Step forward Moo Free!
Monkey's had their chocolate before, it's made with rice milk and completely safe for her to eat. They've got three different eggs this year - 'milk' chocolate, honeycombe and chocolate orange - and we've got her one of each.Hopefully she'll have a really wonderful Easter :-)
Happy Easter monkey, those eggs sound yummy. God bless xx
ReplyDeleteAnd Happy Easter to you and your lovely family xxx
DeleteI agree about pound shops - so many little gems to be found! Happy Easter :)
ReplyDeleteThey're great aren't they? Happy Easter :-)
DeleteI agree about pound shops - so many little gems to be found! Happy Easter :)
ReplyDeleteThe pound shops have got some amazing bits for craft this Easter - really cute!
ReplyDeleteWe've not done as much craft as I would have liked this year but got some cute bits to decorate with
DeleteHi Janet, what a shame (and nightmare) that your Little Monkey has so many allergies. My daughter was allergic to eggs when she was small and it was a nightmare, especially at birthdays where there was cake.
ReplyDeleteThe idea of getting your little one something else she enjoys is a good idea, books are always a fab present and I bet she loves the dressing up costume... And I hope she really enjoys her special eggs.
xx
Thanks for your comment. Yep, allergies can be a nightmare but reading about people who grow out of them always gives me hope.
DeleteI can't wait to give Monkey her eggs on Sunday though :-) xx
One of the little girls at my Toddler Group has the Moo-free eggs. We had to "fix" the raffle so she won the right egg LOL
ReplyDeleteMy younger son doesn't eat his chocolate eggs either but that's because of dental hygiene reasons rather than allergies. Prevention being better than cure in his case!
There has been a lot of fixing and quick switching taking place by me over the last few weeks. We try to limit chocolate for teeth reasons and financial reasons (allergy food doesn't come cheap!) but am glad I managed to get her an egg like her friends :-)
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