I remember when I was little...probably 6 or 7 IF that old. We lived in some apartments a few doors down from my grandma. Just outside her kitchen door, she had a little tiny flower garden. She grew the most beautiful red flowers that I can't seem to remember the name of them they were red and had several petals all over oh man I wish I could remmber the name of them I just loved them to death, but she also had I think jade plants mixed in with them. There was a little white wired picket fence around the little garden and Come Easter Morning, we would go to grandmas ( oh my grandma also had a daughter my age) but we would all go outside and we would have us a little easter hunt and we would find our Easter Baskets hidden amongst the flowers.
Dog gone it...I can picture the flowers in my head and when we go to the store and they have some outside, I always tell my husband..oh I love those flowers they remind me of Easter at my grandmas house and that one day I want to plant some. I just asked him what they were and he doesn't know so that kind of tells me HE NEVER LISTENED. LOL. They are red and they have tiny petals like randomly on the top of the stem and they are maybe 1/2 inch petals. I will remember them.
When my kids were growing up, I always made them an Easter Basket. My kids rarely got candy or sweets. It was just my preference to not give them much sweets. But they did always get some jelly beans and eggs and a chocolate bunny but in moderation... AND ALWAYS EVERY SINGLE YEAR no matter what, They always got a brand new toothbrush and a brand new tube of toothpaste. (They got new ones every couple of months, but since they were getting candy, it just helped them to remember to brush their teeth after eating candy. Over the years, they new that there was going to be a toothbrush in their Easter Baskets AND in their Christmas Stockings. Without Fail.
When they were babies, I did Easter Baskets for them then too. Instead of putting candy in their baskets, I would put a few jars of baby food in them instead along with a new bib, and a new toy. You have to be creative when it comes to kids thats for sure.
And at Christmas time, I make my kids "care packages" which include stuff that they have to buy all the time. It just makes it nice for them to not have to buy some of the stuff. But I put in, toilet paper, laundry soap, dish soap, shampoo, conditioner, room spray, bath soap, toothpaste, ziploc baggies, garbage bags, and this past year, I put in cooking spray, olive oil, sugar, coffee, chocolate stuff like that. Stuff that is needed all year long.
OH OH I just remembered the name of the flowers GERANIUMS.