Easter Baskets

Easter is a little over three weeks away, which means it’s time to start thinking about Easter baskets! I’ve been collecting items for a couple of months now & I just finished putting together Wyatt & Boden’s baskets. Let’s hope I don’t find more things to add in the next few weeks! Although I will admit, I’m a little surprised to see how quickly Easter items flew off the shelves this year. I’m glad I started shopping a bit early!

I wanted to make sure I filled their baskets with intentional items that would last us a while & not just buy a bunch of seasonal “junk”. I went with a few nice-quality toys, some snacks/treats & some bathtub paint/crayons. I think these pieces did just the trick! I know the kids will be excited to receive some new wooden animals & playsilks (they love these things!) & will definitely be stoked about the chocolate! They also really enjoy taking baths (but have a lot of bath toys) so I thought the bath crayons & paint would be something new & fun.

Here is a list of things I included in their baskets this year:

1. Bunny baskets are from Michael’s & are the large size. Currently on sale!

2. Sarah’s Silks playsilks for the basket filler/grass: forest & ocean from the Earth collection.

3. Ostheimer wooden animals: sheep, rooster, standing bunny, sitting bunny.

4. Grimm’s sorting game. We all know I love Grimm’s wooden toys. This one was perfect because it came with two sets, packaged individually, so I could split it between the two baskets.

5. Bath crayons. I purchased both the orange/green/blue pack & the red/yellow/gray.

6. Crayola bathtub finger paint soap. I found these in the dollar section at Target! I can’t find a link, I’m assuming they are a pretty popular product.

7. Snacks: Annie’s Easter fruit snacks, See’s mini chocolate bunny & Lindt chocolate chick.

I bought these bunny eggs to put the fruit snacks in, these colored eggs for the chocolate chicks (& our egg hunt) & these adorable fillable carrots for the wooden bunnies to sit in.

I’m looking forward to coloring eggs with the boys this year & doing an egg hunt! I think the kids will have a ton of fun hunting for them.

What are you putting in your kiddos baskets this year?

Happy Easter!

xoxo

Toddler Room + Dresser Organization

Last March, I shared the boys’ bedroom & how I organized their dresser. It has become one of my most read & shared blog posts so I figured it was time to do a little update! Their room has changed a lot in a year, mainly the addition of big boy beds! Here is the link to my previous post if you’d like to read about how their room was before: The Boys’ Room + Dresser Organization.

I’m planning on sharing how we transitioned them to their beds in another post, but we knew it was time to make the switch when they started climbing out of their cribs. I tried to “toddler proof” the room as much as I could, but having the large dresser in their room was not safe anymore so we had to rearrange a bit!

This is how their room currently looks! The beds take up a lot of space so there isn’t anything else in the room except for a small hamper (one for each boy) that stores their stuffed animals. It’s better this way because this room actually stays pretty clean. We don’t have any toys in here (except for the stuffed animals) & with their Beddy’s bedding, the beds keep nice & tidy as well.

I feel like I have to explain the plexiglass covering their window 😂 We have replaced the blinds in this room three different times (they just love to tear them apart!). This gave us the ability to keep the blinds intact since we need them to be closed during nap time. Also, we are still able to open them for sunlight when the boys are not sleeping. We had curtains hanging in here before, but those got torn down, too! (Literally ripped out of the walls!) These boys are crazy, I tell ya.

We moved their large, white dresser to our master room and moved a smaller dresser that I was using into their closet. This has worked perfectly for us!

I hang all of their shirts, jackets, overalls & sweaters. Everything else gets folded & placed in the dresser. Pajamas, underwear & socks go in the first drawer, pants & shorts go in the second drawer & blankets fill the third drawer. I still love using these storage cubes to organize their clothes because they fit so perfectly in their dresser. I started using them for my clothes, too!

Since I can’t write a post without including the stars of this blog…here are some pictures of the sweetest little guys!

xoxo

Sources:

Paint color: Coney Island by Behr // Beds: Pottery Barn Kids // Hampers: Pottery Barn Kids // Bedding: Beddy’s // Dresser: Ikea // World map: Gathre