Random thoughts and Easter Candy

So the new nightly routine in our household consists of putting the baby to bed, hearing random screaming from her room, opening the door and finding a naked child. I put her clothes back on (which is like wrestling cats), tuck her in with a firm reminder, “Keep your clothes on!” at which time she giggles saying, “Funny!” Thirty seconds after I close the door, she’s naked again. Maaan.

This morning she dumped an entire can of fish food into the aquarium. Hey, the fish were happy. Me? Not so much. My son thought it was hilarious–”Whoa, that’s a lot!” After vacuuming out some of the contaminated water, I’m hoping to remedy the rest of it tonight.

On another random topic, Easter is coming. As the designated Easter Bunny ™, I have to assemble the family baskets and purchase the candy. Hey, I don’t mind. All that buying power! But there must be Cadbury’s Creme Eggs in my basket. Heads will roll and life as I know it will end unless there is Cadbury’s in some form. For any of you living in the UK, my all-time favorite candy bar is the Picnic bar. I plan to buy a case of them when I visit again.

On my “must buy” list are usually jelly beans, a chocolate bunny of some form (Dove bunnies are tasty!), Cadbury’s of course, and then I often look at whatever else is offered at the store. Sometimes Reese’s eggs or Russell Stover. Sometimes I’ll throw a toy or two from the dollar store in my kids’ baskets. But I absolutely hate Peeps. Too much sugar! (Says she who inhales those rich, chocolatey, cream-filled Cadbury eggs) Someone once said you can microwave Peeps and make these monstrous creatures. Heh, heh, heh…that’s about all I’d do with them. But the absolute worst Easter candy for me are those sugar coated, hard Easter egg candies (they’re about the size of your thumb). Blech.

What Easter candies do you love and hate?