{"id":680,"date":"2018-03-27T14:16:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T14:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/?p=680"},"modified":"2020-03-20T12:32:07","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T12:32:07","slug":"easter-egg-hunt-and-fluffy-chicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/2018\/03\/27\/easter-egg-hunt-and-fluffy-chicks\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter egg hunt and fluffy chicks."},"content":{"rendered":"

The other day Mum and I were visiting a friend of hers who\u2019s having a bit of a hard time at the moment. Her husband has lost his job and finances are challenged. Aunty Landiwe was moaning about how her kids were not going to understand that they would not be getting fancy Easter Eggs this year.<\/p>\n

I looked at her kids \u2013 they are only little \u2013 how on earth would they possibly know what day it is \u2013 let alone that they\u2019re not getting the same stuff that they got last year?<\/p>\n

Mum\u2019s friend was sighing and looking really sad.<\/p>\n

I had a bright idea.<\/p>\n

I asked Aunty Landiwe if she had enough money for some of those cheapie, yet still very delicious, marshmallow eggs that you get. Not a whole box \u2013 just a few strings \u2013 it would not cost her more than R20.<\/p>\n

Mum looked crossly at me. I knew just what she was thinking\u2026 Sibo! Keep your mouth shut \u2013 you are not supposed to be chipping in on this conversation.<\/em><\/p>\n

Luckily Aunty Landiwe knows me quite well.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat are you scheming now Sibo?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n

Told her that I was thinking of an Easter Egg hunt \u2013 where she could hide the eggs in the garden and the kids could look for them. It would be much more fun than just being handed chocolate on a plate, so to speak.<\/p>\n

Plus\u2026 I reminded her\u2026 \u201cYou are very arty. What about recycling your breakfast eggshells into some fancily painted Easter decorations? You could\u00a0 get your children to help. I know you\u2019ve got lots of paints and stuff. You could\u00a0 get the littlies to make their own eggs \u2013 even though they are small \u2013 give them hard-boiled eggs to paint. They can eat them afterwards.<\/p>\n

I was on a roll\u2026 \u201cAnd that little yellow jersey you knitted last year\u2026 do you have any wool left? We could make pompoms and make fluffy Easter chicks! I watched a really easy video<\/a> the other day. It\u2019s not about how much stuff you get \u2013 it\u2019s about quality time spent with your kids and how much fun you have rather.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Aunty Landiwe grinned for the first time that afternoon.<\/p>\n

\u201cSibo\u201d she said \u201cHow did you get to be so clever for such a little person? Those are all great ideas. I do indeed have wool left – do you want to come and help me make some chicks?\u201d<\/p>\n

I looked at Mum to see if she agreed\u2026 she smiled and nodded.<\/p>\n

Have a blessed Easter people.<\/p>\n

Sibo<\/p>\n

Xx<\/p>\n

PS – If you make some of these cute chicks \u2013 please feel free to post some pics on our Facebook<\/a> page – we’d love to see them. This is the one that Ginny made.<\/p>\n

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The other day Mum and I were visiting a friend of hers who\u2019s having a bit of a hard time at the moment. Her husband has lost his job and finances are challenged. Aunty Landiwe was moaning about how her kids were not going to understand that they would not be getting fancy Easter Eggs … Continue reading “Easter egg hunt and fluffy chicks.”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[79,34,10],"tags":[152],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":689,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680\/revisions\/689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}