When I was growing up our Easter baskets were always filled with church themed items, some candy and maybe one little toy or stuffed animal. When Broc and I had Ti, we decided to “request” the same from the Easter Bunny! 😉

Titan knows that the Easter Bunny brings church stuff and Santa brings the toys. 🙂

This year Titan received an Illustrated Book of Mormon Stories that he and I can use to build upon what we are reading together during our family scripture time. I like the idea of reading scriptures from the Book of Mormon or Bible all together as a family and then using this book during the day to re-cap what we read, look at pictures, etc.

I have actually been meaning to grab a book like this for a few years now but could never track one down at the price I wanted. So, when I saw this for 15% off at Seagull Book, I finally grabbed it. 🙂 It was a little pricier but definitely worth it in my mind.

Titan has one of these puzzle books already (It’s a New Testament one) and it is PERFECT for throwing in my bag for church. I like that it’s durable, church themed, and quiet. And Titan likes doing the puzzles and other hidden activities they include.

So when I saw this other version on clearance, I knew I had to get it! (Side note: It definitely pays to know your prices and to shop around. I grabbed this at Seagull on clearance for around $5.00 and that same day at Deseret Book I saw it for close to $10.00.) 

Titan saw this in his basket and said, “The Easter Bunny must know how much I REALLY like my other puzzle book. It’s just like that one!” – SCORE!

Living Scriptures “Nephi and the Brass Plates” DVD

Broc and I have been talking about purchasing the entire Living Scriptures DVD collection for a while now but have yet to make the investment. I mean, each DVD is usually around $25 and that’s when they are on sale. One day we’ll bite the bullet and just shell out the $200-$300, but until then….I saw this introductory pack at Seagull and picked it up for around $6.00. It doesn’t give us the entire collection by any means, but it’s at least a start!

Titan wasn’t super thrilled about a “church” movie. In fact, when he pulled it out of the basket he said, “Mom do you think you could sell this?” (Just keeping it real & honest…) When we all sat down and watched it together as a family after church on Sunday though, it did hold his attention and he was asking us some questions after about the story.

Filler Items

These were all some of the smaller “filler” items I picked up to add to the basket:

Ti was really excited that this tie didn’t have a clip. All his other ties have come as part of suit sets and they have been clip-ons which he says hurts his neck when he bows his head for prayers. So a new tie that didn’t have a clip was definitely one my list for this years basket. As far as the candy, I have a hard time buying the big bags of fun size candy, jelly beans, etc. because I only have to fill one basket. (And, Broc and I sure don’t need all that extra candy laying around.) To solve that dilemma, I just buy a couple novelty candy items and call it good.