Easter Baskets and Advent Calendars

I know it's only September. And barely September at that. So you're probably thinking "hey crazy lady, can we get through all the other holidays first?". I'm not totally crazy. I promise. I'm more of a spring/summer toy in the Easter basket type of person, rather than a ton of candy. And it's all on clearance right now. Cheaper than cheap. When I was grocery shopping yesterday I got a box of 40 Crayola sidewalk chalk for .94. Toy Story bubble wands and bubbles for .49. A Toy Story floatie rider thing for the baby so he won't drown in the local wading pool for $1.94. The cashier was looking at all my stuff and said "there's some great deals there". And then she looked at me like I was crazy when I said they were for Easter baskets and I got a "well, aren't you organized". Nope, just cheap. I already have a Playdoh advent calendar for Cole that I got on clearance in January for $3.94.

We're big on advent calendars too. The Starbucks tree shaped one (that I'm determined to finally alter this year) with the drawers, the standard licensed chocolate one, we'll have the Playdoh one, and I'm debating between either Playmobil or Lego for the boys as well. And I would really like one of the nicer, more adult ones from Costco this year. I like the build up and anticipation. And I have a half-made Hallowe'en advent calendar that's a knock off of the Pottery Barn Kids one. Like this:

So, there you go. I'm an advent calendar freak. I need to come up with something for Easter which is harder because the date changes every year. Really, I'm a holiday freak in general. You'll see.