A neighbour was insane kind enough to give the kids an Easter present this afternoon. Keep it! Keep it! she said in her thick Mediterranean accent. No eat until Sunday.

So of course as soon as she left the driveway we tucked into that bad boy.

Until Adam came along and confiscated it. Boo hiss!

Then, as I was putting Keira to bed:

“Mum! After breakfast tomorrow dad said I can eat chocolate!”

If there’s any left after tonight. Just call me the evil stepmother of Easter Bunnies around the world, thwarting their benevolent and sugar-high inducing antics, but dammit I have a hankering right about now…just one little piece…they will never miss it…

karen andrews

Karen Andrews is the creator of this website, one of the most established and well-respected parenting blogs in the country. She is also an author, award-winning writer, poet, editor and publisher at Miscellaneous Press. Her latest book is Trust the Process: 101 Tips on Writing and Creativity