We only had a couple of days warning that schools would be closing indefinitely from last Friday because of coronavirus. The sadness was that at the same time Bertie would be saying a last farewell to all his nursery staff and Iris to her beloved Mrs Packer.
I couldn't cobble much together at such short notice but I did risk a very fast, gloved and sanitized visit to Lidl at the end of the day, when it tends to be quieter, to pick up some Easter chocolates, which spookily hadn't been deemed essential enough to be worthy of stockpiling!
I got six pots, two each of twenty five lambs, chicks and bunnies for, I think £1.99, but don't quote me on that.
I already had two packs of ten pink bunny bags, bought at Christmas from the Flying Tiger reduced section for £1 each. I saw them and thought how cute they were and knew if I had an inkling of an idea as to how I could use them, I needed to get them there and then as I probably wouldn't be able to find anything like them at Easter.
The bows were made from ribbon were left over from Tom and Laura's wedding, yes, they are still going strong, seven years on!
I simply put a mix of ten chocolates in each bag, tied the ribbon round the bunnies ears and then added a punched tag to say Happy Easter from Bertie/Iris. I don't think either of them appreciated the full impact of what they were doing as they excitedly handed them out amidst huge smiles and giggles, but nanny for one shed a few of tears then and when she got home.
