The Day I Made a Whole Bunch of Adorable Toddlers Cry

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Nora Ericson admits to plenty of botched special occasions with her own kids — we’ve all been there! — but “the first Easter I celebrated as a mom (with a child old enough to participate) is the only holiday on which I’ve made other people’s children cry. A whole bunch of them. Adorable little toddlers dressed up in their Easter best.” Oh, no. Find out how she set off an entire crowd of tiny kids with one easy-to-make mistake. And then, if you’ve got your own horror story to share, email me at [HiScaryMommy@bdg.com](mailto:hiscarymommy@bdg.com?utm_campaign=27046&utm_medium=scaryMommyDailyV2&utm_source=newsletter&utm_session=33bffe7e-9403-4594-a37e-5a45d2b75c10). 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