4.11.2009

Egg-stravaganza

It has only been the last few years that we dye eggs for Easter. I was afraid of the mess and the work, but finally at one point it clicked--Do it outside and with the least amount of parental interference involvement the better. Again one of the things I learned to just embrace the fun of it.

So tonight we were running out of egg dyeing time and I knew my kids would not forgive me if it didn’t get done. I had a real short debate about doing it in the morning, but decided just to get it done tonight.

This is what it looked like outside when we started.

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And it was kind of cold.

But we didn’t let that stop us.

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I remember my Mom boiling dozens and dozens of eggs. I think the 5 of us had at least our own dozen. Not at Casa de Chaos – 2 dozen is my limit.

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I don’t think Ham touched a single egg…not that he didn’t want to. Notice Big J stopping him from touching the table. And no he is not wearing pants.

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I did get a little crafty with a few eggs. I used reinforcement stickers and put them on a few eggs before we started dyeing the eggs. If you notice in some of the pictures LaLa has the stickers all over her face. Then I took the eggs with the stickers and dyed them, then pulled off the stickers. It was trickier than I thought it would be. I noticed that if I wasn’t careful I would rub some of the dye off when i was trying to get the adhesive off the egg.

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Cute, don’t you think?

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I also did the old stand-by of writing everyone’s name with a white crayon before dyeing the eggs.

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And I remembered to get a picture of all the kids together after the fun.

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Voila! Egg-stravaganza.

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3 comments:

  1. Hey, Darlene! I absolutely LOVE your blog! The Easter eggs turned out so cute, and I like your idea about dyeing them outside! Why wasn't I that smart all those years? You, David and your adorable kids are one AMAZING family and I just love & admire you greatly! Have a joyous Easter!

    Love,
    Auntie Darlene :)

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  2. I love the polka dot eggs! Glad everyone had a fun time.

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  3. Those stickers were a good idea!

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