Easter Eggs!

Yes, I know that it is just the first Saturday of April, and I know that Easter Sunday is still four weeks away, but we have all four been looking forward to dyeing Easter Eggs for a few weeks now. We could not pass up a gorgeous day and the opportunity to dye eggs together. Yep, it's early. That just means we might get to do it a second time even closer to Easter! ;) My two precious babies dying eggs together. Mackenzie still has not lost that first loose tooth, but I'm guessing it will be out within the week. I am treasuring the last of the pictures with her full set of baby teeth intact. Another milestone in the very near future. Sigh. Josiah passed his Kindergarten screening with flying colors. He received his acceptance letter this week in the mail. When I asked him what his "self portrait" looked like, he was quick to explain to me that he drew our whole family, all four of us, including the puppy, Tanner! My two "babies" are certainly growing up. I am proud of them, indeed. I pray that they serve the Lord each day of their lives. Here's Mackenzie, dreaming up what color to make this egg!

Josiah, with a white egg in hand, ready to place it in a color of his choice.

One of their two kits had glitter in it. Mackenzie enjoyed the glitter.

I love the expression on Josiah's face in the above picture! He's "too cool" as he checks on his yellow egg.

Another angle on the sweet expression on Josiah.

Two funny kids!

So sweet.

David enjoying the eggs, too!

Checking patiently on that yellow egg.

Ta-Da!

I LOVE the way Mackenzie designed an egg, by herself, that matched her colorful shirt! Very cool idea. Very talented girl.

Pretty Easter Eggs.

Above is Josiah's completed set.

Above is Mackenzie's completed set.

Mackenzie's set is at picture bottom and Josiah's is at picture top. You'll notice two eggs missing from the two dozen. Yeah, Mackenzie ate those even before we dyed them! LOL. She has really enjoyed the hard boiled eggs in our fridge. I wish Josiah liked to eat them, too. We sure do have a lot to eat! I am thankful for the fun times together. I love the colorful pictures that come so readily during the Spring time with flowers in bloom and Easter eggs! I hope you are enjoying the colors around you, too. We have an amazing Creator, that's for sure.

School Craft, Egg Dying... & Destroying!

To back track to a couple of weeks ago...Mackenzie had a craft day at school. I put another Mom in charge of this one and she did an amazing job of creating an idea and gathering all the supplies for the kids! The kids made flower pots with tissue paper flowers in them. They even got to paint the pots! Obviously, this was a fun day at school for all of us involved! Mackenzie's finished flower pot.
Mackenzie and Alison painting their pots.

One day last week, I surprised Mackenzie after school. She had been begging to dye Easter eggs, but we didn't have a kit yet. So, Josiah and I went to the store and bought a kit while Mackenzie was at school. Josiah didn't remember (from last year) what Easter egg dying was all about, so he was excited to try it out, too.

Up close of Mackenzie.

Both kids dying their eggs. I had boiled one dozen for each child. They had so much fun! (I did, too!) :)

Hard at work with their eggs.

Josiah checking out his blue egg.

A happy boy with blue hands and lots of blue eggs!

Mackenzie (artsy little girl!) busy dying an egg half one color and half the other color!

Josiah proudly displaying as many blue eggs as his hands could possibly hold at one time!

Mackenzie with her finished product.

Josiah with his finished product.

Up close of Josiah's sweet little face peering down at his eggs.

Josiah, shortly after displaying his finished carton of eggs, discovered you can crack them! (Mackenzie was cracking hers and eating them. Josiah was cracking them for the fun of it!) He took this yellow egg and cracked it on the side of the garden box, then he threw it on the paving stones until the round yolk came out of the middle of the egg! (Yolk in his left hand; Egg white and shell in his right hand.) He was so proud of his cracked egg. Then, he proceeded to crack (ahem, destroy) eggs until I had to remove his carton lest they all get cracked (mutilated) in the yard!

We all had a fun time together, that's for sure. :) I hope to dye eggs with them one more time before Easter...we'll see. :)

Easter Snow

As mentioned in a previous post, we decided to dye eggs twice this year. Talk about a fun activity...! This time Josiah got in on the action, too. Here we are, stirring the tablets into the vinegar and water. Ready to begin!
Josiah's checking out a blue egg.

Mackenzie's checking out a green egg.

Josiah's finished product!

Mackenzie's finished product!

(The pink tablet did not dissolve for some reason, so we're missing a color! They turned out pretty, anyways.) Fun times. Why only enjoy it once? :)

I never thought I'd dye Easter Eggs on a Snow Day! Ha.

Hope everyone enjoys the week and has a very Happy Easter!!!

Easter Eggs & Computer Games

Here's what Mackenzie and I did yesterday... We had so much fun! I do believe we'll be dying Easter eggs at least one more time between now and Easter! Here's Mackenzie, stirring the tablet into the water and vinegar, ready to begin.
Here she is with the first set of six eggs in the solution.

Now she is clapping about how the first six turned out and excited about the others still in the solution.

Here's our finished product of eleven eggs! Yep, eleven...the twelfth one was a casualty. ;) (It landed on the floor before entering the solution!)

Here's Mackenzie peeling an orange egg, ready to try them out! I was shocked that she liked them so much she ate 3 1/2 hard boiled eggs right after finishing them! Ha. We really did have fun.

And, just in case you're wondering why Josiah's not in any of the pictures with Mackenzie, I'll explain: We could not pry him away from his computer games long enough for him to dye any eggs! The kid loves computer games. Yes, he's only 2 3/4 years old. Pretty funny. No worries, though. We will definitely dye another set before Easter...and I'll make sure he gets in on the fun, too! :)

Dying Easter Eggs!

To complete our day, Mackenzie dyed Easter Eggs. Josiah mostly just watched. He skipped his nap today and does not feel well, so he was not too interested in participating. He was happy just to observe from David's lap. Mackenzie, on the other hand, loved the activity! She helped with the whole project, from putting the eggs in the pan to boil, to putting them back in the egg carton as our finished product! She is quite the little helper these days, and she loves art projects. Notice the color of the egg she is holding up...Yes, pink is her favorite color!