Easter Fun

For a variety of reasons, we decided to celebrate Easter today instead of tomorrow. Tomorrow we're going to focus on the spiritual side of Easter.

We decided to decorate eggs out on the deck. It was a good thing, because there was egg dye everywhere. Both the kids had it on their faces, especially around their mouths.

Jalen managed to not just crack most of the eggs he dyed, but to completely destroy them.

Baylie didn't soak her eggs, she dunked them over and over, usuallly with her hand.

We didn't end up with very many vibrant eggs since most of the eggs spent very little time in the dye. Or rather, most of the eggs didn't spend much time in any one color.

 

The three I managed to decorate.

Stealing an idea from my friend Kellie's blog, we adopted a new tradition to put baking soda in a pie tin and use droppers to put the vinegar and dye in the soda. It would fizz up in the bright colors and make cool designs. The kids loved it. We'll definitely keep doing this. 

Then we had our feast. I can't remember the last time we had a holiday dinner with just our little family. Baylie was really excited because she got to use a fancy glass and a glass plate.

I forgot to include the centerpiece we made from the Friend magazine - Easter Lilys made from the kid's hand prints. (I didn't have white construction paper, so ours were orange.)

Later we went to a baptism, and when we came home, the Easter bunny had come!

We had an indoor egg hunt.

Jalen LOVED the chocolate!

I made these little cake pops for the Young Women in our ward. They won't win a prize in the country fair, but for my first time, I was pretty proud of my lopsided chicks. I just won't compare them to the originals.

I wasn't quote as proud of these ones that looked like a cross between Spud on Bob the Builder and the bad guy from Batman Begins.

As my dad says, "They'll do to eat once."