Wow... it's been so long I don't even know where to begin. Let's hope I can remember what has happened in the last month. Holy cow -- I can't type, either.
The kids were so excited about dying Easter Eggs. I'm not sure why, because it only takes us about 10 minutes to dye all of them (when each kid does 2 or 3 at a time, that's 10-15 eggs being dyed at once, and that's a whole lot of eggs to cook!).
But it's fun while it lasts!
Joey, Grace, and Andrew are all very careful with their eggs. They wait until they are just the perfect color, checking on them frequently in the process. They don't settle for anything other than the exact color they were looking for.
But then, there's Matt. He just really likes the process of dunking an egg, and then taking it out again. So we stuck Haley on him, and she fixed most of his after he had gone on to other things...
Grace and Joey, checking the progress:
Matthew checking on Joey's egg, which Joey was pretty happy with:
I'm not sure what's going on here:
Andrew's eggs dyed remarkably fast -- he didn't add very much water, and had super concentrated dye. I think that's cheating.
Joey was telling Grace that her egg was "so cool!!!" Matthew was bored, and Haley was fixing:
A close inspection:
Some of the finished products. There were many, many more:
Grace was pointing out that there was still a spot left (she likes to keep things organized):
I'm sure Matt was saying something profound:
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Just like every Easter Morning, Andrew was the first one to the table. Haley got slippers, Andrew got a paper airplane book, Joey got that yo-yo he's been asking for, Grace got a whole pile of Hello Kitty contraband, and Matthew got a Mario Bros matching game (he just wanted the Yoshi cards).
And let the hunt begin!!
Matthew was VERY excited EVERY time he found an egg. He would exclaim, "got one!"
And then he would count them... every time -- he was on number "2" during this shot:
The Easter Bunny is really funny, and has a good sense of humor. He hid Haley's eggs REALLY high:
But she found a way to collect them all:
At the end, the going was tough, but Joey finally found that last one:
And then he stood in victory, while the peasants continued their search.
And immediately after the hunt, the games began:
We've been playing matching game ever since:
