Friday, April 13, 2012

Easter Weekend

I'm a little behind in posting this, because I couldn't find my camera for about a week!  I finally found it in one of the little compartments in the car.  How it got there, I don't know.

Anyway...Easter weekend was fun.  Saturday was for most of the Easter Bunny stuff.  Anna came downstairs and got her Easter basket.  We got her some bubbles, egg-shaped chalk, an Easter bonnet, a 'My First Easter Story' book, and a chocolate bunny.  She was very excited about the bubbles and chalk.  We cleared the stuff from the basket and she looked around the downstairs for the eggs we had colored the day before.   So fun!  She kept running around saying, "Eggy!  Eggy!  Eggy!".

That morning was the ward Easter egg hunt.  We got to the church at 9am for breakfast.  Everyone was supposed to bring 10 filled plastic eggs for each child participating in the hunt.  The eggs were hidden while we ate.  Luckily, they made an area for the nursery kids to run around in without being bowled over by the big kids.  I must admit it was over in just a couple of minutes.  Anna had to sit down right then and start opening her eggs and eating the candy.  Silly girl.

Sunday was a lot quieter.  We read her Easter book in the morning, then went to church.  Anna loves nursery!  We had a nice Easter dinner later.  Ham, deviled eggs, corn, strawberry-spinach salad, rolls, and homemade carrot cake!  Yum!

Friday, April 06, 2012

Dying Easter Eggs


Today, Anna and I decided to get ready for Easter by dying Easter eggs.  I boiled some eggs, 4 white and 4 brown, and got 4 colors ready: green, yellow, orange, and rose.  Anna was so excited to get started.

I decided to do something I saw on Pinterest and put the eggs inside a whisk.  That made it a lot easier for Anna to dip the eggs in the dye.  She actually did all the dying herself.  We put the brown eggs in the dye to sit for a while because they are so dark.  It's amazing the difference in the colors between the different eggs.

The best part was decorating the eggs afterwards.  We used the beeswax crayons I had bought and drew on them.  Anna thought it was great and tried lots of different colors.  She is so excited to look for the eggs tomorrow when the Easter Bunny comes.

At our house, the Easter Bunny comes on Saturday so we can focus on Christ on Sunday.