Easter: Coloring Eggs

We were so excited that Shelby had Friday off, and Tom had Friday afternoon off because it meant we could leave earlier for Nana and Papa's house. The girls could not wait to get there. The added excitement was that we would be coloring Easter eggs that night because Nana and Papa ask the Easter bunny to come Friday night so that Sunday can focus on the spiritual side of their Easter celebrations.

Once we arrived at Nana and Papa's, we got our things scheduled and the beds made, ate dinner, and then it was time. Nana and Papa donated some old shirts for the girls to wear; they just loved wearing Nana and Papa's clothes. We got the cups laid out (these are the EXACT same cups we used growing up).


The girls loved watching as the vinegar was poured into each cup.


Then it was time. For each girl, their first eggs really showed a little about who they are. Taylor is very passionate about her likes and went for her favorite color . . .


Shelby loves to read and write and decided to write Happy Easter on her egg . . .



Payden loves to do what her sisters do and so quickly grabbed the nearest cup, dropped her egg in, and got started.


Now Taylor is a very hands-on girl. She tends to do everything with her hands, even when another utensil would be better (like eating . . . you get the drift). Well tonight was no exception. You can already see at this point that the finger dyeing has begun.


I love watching them through the process. It is such an intriguing thing for them, and they love every minute of it.


Of course, Tom decided he had to join in on the process. Fortunately the girls weren't keeping track of how many eggs they did, which was a bit surprising to me. Growing up, we always divided our eggs up so that everyone dyed the same amount of eggs.



Finally, after what seemed too short of a time, we had finished . . .


Here is Tom's masterpiece. He spent a lot of time working on only one egg, but with Tom's artistic side . . . it's not surprising.



Tom was not the only one with a masterpiece. Taylor, my hands-on girl, had quite the masterpiece on her hands by the time we had finished.


When it all dried, it looked like the nastiest bruise ever on her fingers. Gross!


The girls were not ready to be finished, so my mom suggested that we do what her mother did with them . . . dye pasta. That was such a wonderful idea. After hearing how amazing I thought the idea was, my mom asked, "Didn't we ever do that with y'all?" Uh . . . no!! I even asked my sister Angela the next day, and she never remembers us ever doing that. Well it was the perfect thing do. First pasta is cheap, and second there is TONS of it. The girls had a blast dyeing it. Since we were at the end of dyeing, we also mixed colors to make new colors, which just added even more to the fun. When we finished, we set them on paper towels to dry and planned to make necklaces with them the next day.


Honestly, it was the best idea. Don't they look cool?


I just love the fun traditions of each holiday. We had a lot of fun and were especially glad to be doing it with Nana and Papa.