Easter Eggs

I love dying Easter eggs. I was probably more excited than the girls when we decided to do this last week. I have such fond memories of doing this with Meme each year, and I hope my girls will have those same great memories from this. Since Easter fell after the tax deadline this year (woo-who!), I was actually able to enjoy these type of activities even more! Our office was closed on Thursday and Friday to allow all of us a time to rest and recharge after a hectic tax season. On Thursday morning, we decided to color eggs. I made 18 hard boiled eggs for each girl. Liz was smart to think to put down a tarp on the deck, and the girls sat at their picnic table for the fun part.

Each girl wanted to help with the set up. They put their little dyes in each of the cups and then helped me measure out the vinegar and the water. They thought it was pretty cool how the water bubbled up as the dye melted into the water.

Lily knew to gently put the eggs into the colors so they wouldn't splash everywhere.

We had to remind Mia multiple times to be gentle with dropping the eggs in! She got the hang of it though and did pretty well. Actually, we thought she wouldn't sit there for more than an egg or two, but she loved it. She liked dropping the eggs in and then watching over them. She tried hard to pull the eggs out, but it's a little tricky so I helped her with that part; Lily was able to get hers out by herself. Each time I pulled one out for Mia she would go "Ohhhhhh."
She liked the blue ones a lot. After preparing all 18 eggs, Mia decided she wasn't ready to quit yet, so she started double-dipping the eggs. Why not?

Having a great time!

So much fun!

After all the eggs were colored (and re-colored in many cases), it was time to dry them off and decorate them. The kit we bought came with lots of stickers which Mia really enjoyed. Lily though loved the kit my mom gave them. It had lots of jewel-looking stickers in there that made some really pretty designs. Lily really loved them. Here she is showing off one of her Bedazzled Eggs.

Helping Mia out with the stickers.

Lily was concentrating really hard on her eggs. She was very content to sit there at the table for about an hour decorating. She wanted each egg to be done "just so." I wonder where she gets that from...

After coloring her eggs, Mia did a few stickers, but then she was ready to get up and have some other kind of fun.

She showed off her eggs to Bama. Isn't this a sweet picture?

This picture captures our girls' personalities pretty well. Lily is in the foreground being very meticulous to get her stickers on the eggs in just the right way while behind her Mia spins in circles to make bubbles. They are as different as can be from each other, but we can't imagine them being any other way. These are the two most amazing girls, and we are so proud to be their mommy and daddy!

Mia had a good time with the Mickey Mouse shaped bubble makers.

Seriously, Lily was having a great time decorating these eggs. I am going to have look for these type of kits again in the future. She is such a artsy-crafty little girl!

Once all the girls were decorated properly, we attempted to get a picture of them both with their basket full of eggs. Trying to get a picture of both of them looking at and smiling towards the camera is like trying to herd wild cats!