Egg dying - quick pics

Just some quick egg dying pictures. I'm way behind on blogging, we had a very busy week....the dreaded kitchen remodel is set to begin soon, so we're doing lot of shopping and picking out and measuring and researching and calculating and comparing and making spreadsheets and mock ups.
In addition to that, Parker had a grumpy week, followed by a sleepy weekend. I checked today and she's grown 1/8th of an inch. Tall, not around of course.

Good Friday totally snuck up on me. No school that day...Parker had a friend over for egg dying. It's such a big build-up and lengthy setup, but the actual egg dying is very short lived.



Final product.

Ceramic Egg follow-up

Here are the ceramic eggs that we made during the little Easter lunch. They turned out great! I hope we can do this every year.

No comment on the gigantic bow Parker is wearing, I have buyers remorse.

Easter happenings

It's a gray day in our half acre woods...we woke up to thunderstorms this morning. Good thing the Easter Bunny left Parker's basket of loot on the patio. He left her the standard stuff....a stuffed animal, assorted candy, etc. Her favorites so far are the Polly Pocket Princess dolls. Apparently they're pretty progressive for princesses, since she's about to take them for a soak in her Polly Pocket Hot Tub.

Since today's weather is damp and yuck, I'm glad we frontloaded our Easter activities. Kids were off school on Friday, so I had some friends over for egg dying and lunch. We glazed ceramic eggs, dyed easter eggs and had a lunch with seperate tables for moms and kids.

Outdoor egg dying

Holly in an egg glazing trance.....

Kids lunch table....

Mom's lunch table. I caught Allie with her eyes shut, sorry Allie!

We had roasted veggie and goat cheese sandwiches, cucumber/tomato salad, and a mixed greens salad, fruity iced tea, and fizzy wine.
Afterward the moms hung around and visited while the kids played. It was a great way to burn a non-school day.
I wrongly assumed that Parker would be an exhausted tv zombie the rest of the day, but she just kept going. After all the friends left, she jumped on her trampoline for an hour. I was able to get her off the trampoline by suggesting a bike ride. She can peddle UPHILL now without assistance. She's getting stronger and stronger.
I got her off her bike by suggesting an "easter bath"....a bath in the big bathtub, with bubbles and plastic easter eggs thrown in. I drug a bean bag chair in the bathroom with my laptop and surfed the web while she played. She's thrilled with the idea of a holiday bath, and has planned one for all major holidays in the future.
I got her out of the bathtub with the suggestion of making pizza and watching the Dancing With the Stars that I had taped. Bob had to work late friday night, so we were on our own for dinner.
Parker had the idea to sit on the kitchen barstools while we ate, so we did. She loves all the glitz and glamour of DWTS and asks of the girls wearing light dresses "I wonder if that's her wedding dress?". We watch the dances, and then fast forward right to the scores. She has no interest in the judges comments (thank goodness).

Parker also attended the neighborhood easter egg 'hunt'...where they scatter plastic eggs filled with treats out on a field and the kids stampede to get them. She went with her friend Ava, and I'll post pictures of that when I recieve them.

Happy Easter

Happy Easter everyone! We've had a nice family weekend. Bob took Friday off, so we've all done lots of family stuff and home projects.
Yesterday, Parker dyed her eggs. She's so confused by the term "dying" when talking about coloring eggs though. She'll say "die the eggs?!". Instead of dip dying them like usual, we dripped food coloring onto them and then rinsed it off for a tie-dye effect. I think they look great.

The Easter bunny was pretty generous when filling up her basket this year. Here she is unpacking her loot. She got a stuffed kitty cat, just what she's been wishing for aloud for weeks, and various other stuff and lots of candy of course. She has a candy bag in the cabinet, and knows she can have one piece a day, and she's pretty compliant.

When it warmed up a little bit, we went outside and hunted our eggs. Parker is really good at hiding them!

Tomorrow, school starts again after being off for a week for Spring Break. She's going to be so excited to see all her friends!