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Extended Easter

Maddy in her Easter dress from Grams on Palm Sunday.
 We had a long Easter season this year. We put Maddy in her Easter dress the Sunday before Easter since we weren't sure that she'd be able to go to church on Easter Sunday. Turns out she did so she got to do the egg hunt they had for the kids, but we did not put her in her Easter dress again as it was hot, she had her casts, and we hadn't gotten any sleep the night before. Maddy also got several Easter packages from various relatives and enjoyed opening all those. This Sunday we finally got around to dying eggs. I was glad we did it. I thought Maddy might be too young still but she was actually really interested and participated in the event and enjoyed it a lot. Now we've got a bunch of hard boiled eggs. What to do with them. Hmmmm......
Pretty girl.

Opening her Easter package from Mema. She also got a card with some goodies from Granna and Grandad.

Had to put the dress on right away.

Looking at Easter basket goodies. Eggs are from an Easter egg hunt at church.

Dying eggs the Sunday after Easter. Maddy decided to eat one of them. Shocker!

Starting the process.

Stirring her egg in the dye.

Look at these beauties.

Tam making designs with wax

Maddy did this egg almost entirely on her own. I put it in the dye for her but she stirred it around, decided when to take it out, and removed it from the cup with minimal assistance from Mom. It was quite impressive!

Decorating the eggs with stickers.

"I love you egg!"

4 out of 9 broken eggs ain't bad with a 2 year old

The finished products

Comments

Drs Meyer said…
LOVE love LOVE it!!! We dyed eggs too and it was a riot!!! So glad ya'll did and wish I was there to join in the fun. She's so funny with her "i love you egg" picture :) Lookin good, Dallas family, lookin good!
May 2, 2011 at 9:11 PM
bee said…
I wondered if Maddy ate any of them. Funny Maddy. Only she would say, "I love you egg." haha
May 2, 2011 at 9:13 PM
s&sjohnson08 said…
LOVE the egg hug picture! And I LOVE LOVE the purple casts! She is so stinking cute!!
May 2, 2011 at 9:28 PM
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