Easter Time

Sawyer asked us if we could color eggs on the Monday before Easter, so Kent went to the store and grabbed the egg dyeing kit while I boiled 9 eggs for the kids to color.

Hayden was all about putting everything he possibly could on his eggs. The kit came with glitter, glue, beads, stickers, and colored sand, and plastic shrink wrap. He did it all. In fact he became so exuberant in his decorating that he accidentally grabbed Sawyer's egg and had it shrink-wrapped before we caught on. So I had to grab a raw egg out of the fridge for Sawyer to start over on. McKinley is all about the design. She carefully thought out what she wanted each of her eggs to look like. Here's one of her favorites. I don't know where she saw them, but lately she is all about the "peace" signs. I find them all over her school work, and now on her Easter eggs (it's hard to see in the picture, but it's there).

Sawyer had no rhyme or reason to his madness. He just knows he wanted to do it himself. Eventually the little wire egg holder was abandoned and he was just dropping his eggs in the cups with his fingers. His method was to put each egg in each color for a few minutes. As you can imagine they turned out very....brown.

In order to use all the boiled eggs and not just throw them away, the following night we had to have one of Kent's family dishes called "egg-la-golden-rod". Don't ask for the recipe, I think it's an acquired taste. It consists of a white roux/gravy with boiled eggs poured on top of toast and a sprinkle of cheese on top. Like I said, it's a family thing.

Hayden was little mortified that I broke his egg for it. Sawyer wanted to keep his under his pillow.

For Easter Sunday we hid candy-filled eggs around the house for the kids to search for. In the baskets the kids got a book (tradition), the boys got 2 hot wheels, and McKinley got a stuffed animal. McKinley got her Easter dress, but the boys are still waiting because I couldn't find anything I loved. Since it was conference my mom and dad came over to watch the festivities and then eat crepes before conference started. Then we watched conference. My kids were actually very well behaved. When the boys started getting restless Sawyer suggested to Hayden that they go downstairs to play. It was a conference miracle! McKinley colored the whole time.

Later that evening we took Kent to the airport to go to Seattle for work, and I took the kids to Kent's parents house for dinner and more egg festivities.

Then we went home and went to bed. Happy Easter!