Last week was a crazy week. We drove a total of 18 hours and almost 1500 miles in just 4 days (with a 2-day break in the middle). None of which was planned in advance!
An effect of our out-of-whack week was that I was completely unprepared for Easter! (Thank goodness I wasn't planning to sew Easter clothes this year! Or do Easter baskets either.) So even though I had planned to color eggs with the kids, we didn't actually get around to it until the Monday after Easter.
I didn't expect it to be so much fun! The last few times I colored eggs, my stepmom hosted and I think she used the egg dyeing kits. I didn't remember the colors being so vibrant. I didn't pick up anything special, so I figured I'd just use regular old food coloring. I simply followed the instructions on the back of the food coloring package: Mix together 1/2 cup HOT water (it said boiling, but I just used very hot tap water), 1 tsp. vinegar, and half a bottle of food coloring. I had two open packages of food coloring...both so old that I can't remember when/where they came from! I figured it was about time to use them up!
The dye was very strong! It didn't take long at all to get a rich, vivid color. I put Little Guy's eggs in a wire whisk and let Miss M use a spoon -- and some careful supervision! Don't you love Little Guy's funny expression? That's the face he made when he took his first bite of hard boiled egg! (Needless to say, I finished his egg for him).
I hope you had a wonderful time celebrating the Resurrection of our Lord!
"[A]nd if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied.
But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep. For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive" (1 Corinthians 15:17-22).
An effect of our out-of-whack week was that I was completely unprepared for Easter! (Thank goodness I wasn't planning to sew Easter clothes this year! Or do Easter baskets either.) So even though I had planned to color eggs with the kids, we didn't actually get around to it until the Monday after Easter.
I hope you had a wonderful time celebrating the Resurrection of our Lord!
"[A]nd if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied.
But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep. For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive" (1 Corinthians 15:17-22).
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