Our Little Corner: Easter Eggs

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Easter Eggs

Saturday evening we finally had some time to dye our Easter eggs. We look forward to this every year. Both Dave & I grew up with this being a tradition in our homes. We love having it be a tradition in our home too. We keep things pretty basic as we like it that way. We have dye and crayons. We do often buy the PAAS for convenience but the kids don't really like using the stickers, wraps, etc. that come with it. They like to stick to experimenting with the dyes & crayons.

Set Up & Ready to Start

Bugs didn't like his big shirt at first and fought to get it off. We didn't give in & he soon decided to have fun and forgot about the shirt. =)

Bugs was totally into it this year! He made me smile with his enthusiasm. He wanted to do it all!

Experimenting With Colors

Elvis chose not to color at all & instead chose to see what the results would be after dipping eggs in several colors.

Boo Chooses Green ~ Anyone surprised? Lol.

Bugs Colors An Egg

This is the first year he's ever done this.

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MORE PICTURES

Mommy's Experiment

After talking to Wendy at swimming I came up with the idea of using masking tape on my egg. These are the white stripes that I made with it.

Then I dipped it in yellow to get this effect. Cool, eh?

Experiment #2

Sweet Pea let me use her last egg to do another experiment. I cut out the strips of masking tape, placed them as I wanted on the egg and then let the egg sit in the blue dye. This is a pic of the tape being pulled off revealing the white stripe underneath.

THE RESULTS!

The kids thought this was really cool.

Next, Please!

It didn't take long before the eggs were all complete. I decided to take an idea from our friend Melissa and brought out some uncooked pasta. I didn't have any fancy shapes but that was okay. As soon as Bugs saw we were starting a new project he yelled, "Hooray!" from his place on the couch and came racing over to join in.

Goof ball!

No, she didn't really eat this.

Draining Out the Pasta

Elvis' favorite was the spaghetti.

Kitty Kisses
Tucker & Tinkerbelle

Tinkerbelle Apparently Loves Pasta

Or as I would say, "She's getting jiggy with it." Lol.

Hard At Work

Bugs commented that the orange pasta looked like cheese. He was right!

Lots of Colors

Arts & Crafts

I plan on using these for some fun mosaic art projects.

1 comment:

MOMMY said...: Wow does it look like you had so much fun! We have been so bad about the camera recently-I thought of taking pictures of our egg decorating AFTER the fact!!!

I love how adorable the kids looked for Easter-such a nice family that you have!!!; Tuesday, March 25, 2008

SUMMERTIME 2012

2012

It was a year full of learning not only educational-wise but life lessons too. We have come to treasure those we love more than ever. Family time is to be savored and memories to be created and viewed as priceless. And our Lord is to be praised, trusted & loved.

We are enjoying our summer. It is full to overflowing with VBS volunteering & attending, Taekwondo, park playdates, gardening, Staycation, camp, birthday parties, visits from loved ones, adventures & day trips, friends, outdoor fun, swimming, summer treats, church & lots of trips to the library. It is wonderful to have some time to renew & relax.

OUR 12th YEAR

It is hard to believe we are in our 12th year of homeschooling. Where does the time go? It seems as if I should feel like an expert by now. But that's not the case. I learn more every year & always look forward to the opportunity to grow.

This year we have made some big changes. At first I was a little cautious wondering how we would handle this. But God has been amazingly gracious. We have made many new & wonderful friends. Even with cutting back our schedule is full to overflowing with fantastic & fun opportunities & experiences.

I look forward to seeing what more God has in store for us this year and sharing it with you, our friends & family.

Summer, Here We Come!

We are winding down our school year. We've finished our co-op studies & had our last classes of the year. AWANA is almost over as well as TKD. The spring soccer season is in full swing. Soon summer will be here. Swimming, park days, field trips, VBS, popsicles, gardening, bike rides & fun with friends are things we are all looking forward to. We will be doing some fun studies over the summer as well. Some we have already begun!
As always our days are full to the brim. Many like to comment that Dave & I have our hands full. I agree. Our hands & lives are full of fun, laughter, learning & growing. I wouldn't trade it for the world.

A New School Year

School has begun! It isn't officially fall here yet but our fall activities have started. We are now back in AWANA, Wednesday night groups, Sunday school, soccer, homeschool & 2 family learning co-ops. This week we have added Taekwando to our schedule. Yes, we are busy! On top it all off I am co-leading our large, church homeschool support group. We kicked off the new school year with a picnic. It was an amazing time & lots of fun was had though the weather tried it's best to ruin it. God prevailed!

This year we have a 9th grader (How did we get to high school already?), a 6th grader, a 3rd grader and one in Kindergarten. And don't forget our little toddler!!!! As many like to comment yes, we have our hands full. Our hands are full of blessings, of life and of love. Some days bring more challenges & tough times but through it all we grow stronger & closer.

Announcement *

She is here! Safe & sound & BEAUTIFUL! We are all wrapped around her little fingers. Our little princess arrived on
April 6 at 8:06a.m. by C-section. She surprised us all by weighing only 7lbs. 9oz. We had expected her to be at least 9lbs. based on the ultrasounds. She is also 19.5 inches long. A little peanut!
As you can see from some of her hospital photos she is already learning to accessorize. Lol. The nursery nurses at the hospital stuck a pink bow in her hair. I love it!
I will not be publishing her real name on my blog due to safety reasons, (just like I have done for my older children), but if you'd like to know feel free to email me privately and I'd be happy to share.