Dying Eggs

I think we all know what it means when it's the day before Easter... time to dye eggs!!

Last year I dyed eggs with Brianna and we did these super cool tie-dye eggs! They were very easy for her to do at her age then (23 months old) and I loved the way they turned out:

But of course I wanted to try something new this year. Turns out there are only about a million ways you can dye Easter eggs. Finally I decided to go with something simple since I knew she was going to want to "help" a lot more this year. I just did a simple kit that my grandmother gave me a few months ago. We went with the ol' Magic Crayon and Brianna drew on the eggs, then we dyed them and put stickers on them.

 We made an egg for Hunter and one for Brianna!

 We did put glitter on one egg. I only had black glitter so we made a bumblebee egg. Very simple process - put double-sided tape on your egg (you can make it a lot prettier by punching it out into circles, but who has time for that?) and then roll the egg in glitter.

Our final eggs - all stickered up and ready to be made into deviled eggs for Easter lunch tomorrow!!

Show me how you dye your eggs - I'll try something new next year too!

Love This Quote

Read this quote and it definitely hit me. It's from the book "The Shaping of a Christian Family" which I haven't read but I'd like to!

"A Christian who is saturated with the Word... is likely to have a calm, wholesome outlook on life; to be kept steady in the path of God's will in either joy or sorrow, wealth or poverty; he is likely to be a pleasant companion, not voluble in aimless talk; and he will not be overly disturbed by world conditions."

Picture Update

 One of Brianna's new favorite pastimes is card games. You can thank me for that, because Stephen isn't a big fan of card games! So far we play Uno, Go Fish, and Super Circles pretty frequently. I'm so glad someone will finally do game night with me. :)

 A couple of months ago, Brianna moved into her big girl bed finally! She was super excited and has done so well sleeping in it! Transition was so smooth! The best part is that for almost two weeks she's also been out of Pull-Ups at night. I love the fact that she can get up in the night and go to the bathroom and go back to bed. Now when Hunter learns how to do that maybe we can finally sleep all night again...

 She is trying to learn how to draw stick figures. This picture is from a couple of months ago - now she knows how to differentiate between the arms and the legs. Haha!

 The funny story about this picture: She had colored the blue portion on the scarf that is a bit messy. After I started coloring the scarf different colors at the other end, she looked at the part she had colored and said, "Mom... please move that one!"  Poor girl wanted me to move the colored section so I could keep on with my pattern. Sorry, babe, doesn't work that way!

 This is the outfit I call her "Little Nenah" outfit. Her Nenah (Stephen's grandmother) always looks so nice and she loves bling, so I know she would approve of this outfit!!

 Brianna was playing with blocks one day and got the great idea to flip the chair over and build a tower on top of it. I think she might be a future architect.

 Normal at our house.

 Wasn't someone supposed to be watching the baby who was within reach of the lotion???

 Bri frequently builds towers for Daddy to see when he gets home from work. And heaven forbid if they don't stay up the four hours until he gets home!!!

Did not know Brianna knew how to take pictures on my phone.

Easter Egg Hunt

This year was Brianna's first Easter egg hunt at school. Fortunately, her Oma was in town from Georgia, so we went with Hunter to help out the teachers and a couple of other moms at school.

Her class was pretty chaotic. Even at just 2 and 3 years old they knew nothing serious was going to happen today, which was the last day of school before Spring Break!!

This is Hunter's favorite part of Bri's classroom. I always have to drag him out of the kitchen. Similar situations happen at home as well...

 Hunter found one egg and promptly threw it away. He spent the rest of the time playing on the playground. None of that sissy egg hunting for him. Of course, had he realized most of them contained candy he probably would have taken it more seriously!

 This is Martha Anne - Bri's BFF from school. She's very good with Hunter because her brother Henry is just a couple of months younger than Hunter!!

Obviously we broke into the eggs as soon as we got into the car! We got tons of Starburst, M&Ms and chocolate!

Instead of regular snack time, they had their Easter party.

Then, after school we had a Sonic mystery shop.

So basically my kids have been junk food junkies all day. Just waiting for the crash!!

From the Attic

It's been a while since I posted something "from the attic", which means somehow I have found more of my personal belongings at my parents' house!

I found a sheet of paper that obviously was supposed to be filled with compliments from other people in the classroom (anonymously of course). It said things like "You're a good friend", "nice", etc. and then in extremely big writing - "You're a dictionary."  I'll take that as a compliment!

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Not sure what assignment this was for, but here are eight "facts" I wrote down. This was in 1993, I believe. And some are still true to this day!

1. Some people always want to get things for free.

2. I am afraid to climb to the top of any tree.

3. When I was little before I was even in kindergarten, I learned to read.

4. My teacher thinks that I am good in all the subjects.

5. I am happy when I get to stay with my aunt, uncle, cousin and dog in La Grange, Atlanta.

6. 20 years from now I'll have a job as a teacher.

7. If I had $5, I would give half to poor people and half to the church.

8. I'm glad it's almost suppertime because we're having pizza tonight.

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Christmas List:

1. Bengals Hup one, Hup two, Huddles!
2. Barbie workout set
3. Great Shape Barbie
4. Baby Kicky
5. Black My Buddy and Kid Sister
6. Red Beauty Case Set
7. Get in Shape, Girl!
8. 6 transistor set
9. Touch & Tell
10. The Spelling Master
11. Whiz Kid video
12. Quizatron
13. The Cookie Countery
14. "Smart"
15. Alphie
16. The Talking Computer
17. Magna Doodle
18. Disney Match 'N Glow
19. Kitchen Cuties
20. 27-piece medical kit
21. Play typewriter
22. Tommy Tutor
23. Super Vision
24. Bankers Hours
25. Magic Match
26. Vroom, Vroom
27. Mr. Mouth
28. Tapsie
29. My Best Friend
30. Stacy Two-Wheeler
31. Teddy Ruxpin
32. Patty Cake Doll
33. Sue and Her Beauty Salon
34. Charlie McCarthy
35. Parisian Barbie
36. Swan Lake Barbie
37. Bob Mackie Barbie
38. Happy Holidays Barbie