Egg Dying

On Holy Saturday, we attempted to do one of my favorite Easter traditions - dye Easter eggs.  The kids were really excited about this adventure.  Eliana was especially fascinated by the egg dipper.  I tried to show her how she could use it to dye an egg half one color and half another.  She liked the full egg dunk better however.  William just liked the color green.  All of his eggs were green.  I tried to get him to use yellow, but after we dyed his egg yellow, he insisted on putting it in the green dye as well.  This was a short lived activity for William because he really wanted to do everything himself, which resulted in several broken eggs.  I insisted on helping him, which made him cry.  Oh well, maybe it will go better next year.  Both kids loved eating the hard boiled Easter eggs after Easter, which surprised me a little bit.  William and Eliana are the perfect combination.  Eliana liked the whites of the eggs and William liked the yokes.  It's like a nursery rhyme - between the two they licked the platter clean.

So many colors to choose from!

I choose green!

Tears because he wants to hold all the eggs.

Mom won't let me have any fun.

Our kit came with stickers, which Eliana really enjoyed.  Her favorite color dye was purple.

Our finished eggs.  Note the cracked one that we didn't dye.  That was courtesy William.