Easter Eggs

This was the first year that we colored Easter Eggs. We did it the week before Easter. Here's the proof. Logan loved dropping the little tablets into the water and watching it change color. I've had this set for a couple years...I got it on a really great special one year after Easter, so I'm sure the colors weren't as bright as they would have been normally, but it worked. I wanted to do the eggs outside, but Zeb thought it was too cold outside. I just KNEW that we would have a spill at some point........they tried to be very careful.

And after a few minutes, it happened. And I laughed as a I took a picture and he was not happy with me for laughing.

So, he went back to his room to change himself. And I'm not joking, this is how he came out:

That's a sleeveless shirt. He had his neck through the arm hole and his right arm through the neck hole and the left arm through no hole and we laughed hysterically. Oh my. I don't laugh THAT much that often. But it was so funny. And he had no clue what we were laughing at, but he got really self-conscious and said, "Please don't laugh. Don't laugh at me!" We only let him suffer for a few minutes.

The eggs turned out beautiful. I shouldn't tell you that I was trying to perfect my hard-boiling eggs process and I ridiculously undercooked them. A few hours later when we decided to eat one, we found out that they were not "hard" at all, but rather still raw. We ended up throwing them all away. But dyeing them was fun!

Saturday

I don't think I need to remind you how much I love Saturdays...especially when we have nothing (or not much) on the agenda. Today. LOVE IT. "I wish I loved anything as much as my kids love bubbles," a quote from one of my favorite movies. The other day, I picked Logan up from school and told him that we would be blowing bubbles when we got home and the kid literally freaked out. He was SCREAMING and jumping in the school parking lot. He loves him some bubbles. These pictures are from today though. It's cloudy and dreary here today, but we don't care, 'cause it's Saturday.

We take turns with me blowing the bubbles and him chasing them and then him blowing the bubbles and me just sitting there "oohhing and ahhhing." I don't really chase bubbles. Maybe I should. Maybe chasing bubbles is the key to happiness?? He seems pretty happy doing it!

And if he's lucky enough to catch a bubble...the excitement level just gets that much higher.

It's only 11:00 a.m. here...nap time is approaching. We've had such a wonderful, full day already. I'm so looking forward to the afternoon! Maybe, if the Lord sees fit, we'll even get some sunshine today. But if not, we can always enjoy more bubbles. There's also painting on the agenda for today. That will be after nap time. Have I mentioned how much I love Saturdays?

We have just a few tulips left in our backyard. Mostly because Logan picks one every time it sprouts. But I'm not complaining because EVERY.ONE he picks, he delivers to me. And every time, I love it.

Logan has taken an interest in taking pictures. So, this next one is one he took of me this morning.