Easter Sunday

In my mind the three pictures of the girls are arranged nicely across the top of this blog - but we'll see how it turns out.

The baskets were arranged on the table - DH's family tradition, at least long enough for me to take a photo. Then I decided to follow my family tradition, and I hid all the baskets so the girls had to hunt for them in the morning. It didn't take very long to find them, I wasn't too imaginative this year.

Here are the eggs I dyed this year. From left to right: Red - made with yellow onion skins, Orange - red eggs soaked in turmeric, Yellow - made with turmeric, Green - yellow eggs soaked in red cabbage, Blue - made with red cabbage, Purple - blue eggs soaked in yellow onion skins. The purple didn't turn out so well. And I think the orange works better if you start with yellow eggs. Next year I think I'll stick with the yellow and blue and try some beets for pink.

And why do I go to all the trouble of dying my eggs with natural ingredients? Am I a tree-hugging hippie? Umm, no. I just know that artificial colors turn my kids into monsters :o)

It was a little strange going to church and then to Grandma's without DH and son. Here' the group shot of the cousins (minus DS).

We had the annual Egg Hunt. Each child is assigned a color, this keeps them from getting really nasty and upset and greedy and whatever else happens at traditional egg hunts. This year oldest DD had the privilege of hiding all the eggs. Then colors were selected by pulling an empty egg out of a bag. Youngest DD got green. All of the green were hidden among leaves and bushes. There's still one that hasn't been found.