Easter egging

While it's not really related to the actual meaning of Easter (I know people try to make connections based on spring, new life, etc...but really!) I've always LOVED coloring easter eggs.

This was our first year doing it with Lucy, and neither Matt nor I fully anticipated what an adventure egg coloring with a 2 yr old is. Thankfully our kitchen floor is still the same color, though Lucy's and my hands were quite an earthy green-brown by the end, and I had visions of her in her easter dress with ogre-colored hands. Thankfully, lemon juice + baking soda + multiple hand washings got it all off.

Here are the raw (well, hard-boiled) materials. I love doing brown eggs as well, as you get beautiful pottery barn-like colors.


Lucy and Papa getting the colors ready. The light in the kitchen was beautiful.

The fizzing tablets were very interesting.


A cool by-product of our egg coloring.

And the eggs!