Zaffts in Action

Zaffts in Action
Livin' life day-by-day and posting when there's a little extra time.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

FHE and Easter Eggs!

It's been 15 days since I last managed to post and I've got to say the time has just flitted by! We've been super busy with house projects and family visiting as well as our normal activities. So lots of good things but not quite enough sleep!

Tonight we had Family Home Evening (or just "Family Night") and decided since Easter is this Sunday that we could get a jump on coloring Easter eggs! In previous years we have felt Aiden was a bit young to understand the whole Easter bunny/Easter egg stuff so we didn't do much. But at almost 4-years-old, Aiden has a better understanding of upcoming holidays and is a little more willing to go along with strange activities even if he doesn't quite understand why we're doing them.

We started with preparing the dye baths for the eggs...


Waiting is not easy!


We then experimented with the little "shrink wraps" that go around eggs...


Devin was tasked with the job of Easter Egg Dying Foreman. He did a great job!


But then the fun really began with the dye baths!

Carrying eggs on a wire holder takes a lot of concentration.


Getting them out of the baths is a challenge...


But Aiden was pretty good at it!


Hooray! [No, he's not trying to squish the egg]


We then decorated with stickers!


Our finished product!


After a few games of Easter Memory, we called our FHE a raging success!

2 amazing comments:

Gretchen said...

Life question answered: you can dye brown eggs. They look great!

Lindh Family said...

Brave woman. We stopped dying eggs a LONG time ago. That's what plastic is for. Good pictures. Maybe next week we can talk a little more.