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We enjoyed exceptionally spectacular weather for Easter yesterday, and the kids were thrilled to find their Easter eggs outside for a change. I had plans to take a cute photo of all three kids dressed up, but Johnny was set on wearing his “I’m a Big Brother” shirt and pride in big brotherhood is not something I’m about to criticize.
I’m absurdly pleased with how our Easter eggs turned out. First we melted crayon shavings on them like last year, and then we stuck them in some dye. Don’t they look spectacular?
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yes they do! we had wonderful weather this weekend too :) It was so nice
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Those eggs are gorgeous! Our Children’s Museum blog suggested wrapping tape around eggs pre-dip to get spiral stripes. We’ll try that next year. It’s lovely that Johnny wanted to proclaim big brotherhood! Too cute!
I always thought all the gimmicky twin Tshirt pairs were too much, but Jess and Mel enjoy proclaiming their twinship so much I may have to get them some.
Happy Easter!
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I love them. We had only a little success with egg dying this year. I love your idea.
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It’s great that you had a wonderful weather for Easter. I wish we could say the same here, but it was a perfect winter day in Silicon Valley – cold and rainy. The pictures are beautiful, and the eggs turned out very colorful.
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The eggs look amazing!! How nice to see the kids outside enjoying a fun Easter!
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Our weather was gorgeous too! Those are really cool Easter eggs!
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LOVE Emma’s dress – and way to go big brother :)
Fun eggs too!
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The eggs turned out great. I definitely want to be more daring with our decorating next year.
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So happy Easter was sunny and happy! The eggs came out BEAUTIFUL! I love them and will have to try making them next year.
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I absolutely LOVE them – all that wonderful color!
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those eggs are too cute. glad you all had a good day.
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MaryAnne, you are the egg trendsetter! These are gorgeous!! :)
I was so ready to use the crayon shavings this year but was in autopilot getting the eggs cooled down after boiling them then OH NO! Ah well, there’s always next year. At least we found that brown eggs do hold food colour dyes well.
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Yes, your eggs look fabulous! Out of all the eggs I’ve seen this year around, yours are my fave by far–LOVE them!!
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They do look spectacular! Our Easter weekend was pretty hot, but we were happy it didn’t rain!
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Those eggs are amazing!! And your kids are beautiful as always (I agree about the big brother shirt – how sweet!). :)
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Aaaah and love your “stage two” of the egg colouring process! Perfect!
come and link them up both tomorrow???
M x
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maryanne Reply:
April 19th, 2011 at 1:10 pm
Definitely!
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The eggs are absolutely lovely. You are creating some amazing family memories that are equally vibrant. Enjoy a special Easter weekend.
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maryanne Reply:
April 20th, 2011 at 9:51 am
Thank you! I hope you also have a wonderful Easter weekend!
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(thank you :-)
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They looks absolutely amazing! Come and join us at High paw! Would love to see you participate! :)
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We just dyed eggs today – didn’t try crayon shavings, but tries drawing on the hot eggs – it was fantastic! I love how those turned out so nice and marbly!
Jamie
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Love how they turned out! We’ll be doing this tomorrow! :)
Thanks for adding this post in last week’s High paw! Hope to see you participate this week too!
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