Part of what I love about the girls' names is that they were both popular 100 years ago and many people with those names are now great-grandmas. Both names evoke a vision for me of sweet old ladies rocking away together on a porch. I pray Ella and Sadie will live meaningful lives full of love and will be enjoying each other on a front porch somewhere many years from now.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Easter with my Fam (Egg Hunt #3)


We went to my parents church for an Easter Service on Saturday (it was a VERY intense reenactment play-I got spit on by a man playing a centurion-that's how intense). Afterwards we met up with the rest of the fam for Chinese food-SO tasty. Ella ate a shocking amount of food and actually likes wonton soup and egg rolls which is VERY out of the box for her!

My grandmother hid eggs all over her apartment and Ella had fun being the only kid so she could get all the spoils! (and did she ever-in addition to the eggs filled with candy, my grandmother ALWAYS has ice cream and Hershey kisses on hand any day of the week to dole out to everyone)

The Easter baskets I made for Ella and Chris (Chris specifically requested one last year and this year when I asked if he really wanted one again he said "of course!")

Egg Dyeing! I was very impressed with the colors this year-we followed the directions for the brightest colors and it really worked. I'm not a pale pastel sort of girl so I was excited to get some vibrant colors. The trick seem to be lots of vinegar and less water :-)

Finished product :-) Nothing fancy but lots of fun.

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