the eggs!

How do you get fingers like these? Dying easter eggs, of course!
I had forgotten how much Elijah LOVED dying eggs last year. He loved it more this year...if that's even possible! He could not get the eggs in the dye fast enough, and he was quite proud of his results.

Renée, as you can imagine, took her time. She made a few hot pink ones--which meant long dye baths and then finger painted a few more for a tie-dyed look.

The finishing touch? GOLD sponge paint!
I was just happy that Orum was home that day and took the initiative to do the eggs! I wasn't up for it, but the kids were NOT going to let us "forget" about it!
And here they are in all their golden glory.

{Hazel napped through it all...maybe next year little girl:)}

egg hunt 2011

On Saturday, we took the kids to hunt eggs at the Garden Gates--it's a store/plant nursery. They had 20,000 eggs hidden in their plants. The kids thought it was awesome...they actually got to hunt and fill up their baskets. As opposed to getting a few like at the school hunts. They were also gated in...which I appreciated! A view in the back...Renée was one of the last kids that stopped hunting. The others were having cupcakes or playing, but she was still hunting away!

No one could look at the camera. They had to use every second to look for MORE eggs.

Hazel loved this thing...I have no idea what it actually is used for.

Renée found her friend, Devron, from school.

And, of course, we ATTEMPTED to get a picture of all the kids...


Pretty close to everyone looking. I guess the fact that William's hat is over his sleeping eyes in not a big deal...

the sweetest bunny lives here...

see more of little william here.

Hazel sandwich...

I think she will be just fine sandwiched between her two brothers...don't you think!?

4 babies later...

and I am still not very good at swaddling!