Some Fun Things

My children LOVE to dye eggs. We will dye eggs and hide them at various times of the year just for the fun of it, plus they love boiled eggs. So, since we had some nice days coming up they decided it was time to color eggs. We use the food coloring method as it gives such nice dark colors. They love experimenting with the different color combination and the last egg is usually the one that gets to go into each color and starts out looking cool, but in the end it is a brownish ugh color. This year they decided to stop at "cool". Here they are coloring the eggs (not to mention their hands, legs, clothes, etc..)

Now comes the fun part where they each take turns hiding them while the others count. They have fun trying to stump each other on who can hide the eggs the best. But they also have trouble keeping the hiding places a secret and often direct the seekers to the hidden eggs which makes for very short egg hunts but lots of smiles. I do think that my 3yr old was the best. She hid the eggs really well, called her siblings to come look for them. As they started to look for them she grabbed her basket, squealed and ran around and gathered ALL the eggs she had hidden so well. They proceeded to follow her around in disarray while yelling about the injustice of it all. It was so funny to watch her lead them all over the yard running in every direction while she collected each and every egg with such zeal! Needless to say they did not let her hide the eggs again.
Once the egg hunts were over and appetites had kicked in. They sat down on the back lawn and peeled their favorite colored eggs and ate them. The rest they gave to me to make egg salad.


My youngest decided to stick the whole egg in her mouth at once. Thankfully when she peels them she peels half the egg away with the shells so at least it is not a WHOLE egg really.. The look on her face cracks me up!


Then since it was such a nice day we decided to pick up my oldest from school and go to one of our favorite places to hike, Moses Cone. The views are so awe inspiring and the kids and I love the trails.

Below: This hill is one that leads up to a tower that we have yet to make it to due to our lack of time. We are determined to take a day when it is nice and travel to the top to see this tower. My son was disappointed that we could not go this day, but we had to get back to town for AWANA's and his first baseball practice.



When we got to the top of the hill and took some pictures we decided to start back down. My 6yr old ran down the trail through the grass and I took her picture from where we were at the top. She patiently waited for us to come down. My 3yr old decided to roll part way, then run so her and I made it to the bottom before my son and oldest did. Needless to say after the trek up the hill and then back down my 3yr old decided it was time for a rest and then had to be carried the mile back to the car. Good thing I started working out again! ;)



I had to snap this picture of sisterly love. My oldest says this sib is her favorite. I wonder how long this will last. :)


When my youngest told me she couldn't walk anymore I picked her up to carry her. She was apparently feeling very loving as she told me how great I was and gave me a big kiss which my son captured on my camera.


Here is my sons face after I asked him if he had a good time. I guess that face says it all. :)

Below are some pictures that my son took that I told him I would put on my blog. They turned out beautiful but the views in person are soooo much better.