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Eggs!

Jed and Keller went shopping for a new lawn mower today...what fun...NOT!...
Keller doesn't agree with me though; he LOVES tractors and was so glad he got to go with his dad today.


It's Easter, so you know what that means! Time to color eggs! Yea! I LOVE coloring eggs and I don't think I have done it in years, so I was so excited today! Originally we were supposed to go to a friend's house because they have a little girl Keller's age. They were also inviting other people over and all the kiddos were going to have a big egg-coloring party! Doesn't that sound like such fun?
Only, Marlee came down with the stomach flu today (sorry Marlee, feel better soon!), so the party was canceled. At first I fretted because I had nothing to color eggs with, but then I remembered that Aunt Jessica sent Keller an Easter basket yesterday and it had egg color in it! Yea! She saved the day!
So, I got everything all set up nice and neat...

I only did 8 eggs at first because he's two! How long would his interest keep?

Boy was I wrong! This kid had a blast! Especially once Tanner and my dad got in on the action. Keller was all about making sure every cup had at least two eggs! I was sad at the start because of the unique way we dyed the eggs this year, I thought there wouldn't be anyway to swirl all the colors. Yeah, Keller quickly cleared that misconception up for me!
 Drop the egg in...give it a swirl...
 Make sure every cup is full...and the crunching of the shells just makes for more intricate patterns...
 Make sure you smush, smush, smush the eggs...
 Oh wait! He found one that wasn't full!
 Keller was having so much fun, I had to boil the 4 I set aside not to cook, and then ask my mom to bring over another dozen! This kid just kept going and going! We took time out to color some designs on the eggs with a crayon.
 Here's a close up of the egg cups. They are an ingenious no spill design...when they are used correctly with only one egg at a time, not two! Ha! On the other hand, Keller's idea of stacking the eggs made us end up with the most interesting colors and designs!
Oh, he did a nice job of dying his hands too!

 Tanner thought it was funny to act like he was crunching down on one, and of course Keller copied him. This was just before he sank his teeth into the egg!
 He's easter egg colored hands!
 The carnage...
 Look at the art work! You notice there is one missing. It was sacrificed to the Easter egg making gods after Keller dug his finger and his teeth into it! I know he will have fun in the morning finding them!
Happy Easter!

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