Egg Coloring

Due to a crazy week, Easter egg coloring didn't even start until 8:30 last night. So, we tried not to think about how late the kids would be going to bed and just enjoyed ourselves instead.

Everyone in our family has their own unique style.

Cole's Eggs

This year Cole decided to make eggs that looked like real bird eggs. I didn't actually compare his eggs to pictures of the real things, but either way they turned out beautiful. Besides, it's the effort that counts in my book.

Isabel's Eggs

Isabel normally goes the pastel route because she's too excited to leave the eggs in the color for any length of time. Much to my surprise, she made a beautiful denim blue egg, showing an incredible amount of patience for a five-year old. I helped her finish them off with a little sand art.

Clay's Eggs

Clay always goes for creativity. This year he pushed the envelope by making an "ugly" egg. He was trying to see if he could get it to look like a store-bought brown egg. It turned out to be one of my favorites.

Personally, I've never been that big on pastel colors so I always go for bold. Every year I make a teal colored egg because that's my favorite. And normally I make an egg that has the colors of the sunset in it. This year I went more for more of a twilight look. 

Whether it's robin's egg blue, pastel, bold, or just plain ugly, my favorite part of egg coloring is just spending the time together. Sure, it's always fun to see what everyone will do with their eggs. But in the end I would be just as happy with all white eggs as long as we are together as a family...no matter what time of day it is.

Happy Easter everyone!

More Easter fun to come...