Eggs Galore

In my attempt to be more organized while enjoying the holidays and everyday life with Anna I have officially gotten started on the Easter projects. Today was dyeing the eggs and tomorrow we will get our first Easter egg hunt under our belt. Is pushing and shoving allowed by the Mothers...hmmm I wonder. We are working on gentle touching so I guess I will have to remain polite tomorrow.

Her Easter basket came in the mail the other day. Going to the store can be near impossible for me because Anna is so excited about just being out so most of my shopping if possible is done on line these days. I found a basket with a liner of Peter Rabbit from one of my favorite stores. The liner was sold out but lucky for me I found it on Eb@y. As I pulled in the big box from the front step Anna unknowing let out with a guttural "OHHHHH!" Okay it was just a plain brown box but I was thinking the same thing so I guess that is normal.

I quickly opened the box and my hopes were dashed. I pulled out the box and the strongest smell of gasoline came floating out along with the beautiful basket. I will not tell you just how much I paid for this basket but I will tell you it was more then the amount of stuff going into it. After I phoned the company I was told they were not getting in any more baskets for this year. I think it stinks both literately and figuratively, by the way the company is giving me a full refund.

Last night Gerard, Anna and I decided to go to the store to purchase a new basket. We looked in 3 different stores, yes that is right 3 different stores because the one store only had 4 very small baskets, the other store only had less then pretty baskets but finally the third store had one that the liner would fit into and was beautiful in my eyes. One Easter basket purchased so mark that as done.



Bright and early this morning we got our selves up and running. Okay it was more like a slow walk with a lot of stretching. A quick breakfast then it was on to Easter eggs. Jaime, Greg, Hans, Jillian, Julie, Joy, Johny and Wayne all came over to get the job done and what a job they did. The eggs turned out to be beautiful. Only a few got cracked in the process.

One special thing that we did do is we dyed a few eggs in the traditional Russian manor. From what I have read dry onion skins are saved boiled with water and then the eggs are submerged into the water. What beautiful golden eggs this process made. Now I am off to iron her dress for tomorrow.