This year was a whirlwind - a working holiday for sure. The days building up were stressful and not so celebratory, but it is always good to be in the company of family to lessen one's cares.
The annual egg dyeing was more entertaining this year as Sofia learned the ropes.
Clearly concentration with the tongue sticking out...
Balancing the egg on the dipper is tough work.
We all enjoyed much laughter as Sofia progressed from dunking the eggs, dyeing her hands, and finally drinking the dye. She quickly learned that the vinegar was not at all appealing, though maybe she'll come around in her later years to discover the tasty pickled eggs her mom makes. Her tub of dye was swapped out for a tub of water, which she continued to drink from all evening. However, she already inspired her siblings to try drinking the dye, which only revealed where they needed to do a little more tooth brushing.
These two hogged as many pots as possible, letting their eggs marinate in the dye and prolonging the night of coloring as long as possible.
Evidently coloring eggs is hard work for teenagers!
We enjoyed a great night of coloring. The crayons and the paint trays led to some fanciful designs. I brought a dozen eggs I bought from the neighbors, and the brown shell added an interesting coloration to some of them. And Marie had a dozen for making deviled eggs for Easter lunch. But Mom takes the cake with more than four dozen eggs. She takes them to the Knights of Columbus' Easter Egg Hunt in Springer, so there were plenty of eggs for everyone.
Post egg dyeing, we celebrated Daniel's birthday. Marie decorated a delicious cake, and no body's hair was singed with all that fire!
Easter itself was a good day. Thomas and I arose earlier than normal and made our way to Philmont in the dark to participate in the Easter Sunrise Service that all the churches put on - I sang and Thomas read. Then we went to Mass. Thomas can't complain that I'm always the last one out because we snuck out the side door and headed home before the cars started leaving the parking lot. We got home and got our contributions to lunch prepared before heading to Daniel and Julie's for a delicious meal and fun egg hunt. The Easter Bunny cleverly hid items all over the property and flagged them on Daniel's GPS. We took turns wandering through the chamisa and cactus looking for our gift. I laughed because mine was wrapped in a wrinkled up lunch sack, that at first glance I thought was a big rock. And I love rocks and collect them everywhere. I thought it would be funny to pull out the big rock from under the sagebrush and bring it back, but then I discovered it wasn't a rock and was the gift.
Our early party meant we made it home early with plenty of time to digest and relax before starting a new week! And plenty of time to gorge on malted Robin Eggs!
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