Just stumbled upon some pictures we hadn't loaded... we had great fun this year experimenting with natural egg dyes! THis year Tate and crew came over and we did two different types of eggs: eggs died in turmeric (yellow), and eggs wrapped with onion skins (both yellow and red). They turned out great, and best of all, we felt good giving them to the kids to eat. The onion skin eggs were especially fun - Madelyn and I collected old onions from the grocery store. Then peeled off the outer layers and saved them for the project. We put each raw egg in a nest of onion skins, sprinkled in rice and grass (for added textural effects), and then wrapped the whole package in some of MK's old T-shirts, tied them off, and boiled them. The results are hard to see, but you'll have to trust us, they were beautiful! Madelyn and Tate used crayons on some HB eggs that went into the turmeric dye - also great results!
Also, here is a picture of Madelyn and I tonight - we were goofing around with the camera timer. Madelyn was taken tonight with the idea of my big belly as a pillow. In fact, yesterday she addressed me as "Big Mama," endearingly meant, and a title I've only recently grown into:).
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