A New Way To Egg

Good ol' Pintrest has done it again.

Need a new way to color Easter Eggs? Pintrest has it (duh).

No vinegar. No cups.

Just shaving cream and food coloring. Genius.

 Start by spraying shaving cream in a large baking dish or flat bowl. Whatever.

Shaving cream is pretty and very fun to play with. File that one away for a rainy day.

 Amos jumped the gun.

 Add food coloring.

Swirl.

 Then just roll your eggs around in it. I rolled mine without mixing the color in very much. I got very dark marbled eggs. The boys mixed in there colors first and they got more pastel lightly marbled eggs. Choose your own adventure.

There's an egg hidden in there. 

  

The aftermath.

Next step: send the kids to the tub.

Then let the eggs sit for a bit. Ten minutes or so. Then wipe them with a paper towel (or 100). 

Viola! Love it!

Pro-tip. That which colors eggs, colors children. Mine required two baths and are still quite rainbow-esque. Hazel napped through the whole endeavor which turned out to be a good thing.

Kids in the Yard

Told ya.

Compliments of the Lazy Blogger

Happiness is...

This moment happened spontaneously a few years ago as I was digging through fabrics at Joann's. I looked over my shoulder and found this:

 Eli giving Amos a big bunch of love, right there amongst the calicoes.

Fast forward two years. Same spot. Different progeny.

What is it about those calicoes?
I dunno but I like it.

Beachy Love

Haven't done this in a while. Seems like a good time to Embrace the Camera with the Anderson Crew.

October was beach month. The fella was there the first two weeks by himself working tirelessly on the dissertation. Then we crashed his party for a family beach week. And then, THEN!, Eric took the boys home leaving Hazel and me for a week with my gal Selena. Holla!

And a good time was had by all.

Hey, in case you missed it, this crafty blog's last two posts were about actual crafting. Check it out.

Felt Christmas Tree for the Kiddos

Saw this gem of an idea on Pintrest.
It's my favorite kind of project. I had everything I needed already. It came together quick. The kids could and wanted to help make the pieces. And they ate it up. 

So easy. Cut a big felt Christmas tree and put it up at kiddo level. Then with their help make lots of ornaments and let them decorate.
And re-decorate.
And re-decorate. 

I think they did a mighty fine job and I can still foolishly believe that this will keep them from disassembling the three dimensional tree that will take up residence here in T minus 9 days. 

9 days!

Booo.

A few months back I got a vision of Hazel as Cindy Lou Who.

It did not disappoint. 

Halloween greetings from the blue ninja, Cindy Lou Who, and a racecar driver!

I don't really like dressed up adults but I LOVE Halloween and the glee it brings to these sweet kiddos. It's so fun to let them be creative and pick who they want to be and help them become that. 

The fella showed Eli all his ninja moves. Ok, just that one.

 I mean come on.

And...out.
That was actually a nap en route to the second party. Gotta rest up between candy fits, right?
Happy Halloween!