Egg Dyeing and Hunting

We had a day full of Easter fun in Baton Rouge yesterday. We started the day by dyeing eggs. What happens when you let 5 kids dye eggs with no supervision? 

This was the first grab in to a cup. By the time she was done the dye was literally up to her elbows. She was filthy and it stayed on her all day but she had fun so no one cared.

Then at 3:00, all of the great-grandchildren plus me, Matt, lizard and Jimmy went to Nana's Easter Party at The Haven where she lives. The girls danced to the band with her and all of her friends and ate candy for an hour. 


It meant so much to Nana that she got to show off the kids and I was so proud of my girls for getting in to it. Lilli said, "it's not like it takes much to make her happy and it was kind of fun anyway." Sweet girl! 

After the party it was back to Jen's for an egg hunt and Honey's birthday dinner. Daniel has gotten too big to be interested (or probably just had to be too cool because he had a girl friend over ;) but the 4 little girls loved it. 



Even the dogs got in to that part. Once they found all 60, They opened them up and ate even more candy for the day. By the time it was over they all had tummy aches but I guess that's what supposed to happen on Easter weekend. We enjoyed our day with the family but it made me so proud to hear Lilli tell Piper, "you know, Easter isn't about the eggs and candy, it's about Jesus being alive." Through the mouths of children. 

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