Stella’s Easter Eggs
Friday, April 2nd, 2010 | Uncategorized
This afternoon, we boiled up some eggs and sat down at the kitchen table to dye them. Stella has very fast hands….she immediately pulled an egg from the carton and cracked it against the side of the table.
Who can blame her? She is all about patterns, and she was imitating the same motion she’d recently seen her daddy make when he was cooking a big stack of French toast. We lost several eggs before we could explain the situation (it was hard not to laugh, she was so adept and so confident that she was doing the right thing) and position ourselves to intercept her motions.
The only solution was to never let hers be the only hand on the egg. That resolved, we set about dyeing.
Her favorite activity was coloring on the eggs with the clear wax crayon. It took her a while to decide it was okay to do, and since the crayon doesn’t leave a mark, she was not as enthusiastic at first.
By the time she decided she liked doing it, most of the eggs were finished. Some of the time I moved the egg while she held the crayon, which led to some interesting patterns, and David and I experimented with the crayon, multiple dips, partial dips, and dyeing a couple of brown eggs (which led to some nice colors, contrary to my expectations).
She would probably have done at least a dozen more if her dad and I hadn’t hogged so many! We had both forgotten how much fun it was…next year, I guess we will have to buy more eggs, and maybe invest in some more elaborate supplies than a Paas box bought at a 90% off clearance sale 5-odd years ago 
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