Friday, April 17, 2009

"Brown paper packages..."

Shouldn't there be a line in that song about dying Easter eggs post Easter on a thunderstormy morning? We had a wonderful morning listening to music, chilling out in our pajamas and making our second batch of dyed eggs. About the time we were pulling our first batch of eggs out of the dye, the thunder and lightening started. We had to run to close all the windows when the rain arrived.

"Thunder!!!"
My two year old can peel a hardboiled egg!! He peeled this one all by himself. Ben's grandmother showed me a trick with a wet spoon that gets the egg shells off but Nathan's tiny little fingers with fingernails work well too. And he knows how to EAT some eggs! I think he had two for breakfast and two for snack. Thanks to the Lees who supply us with fresh, real eggs from their farm, keeping Nathan fed is less of a chore.
And the rain is really comin' down right now. It's absolutely cascading off of the roof corners. The gutters are no doubt overloaded. I'm hoping it doesn't overwhelm all of our new plants that we worked so hard to set out, including the new bed we did on the side of the house. It's been so much fun watching the new buds pop open.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

I can't wait to see all that you've done with your landscaping! And good idea for an activity on a rainy day. Thanks for sharing the cute pictures!

ninepoundhammer said...

I am very--VERY--interested in learning the wet spoon trick.

 

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