Dyeing Eggs and Resurrection Cookies

After our church egg hunt Saturday and before church services that night, we dyed eggs and made some yummy cookies.

First, let me just say that I have only boiled an egg one other time in my life. I googled how to do it then. I've never had a reason to boil an egg! Anyway, I boiled 8 eggs and only 3 of them burst open. Audrey was plenty happy with 5 boiled eggs! Luckily, the egg dyeing kit I bought had exactly 5 colors.


She wasn't really sure what was going on at this point.

The eggs turned out very well, I thought! Audrey loved the whole process! She was "dyeing" to get her hands in on it so I let her drop the eggs into the dye. She seemed to be amazed when I pulled them out and they were such vivid colors!

Since I already had her in her chair (a feat itself these days), we went ahead and made Resurrection cookies. A friend of mine shared with me that she does this with her family each year and I thought it was a wonderful way to teach Audrey about the true meaning of Easter. Darby from, Fly Through Our Window, also does this with her children and she posted explicit directions that included the bible verses to go with it. You can go HERE to view that post.

Audrey is a tad too young to complete the whole lesson with her but she did contribute by helping me break up the pecans. This symbolizes what the Roman soldiers did to Jesus body.

She really enjoyed helping me in this way! After she wacked on the pecans for a few minutes she decided to see what it felt like to wack herself on the head with the wooden spoon.

It wasn't long after this that she and Clay were back in the yard and I was left to complete the Resurrection Cookies by myself. They turned out pretty good for someone who has barely boiled an egg. They were supposed to stay in the oven overnight and when you broke them apart in the morning they should be hollow-- symbolizing the Risen Saviour. They were hollow so I consider them to be a success.

I can't wait until next year to do this again with Audrey. I am sure that I will be able to post that she was involved more in the process then!


Changing the subject but to something I don't want to forget...
Audrey loves to watch DVD's that sing or dance. She doesn't watch shows or movies that actually have a storyline but we do let her watch "music videos" during breakfast or long car rides. Her favorites at the moment are the Praise Baby series. On one of them, there is a song that the lyrics are, "Holy, holy, holy, Lord, God Almighty...". During random moments during the day, she will burst out in "o-ly, o-ly, ooooo-lllyyyy" and I just LOVE it!!! Her sweet, little toddler voice singing that song makes my heart want to explode!!!

Church Egg Hunt

Our church had an egg hunt Saturday morning. That happened to be the one time during the weekend when the weather was a bit dreary. It didn't stop the little ones from hunting though!

"Patiently" waiting for the egg hunt to start.

The church also had a mini carnival Saturday. Audrey got to ride the carousel for the first time but she wasn't exactly thrilled with it. She didn't want me to put her on a horse by herself- she wanted me to ride it and hold her. I did but it wasn't pretty!

She did like her "tattoo" though. Hopefully this will be the only kind of tattoo she ever gets!

A rare shot of the two of us. I put this shirt in the yard sale pile after I saw this picture. It's seen it's better days! I'm also over-due for a haircut! I can't remember the last time I got it cut. Sad, huh? :)

When we got home from the egg hunt, we had to play outside with the eggs some more. It was bright and sunny by then! Clay made it home from work and Audrey had to show him all of her loot.

Audrey: Master Egg Hunter

Audrey loves to hunt some eggs! Oh, my! Yesterday was her Easter Party at MDO and she had the best time! I hid about 200 or so eggs and I think Audrey found 199 of them. I'm just kidding-- maybe just 150!

This is how I hid them for her class.

Hee..heee.. she didn't have any trouble finding them! And neither did her classmates!

Of course she also found the rocks in the gravel walkway!

Goody bags with a little chocolate , a bunny rabbit, finger puppets, bath toys, Resurrection stickers and every toddler's favorite- bubbles!

Yummy "Rabbit" food from Audrey!

It was a fun morning! I really loved hiding all those eggs. It was fun to be able to just scatter them all over the ground! I also loved watching Audrey run around and squeal over finding an egg! So much fun!

Picnic!

Audrey and I skipped Kindermusik and storytime yesterday for some fun outside at the botanical gardens! We spent the entire morning out and then capped it off with a sweet little picnic.

My friend, Beth, helping my little monkey walk on the wall! :)

Audrey and  Hailey, who is a month or so younger than Audrey.

All of the kiddos except for one little boy who escaped before I could take his picture!

Trying to get them to eat something! Not an easy task!

The youngest of the bunch...

See the little scooter thing Cannon is on? It doesn't have pedals. I think Audrey needs one pretty soon! She liked playing with this one!

My little one getting tired and thinking about running off! :)

Climbing on the walls surrounding the flowers and looking cute!

Audrey and I loved spending the day outside-- good times with good friends (new and old). She ran so much that she came home and slept 2 hours! She very rarely does that!

P.S. She has the nasty bruise on her forehead from falling on the playground equipment at MDO and the black eye from bumping her head on the slide at the playground with me. If you were to see her arms and legs you wouldn't believe how black and blue she is! She is a little wildcat and she obviously inherited the "bruise easy" gene from me. If you look at me wrong, I will bruise!

Wordless Wednesday

Kindermusik

For Christmas this year, Clay gave Audrey and myself Kindermusik classes. I say "Audrey and MYSELF" because it gives us something fun to do together every Wednesday. Something I don't have to come up with, plan for or gather supplies for. I love that! The classes started at the end of January and will continue through May.

Kindermusik is basically a music and movement class. Those are two things that Audrey loves so I knew she would love to go shake her little booty! Plus, I love seeing her do it!  The classes last about 45 minutes and Audrey is on the move from the time we get there until the time we leave. She's not always doing what she's "supposed" to do but this momma isn't too concerned about that.

For example, this picture was taken during the middle of class. I am running around in a circle singing and dancing and Audrey is in the corner rolling on the floor.

She's having fun. That's all that matters, right?

In this picture, her teacher had asked someone to point to the elephant in the book.

Sweet little Audrey is pointing to the train. I love this girl!!


At one point in every class we have "quiet" time. The music is very soft and we play with scarves. This activity always gets Audrey's attention.

Toward the end of the class, the teacher dumps out a huge tub of various instruments for the children to play and explore. Audrey usually tries the ones that her friends have (remember this post) but then settles on the drums. She has a new innovative use for them though. They are a nice pedestal for her bells!

Audrey loves going to this class and it was a great Christmas present. Now, when it's over in May, I think we will replace it with swimming lessons! I did them with her last year and she loved it! I love seeing her little tooshie in a swimsuit too so that's added bonus!

On a side note, the stomach bug has hit our house this weekend! It started with me Friday night and moved to Clay last night. We've been diligently praying that sweet Audrey doesn't get it from us! I don't think I've ever used as much Lysol as I have this weekend. If it rears it's ugly head in the same pattern as it did us, then she should be sick before 10:00 PM tonight and over it before 10:00 PM tomorrow night. Please pray for her-- it's an awful virus and I can't imagine a body as small as hers having to go through it!

One positive, I lost 6 pounds in 2 days! Clay hasn't told me what he's lost. I could stand to lose about 20 more but Clay doesn't have that to lose! Audrey certainly can't lose that much!!

** As of 8:23 PM on Monday night, Audrey hasn't gotten sick! She doesn't even show any sort of symptom! She's eating like a champ and is her regular, cheery self! Prayer works, people! Thank you!**

As for Clay, he's still under the weather. He did go into work but went in late and didn't stay all day. Then when he got home, he took a nap. Oh, and he's lost 5 pounds :( and I've gained mine back already! LOL!