Saturday morning, there was an egg hunt at the park down the street from us.
Here is Harvey's version of the cheesey grin. He says cheese whenever he sees the camera now, but he doesn't actually smile. He just says cheese.
Too cute.
Then everyone showed up. Heather made homemade chicken noodle soup for lunch, and then dyed eggs. Mom brought all the puzzles and games she's bringing to the reunion, and we had fun with those, too. We hunted eggs during a light sprinkle, and of course a short while later the sun came out. Oh well.
More cheese. Hillary read about this great idea to put Harvey's eggs in a whisk for dyeing so he wouldn't have to balance them on a spoon. It worked great.
Jim worked on his dyeing technique, too.
The group shot.
I dyed these eggs the night before using natural dye agents. The yellows were done with onion paper. Three were actually wrapped in the onion paper (and then in cheese cloth to hold the onion paper on), and they came out speckled. Three were sitting free in the pot, and they have more of a smooth finish. The blues were done with chopped red cabbage. They came out speckled because the pot was so full of the red cabbage, it pressed against the eggs and made the cool designs. The cabbage was pretty smelly, though. I think they all turned out great. I like the muted colors much better than the bright colors from store-bought dye.
Recipe:
Enought water to cover the eggs
1-2 Tbsp vinegar per cup of water
1/4 tsp alum per cup of water (find it with the spices in the grocery store)
As much dyeing agent as you can fit in the pot and still fit the eggs
Add the water, vinegar, alum, and dyeing agent to the pot. Bring to a boil and then simmer for 15 minutes. Add the eggs and simmer for at least 15 minutes, or until they achieve the color you want. The blue ones took about 30 minutes for me, which will probably make the eggs really tough, so we're not planning on eating them.
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