Vinegar and water

Get your mind out of the gutter. It isn't for THAT not so fresh feeling. I'm talking about coloring Easter eggs, of course. Ok, Happy Easter should be on top of coloring Easter eggs, but hey, bite me. I only have so much time in the day.

We had to do our egg coloring in two parts on Saturday morning. Boo was going to spend the day with his dad, so I needed to let him color his eggs before he left. However, Hot Rod was with his dad buying my anniversary presents, so we split it up. Stinkerbelle got the best of both worlds and was able to color eggs twice. We do ourse the old-fashioned way with food color, vinegar and hot water.

These two love each other so much.

With mom, too.

Hot Rod and Stinkerbelle colored eggs with dad.

The kids enjoyed it.

I can remember coloring eggs as a kid and how much fun it was. We try to make little traditions like this at each holiday. It is one of the things that make holidays memorable. I've also incorporated a new tradition in the past few years of telling the religious stories associated with holidays like Easter and Christmas, so the children understand WHY we celebrate these holidays. It wasn't sticking real well with the kids this morning, but I figure repetition will help them. The crucifixes all over the house should be good reminders, too. I didn't remember the part about storms coming as Jesus was crucified, but I read that in three different stories that I read to the children in the past week or so. Very interesting. Was nice to learn something new, but I felt bad that I didn't remember it. Teaching the kids CCD each week should help me as a good refresher. I need to get both boys prepared for First Communion. They'll probably do it at the same time despite their age differences. Boo is behind emotionally, so it is good to delay for him. Hopefully he will comprehend it all better.