Coloring eggs is fun. First you boil the eggs, then when the eggs are cool, using the colors purchased at the grocery store, the children make the eggs beautiful. Today, on the deck, the four girls did just that. Suzanne had purchased two sets, one set for the younger girls and one for the older, as the younger quickly end up with colors all mixed up.
I just watched and talked. Within five minutes, Samantha had colored all the eggs, while Abigail was still working on her first egg. It was fascinating to watch their technique. But when all was said and done, no one would ever have known whose egg belonged to what girl. I tried to convince them to write their name on the egg but they were not interested. Both Abigail and Allison left one egg in the dye to see how dark they could get, and sure enough, by eight o'clock tonight, Abigail's egg was dark royal blue while Allison's was bright red.
The girls custom is to make a nest for the Easter Bunny to bring his eggs and any other presents left for them. This is not a Canadian custom but it is in Texas. It is quite charming and even the older girls follow the custom. And these hard boiled eggs are not set out for the girls during their Easter egg hunt. They hunt for hollow plastic eggs, filled with chocolate or gifts. The colored eggs they eat!!.
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