In honor of "Spring"

I'm a big fan of winter but I'm ready to look forward...just need Mother Nature to get on board.  We've still got snow on the ground and in the forecast but to celebrate the actual vernal equinox we talked about all the wonderful things that will happen around us so we'll know Spring is here and decorated eggs to celebrate new life.

I've been saving Zebra's eggs for a week since she lays a very pale brown egg that I thought would be easier to dye.  We only boiled and dyed 6 eggs since there are only 2 family members who like hard boiled eggs.  It was a quick after nap activity and the girls had fun with it.

They each picked a color and I picked blue (Ada purple, Emma red) then I set up some bowls and Ada helped me pour water vinegar and food coloring while Emma ate her snack.  Perhaps my favorite part of this activity was watching the interaction as Emma tried to get her apron on then asked Ada for help and then Ada tied it for her.  So darn cute- these girls just love each other!

Emma was a bit more aggressive putting her egg into the bowl and one of the eggs was partially cracked before we were done, but oh well!

And the finished eggs are beautiful!  Ada added a drop of blue coloring to one when it was done and she decided it was a "beautiful tree".