Easter

We dyed eggs at mom's on Saturday--it looked like the Incredible Hulk might appear; thankfully whitening toothpaste got T.S.'s hands clean. On Sunday we went to mom's for lunch after church. The kids hunted eggs and we visited Nonnie.

I tried to take pictures of the kids in the wheat field on the way to church--unfortunately I had the camera on the wrong setting. We are going to try again if it ever dries up. The wheat is tall and green and looks very promising.

Easter with the Cousins

The Tirey cousins got together the week before Easter for our annual egg-dyeing extravaganza. Special thanks to Sarah, Preston and Robby for their dye mixing expertise.

The Day After

I think these boys are up to something:

The boys were thrilled to get to do a little target practice with all of those dyed eggs. They were very intrigued with the inside of the egg--amazed that it was white and that there was a yellow ball in the middle. They thought they were very sneaky trying to bring the yellow part into the house. I caught them and convinced them that Petunia would love it.

Talley certainly enjoyed the egg-throwing event.

Hunting Eggs

There's a story behind T.S.'s bucket. We couldn't find his bucket on Saturday morning. I told him he could use Sadie's other one. (She was choosing to use the basket from Sissy's wedding.) T.S. didn't want to use it because it was pink and had beads on it. I went on to town to set up the community egg hunt. T.S. arrived with our bead bucket (formerly a play-doh container). He didn't seem to mind it.

Easter Morning

Dyeing Eggs

Every year, the cousins get together and dye Easter eggs. This event has become a very big deal to the kids (and parents and grandparents). It ranks right up there with Christmas. The Fourth of July is a HUGE deal, too, but that's another story. This year, we didn't have quite as many cousins as usual, but that didn't slow us down. We had a ball dyeing eggs to the sound of rain on Shipo's barn roof.

(Sorry the pictures are so dark-- I think my camera has seen better days and has been dropped one too many times.)