Tonight we decorated Easter Eggs. Grandma, Aunty Claudette, Uncle Phil, and GG all came over to help and watch the boys. Of course the coloring looks like juice so Brandon had to taste it. Hmm not too bad for vinegar and dye!

Yeah know that the kits come with a little wire thingy that you can use to dip the eggs right guys? Never mind, I forgot that it was way easier to do it this way…

COOL, guys look at my egg! What egg? Ohh you mean the one on the end of the green digits!

Uh oh! Um I think there might be a problem here guys. For some reason I just cannot get the egg to be the same color as my hand no matter how many times I dip it in.

Yep they are pretty green alright!

What is with my children dying their hands green? The last time was of course St Patricks Day.

Even Aunty had to get in on the action. Look at that concentration and attention to detail…

This is mommys egg she made at the start, so pretty. I am not sure why it was the only egg to escape the greeny blue bath that was the fate of at least two dozen other eggs, including Aunties focused effort.

See there is a theme to this years egg decorating, what can I say the boys dig blue

A lot!

For some reason even with the blue baths…

We did end up with one dinosaur kind of looking egg. I think this might have been the outcome of Aunties egg after Owen got his hands on it =)

Happy Easter everyone!

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When Owen was 18 months old we painted some stretched canvas to place his hand and footprints on along with his name. We did the same for Brandon when he was about 18 months, well actually a little over. While we were at it we thought it would be cool to let each of them paint some extra canvas art boards to create their own art that would be hung in either their rooms or somewhere in the house.

Owen was right in there mixing colors and using different stamps, stencils, brushes and um “techniques”. He stuck with cooler colors of purple, blue, and green which I think made his piece come out dark and mysterious.

Brandon also had a lot of fun but was a little more firey in color selection choosing yellow, orange, red, and blue to keep some coolness with all that warmth. I think Brandon’s piece has a lot of drama and passion.

It is very inspiring to sit back and watch children create, learn and explore through the use of paint and art. We take for granted what happens when you move your hand in straight, wavy or circular lines. Things that have become intuitive as adults are new discoveries for children. Of course it is also a lot of fun and a great way to spend a day with your kids. I highly recommend washable paints and a very very large drop cloth ha ha.

I think for 3 years old and 22 months old they both created very expressive pieces of art that I am very proud of. All this work was done completely on their own, except for the base blue color each board had been given and clean up of course.

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