We had a lovely Springy Easter weekend! Zach and I dyed our eggs..as we do every year, always trying a new method..this year we used a scrap of damp material and wrapped our eggs in the cloth, and then dropped coloring onto the cloth..as the colors seeped out under the fabric, it created different designs on the eggs! We also drove out to Pittsburgh to visit my beautiful inlaws..86 & 88 years old..They have been married 67 yrs. They still do EVERYTHING..including cooking a beautiful ham dinner for Easter, to which all the family added to with a dish to share! It was quite the feast, as we have ALOT of family in the area:) My in-laws also had Easter baskets for all of the grandchildren and great-grandchildren..and they hosted an Easter egg hunt for all the little kids to enjoy...So much fun! We also visited the Phipps Conservatory! Amazing Spring gardens all in bloom, and then took the kids to the Carnegie museum..What a wonderful place! We saw everything from the dinosaurs, to ancient Egyptian mummies, amazing taxidermy exhibit of birds and animals of America..and my favorite, the American Indian museum..The quilt in the last picture is a quilt that an indian woman made in the 1800's as a wedding gift for her daughter..the center is the sun, the middle signifies the mountains, and all is surrounded by blue skies. We spent quite a few hours there, and still did not see all the museum had to offer! Maybe next visit we will return. Zach took alot of pictures and is planning on making a book to share with his class..He said, "My teacher is going to LOVE me:)"!!! I am sure she will...Just relaxing today and making split pea soup with the ham bone, and ham my Mother in law gave me to bring home:)
04/03/2013
Springy things...
We had a lovely Springy Easter weekend! Zach and I dyed our eggs..as we do every year, always trying a new method..this year we used a scrap of damp material and wrapped our eggs in the cloth, and then dropped coloring onto the cloth..as the colors seeped out under the fabric, it created different designs on the eggs! We also drove out to Pittsburgh to visit my beautiful inlaws..86 & 88 years old..They have been married 67 yrs. They still do EVERYTHING..including cooking a beautiful ham dinner for Easter, to which all the family added to with a dish to share! It was quite the feast, as we have ALOT of family in the area:) My in-laws also had Easter baskets for all of the grandchildren and great-grandchildren..and they hosted an Easter egg hunt for all the little kids to enjoy...So much fun! We also visited the Phipps Conservatory! Amazing Spring gardens all in bloom, and then took the kids to the Carnegie museum..What a wonderful place! We saw everything from the dinosaurs, to ancient Egyptian mummies, amazing taxidermy exhibit of birds and animals of America..and my favorite, the American Indian museum..The quilt in the last picture is a quilt that an indian woman made in the 1800's as a wedding gift for her daughter..the center is the sun, the middle signifies the mountains, and all is surrounded by blue skies. We spent quite a few hours there, and still did not see all the museum had to offer! Maybe next visit we will return. Zach took alot of pictures and is planning on making a book to share with his class..He said, "My teacher is going to LOVE me:)"!!! I am sure she will...Just relaxing today and making split pea soup with the ham bone, and ham my Mother in law gave me to bring home:)
Michaelanneneal
I am a happily married wife and Mama...I started this blog to share our ideas and interest with other like minded Moms.
Love the way you guys did your eggs this year.
67 years-that is AMAZING!
Glad you had a nice Easter.
Have a wonderful day at home today.
PS-we are having snow flurries here today!
Posted by: Holly C | 04/03/2013 at 03:14 PM
Thank you Holly! I love my MIL and FIL SO much:) They are just great people..I hope you had a great Easter too!! We had a few flurries too, but the sun is very bright! SOON..it will really be SPRING:)
Posted by: Michaelanneneal | 04/03/2013 at 06:14 PM