Sam had a good time dying Easter Eggs for the first time. I set out the bowls and i let him drop the dye tablets in. I got him a "Cars"-themed egg dying kit (dye, shrink wraps, stickers and these useless egg holders). At first i was starting to think the whole thing was junk: first, the red tablet didn't dissolve at all, and when it did break apart, it was just clumpy and not making the water red. Then, the plastic 'shrink wrap' rings of Cars images that go around the egg - they didn't SHRINK. Initially. Turns out, the water had to be more than just "hot" - it had to be BOILING. Sam liked watching them shrink. And he was into dying the eggs, for a little bit, then he got bored. Fair enough buddy. That night, i also filled about 10 plastic eggs with candy m&ms, chocolate eggs and some with Bunny marshmallow Peeps (which Sam has since determined are "yucky" and gives them to Ron).
The next morning, as I got myself and Thom ready to meet Dad for breakfast out, Ron hid the eggs and then took Sam out to "find" them. Next year we'll be a little more challenging with the whole thing; this year, though, since it was all new to him, we basically laid them around for him to find. Ron held the basket (and the camera) and Sam plopped in his found eggs. Now he's got a fine little stash of 'treat eggs' for when he's good and/or finishes his meal.
Later that afternoon, Dad came back over to join us for supper that Ron made. Delicious! Chuck roast (no ham here... we work with what we got!), butternut squash and veggies. I made a pumpkin cream cheese boxed cakemix (upon Sam's request) for dessert. The whole meal was really yummy and we got some great leftovers from it. The day was just great... really nice to be spent with such an awesome family.
Check out this pic of Sam from two Easters ago. My how time flies...
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