Now that I am all caught up with my country blogs, I have two options: do the Easter blog and get you caught up on all your Waterstraut happenings, or fold laundry.
So we're on to the Easter blog!
Last year we didn't dye eggs. This year the boys asked if we could, so I obliged. We also dyed them outside, because I wasn't too sure if the dye would mess with my country table. We love that back screened in patio!
This picture of Calib is funny because he was explaining to me exactly how to dye eggs in the most efficient way possible.
We dyed two dozen and called it a day.
If you read my country blog, you've also heard we put together a Polish Easter Basket.
On Easter we hid a variety of eggs. The plastic ones had coins in it for their jars. The colored ones with the clear tops had a $5 bill in it, and they could only find their color of that one. There was one golden egg with a couple dollars in it, and then there was a dozen of the real eggs, per the boys request.
So I thought the golden egg in the golf ball lamp was an awesome idea, hidden in plain sight and all that, but Calib found it right away. Also, there were three white eggs, and they only had pennies in them, a nod to the Easter Granny of Lithuania.
They all found their $5 eggs pretty easy, except for Hayden's. It was hidden in plain sight with our White House Easter Egg Roll Eggs, but he failed to notice it.
They did pretty good finding all of them, and they were excited about the extra incentives for their jars. We hid a dozen of the real eggs, and said we'd put a dollar in the jar of whoever got the most. They showed us and each found 4. Perhaps we should have hid 13 eggs!
They were allowed to each find 12 plastic eggs, but they weren't allowed to open them and see how much money was in them until they had all been found. (Those eggs ranged from 3 cents to 75 cents)
Then of course there was the baskets. Hayden's basket was hidden in the blanket basket.
But Calib and Peyton wanted more of a challenge. Compared to our old house, this place is pretty open and lacking for the hiding spots. I suggested we hid their Faberge Eggs and when they found those, they could have their basket. They were pleased with that. We hid Peyton's egg in his homeschool central cubbie, with all his pens and pencils.
And Calib's was in the kitchen in the coffee mugs hanging above the window.
As always, they were pleased with their baskets. They each got a few new things, a jar of candy and a few other snacks.
For lunch we had the contents of our Polish Easter Basket and a few other leftover items from our week of countries. It reminded Peyton of a mini spread like we had during the Olympics, and over my birthday, and he asked for something similar for his birthday (which we have to celebrate early because the poor kid has to be gone on his birthday--- you know, on a cruise ship in Hawaii).
Easter afternoon my Uncle Grant and Aunt Sharon stopped by to visit. They are spending the week in Venice, and came to see the new house before they headed down that way from the airport. It's always nice to see them, and we appreciated them driving out of their way.
Speaking of Aunt's, we also got our annual Easter candy from my aunt in Seattle. My grandma always used to make the same candies, and Aunt Patti has taken over the tradition. The boys were excited for them, so should out to Aunt Patti!
Dinner on Easter is always a Low Country Boil. But, this year PDQ was having buy a combo meal get one free. I said I'd pick it up (since Asa was working) if someone would come with me. Calib and Peyton happily tagged along for the trip because it meant cheerwine and chicken tenders.
But, we also decided to go out, because ASA PASSED HIS FIRST GRAD SCHOOL CLASS! We're moving up from Rootbeer Floats when he passes a class (like we did for undergraduate) to going out to dinner. There's only 10 classes, and mom has promised to cover that last one. I told Asa to start small and work up. PDQ was his first choice, and with the deal I figured now was as good of a time as any. (We had a Low Country Boil the next night).
Tuesday was Home School Day at Cracker Country. It's for kids 12 and under, so Asa and I took Hayden out.
When we first arrived he decorated a bag to hold all the crafts that were available to make.
They also gave you a worksheet with various questions you could find the answer to at each stop labeled on a map. While Hayden worked on crafts he was often told stories to answer the questions.
He made an engineer hat, a bird feeder, a corn husk doll, and a toy.
He also got to churn butter, print a postcard, carve soap, and watch the blacksmith make some hooks.
Plus they held some races, and you could walk through all the buildings.
After Cracker Country, we had lunch at Sonic (It was half priced burger day, so we brought some home for Calib and Peyton).
Besides that, we've been up to our country projects- we did another set of collections and had WWII week.
Calib finally spent his Amazon gift card money from Christmas, and decided on a telescope. He surprised everyone with it, and him and Asa set it up.
Other than that, I don't have a ton to report. We've been hanging out around here waiting for the last of the Spring Break crowds to go away. We have made a lot of trips to the pool lately though.
Oh and the yardwork. Holy geez, the yard work. We're working on getting rid of the jungle so we can get a fence and totally redo the back yard. I should have taken way more before and after pictures.
We did have Moe's, as a result of Calib's March Madness win. (He only won because North Carolina took home the whole thing- otherwise it was all me-- I had Gonzaga winning it all)
I leave you with cute pet pictures. (Dipper watches longingly as Ellie goes out to chase lizards.)
That's it from here. It's not all that exciting of a blog, but my fingers hurt from typing so much the last two days, and I've got to figure out dinner. (I'm so lost when we're having a night without countries!)
Next Up: We're finally going to get out and enjoy low crowds! Disney! Busch Gardens!
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