I think this year was the best Easter we’ve had with Reed. Actually, every holiday seems 10x more fun now that he’s just a little older. My husband & I have been married 13 years and had never dyed Easter eggs … just seemed like a thing to save for kids. Anyway, we decided this was the year we would introduce Reed to the whole thing. We talked about what Easter meant for Christians, talked about celebrating new life with Spring, and added the eggs in there somewhere. Maybe next year we will be able to have a better explanation for him … but to be honest, I don’t think he heard a word after seeing the dye tablets. He was standing on a stool so he could be right in the middle of it all … and boy was he! Literally, every 15-30 seconds he pulled an egg out of the dye to check the color – bare handed! Who needs a wire hexagon thingy to get them out anyway! He was so excited about the dyed eggs, that not a single one of them made it to see Easter morning (good thing we had bought plastic eggs too!). He put dyed eggs in his dump truck, pulled them around in a wagon, moved them from basket to basket to basket. I even found one in the laundry!
Well, that is EXACTLY what we were hoping for … he really enjoyed Easter!
And it now holds an extra special place in our hearts because we got to see it through Reed’s eyes.
Hope you ALL had a wonderful time too!