Easter as was...

I warned you I had some things I needed to tell about - so here I go.....

Well the Easter break was fairly low key for us this year. No treasure hunt for chocolate eggs (I don't believe in them personally, plus it saves the kids teeth and Phill's waistline!!), no trips away before the "summer" ends (although the weather this year was glorious and certainly trip worthy!). It was just me and the kids at home - Phill was working (flying in a plane I think) and Nana was doing her thing (can't remember what) - passing the time in whatever way we thought fun at the time.

I decided we should decorate eggs!

So 4 eggs were boiled in a pot.

While we waited for those to cook and cool, Ben decided he wanted to make a little man-egg in an eggbox house. Luckily an empty one was handy (a box that is). Emptying the egg was not so straightforward!!! Oh my goodness!!! I just about burst something crucial blowing the innards out of that egg!!!! If you've never tried it be warned...it is not for the weak lunged or weak bladdered. I seriously nearly popped a blood vessel or three...even after enlarging the pin hole a couple of times!!

Phew - said egg was finally blown out (into a cup for later use - waste not, want not) amidst cries of "He's doing poos!" and "yuck, that's gross" from eagerly watching kiddies - never having seen this incredible thing done before.

A little vivid marker created little man-egg, and a "little" cellotape and cutting transformed former empty eggbox into luxury man-egg home: complete with bed, table and chairs and a loo. House and Garden eat your heart out!!

Unfortunately no photographic evidence remains of his life - which was incidentally a lot longer than this mummy anticipated!!

By now the originally planned, hard-boiled eggs were cooked and cooled, ready to be painted. (I thought about using actual paint but decided that feltpens would be a better idea.)

Jared dropped two (I had to cook more so he could try again!), Caitlin easily gave up on hers and ended up eating it instead, but Ben persevered.

It took a couple of wipes down with baby wipes and a few colour suggestions from mum but he finally created a masterpiece in hard-boiled egg design which was definitely photo worthy.

So here is a proud Ben and his beautiful egg!