The "Easter egg dip"

It is that time of year again....dipping those Easter eggs. We got home from our night away this afternoon right around the time that the kids got home from school. We had decided to have a family night so we made burgers, let the kids play outside for a bit, colored the Easter eggs and then finished off the night watching Star Wars V. The kids hadn't really seen it, so they loved watching the whole things. Our time was littered with questions about which one was Darth Vader and why they were shooting at one another. It was great. We let the kids stay up and finish the movie, which they thought was the best part.


Coloring the Easter eggs actually takes longer than the actual dipping. They were excited to dip them, but were even more excited about the movie and popcorn. It was a great end to a Friday.

Jacob always wants to be more creative wit his dipping, and they always turn out great. The funny thing is that we never hide the real eggs for the kids to find for fear that one of the missing ones will decompose underneath the couch or something. So, we die the eggs for fun, turn them into deviled eggs, and hide the plastic eggs. I have learned this from experience. When I was around 10, I remember my parents asking all of us kids to please look for the one missing egg around the house somewhere. We knew we had a missing egg because the smell told us so. From that point on, plastic eggs were used in the LeRoy home. So, for all of you who love the authenticity of your kids finding real, colored eggs on Easter, think again.

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