With All The Flowers Upon It

You know, I should post on my blog more, or I'll kill it. Ummm...Happy Easter! The girls and I made these marbelized eggs from Martha Stewart. They turned out very nicely, but the girls wanted to know why our weren't as perfect as the ones on Stewart's page. I had to explain that she has lots of people to help and could make 100 eggs before getting the ones they photographed, and Zoë and Violet seemed OK with that.

You may not know this, but you don't need to buy those Paas things at all; you can just mix water, white vinegar and ordinary food coloring to make egg dye. I've been too queasy to want to blow out a bunch of eggs, so we used hard-boiled, which are easier to deal with but sadly perishable (particularly on the equator!). We also didn't make an egg tree or lamb cake or even leg of lamb this year, I am really falling down on the holiday craft angle here. I remember how my family mocked our friend Lane when he told us about egg trees, which we'd never heard of before, but actually I think they're great. Did any of you make them when you were kids?

On the health front, we're just hoping we won't have to take Violet to the ER again today but I kind of think we will. O HAI I CAN HAZ HELTH PLZ?

UPDATE: NOOOO, I BE SPENDIN 5 HRS AT THE EMERGENSH ROOM!!!

Comments

[The Modesto Kid]

What are egg trees? The Italian deli near where I work is selling something called "Easter Pie" which appears to be sort of a pizza with a top crust.

I was glad Sylvia got an egg-coloring opportunity -- we were riding bikes yesterday and dropped by her friends house, where they were just getting their dyes ready. Good times.

[belle waring]

to make an egg tree you secure a bare branch in a pot and hang eggs from it--easiest way is blown eggs through which a wire has been passed and then secured by a bead or whatever at the end. or glue ribbons on them.

[port orchard florist]

aww, i hope you feel better soon.

[bitchphd]

Emergency room bad!

We did an egg tree last year. This year, I was too lazy to go find a branch, but since we kept the eggs from last year (and of course made more this year), I just piled them all on a shallow dish and have been using them as a centerpiece for a couple weeks now.