It’s time to color Easter eggs at my house, with Easter just two days away. Coloring eggs is always a big project, so this year I’ve decided to let Bailie and Madison take on the task. Bailie has done it for four years now. I think she can handle it, since I trained her in as a puppy. Of course, being the girls they are, they asked Mom to get them a gold glazed egg kit. It’s all about “the bling” with those two!
Easter egg coloring wouldn’t be the same if Henrietta wasn’t invited to the party! She comes out every year to cook the eggs for us, and does a great job! Bailie and Madison loaded her up, and cooked seven eggs. Once they were done, they went into a cold water bath to cool off for coloring.
We have coloring cups from previous years for dissolving the color tablets. Water and vinegar is added to the tablet in each cup, and a egg is placed inside to start coloring. Madison was especially fascinated by the coloring process. She helped with the eggs last year, but she was so young, she doesn’t remember much.
Poor Bailie was horrified when Madison decided to try tasting the colored water after the eggs were removed! Would Madison start to change color? How could she drink anything with vinegar in it? Thankfully, Madison barely got a drop of the colored water, and she wasn’t real sure it had been a smart move. Vinegar is not real tasty, and for a moment, she thought she might be sick!
Madison thought the eggs looked great with only the color, but Bailie insisted they needed a gold glaze. Before that happened, the little one took one last sniff and look.
Applying the gold “wash” was supposed to be simple, but it turned out to be a tough task. Bailie did her best, but it was hard to smear that stuff all over the colored exteriors using the plastic bag in the coloring kit.
Bailie was a bit disappointed in the outcome of the gold glaze on her pretty eggs. It seemed more like a marbleized glaze than a complete coating.
Madison thought they were very pretty, but she isn’t into the “bling” thing like Bailie.
At the end of the process to color Easter eggs, my sisters were wiped out. They put the six eggs in a nice dog bowl and settled in for a nap. Wait, there were seven eggs! Oh, I guess they decided to split the odd egg between themselves, and it was mighty tasty. A reward for all their coloring efforts.
Have a Hoppy Easter weekend! We will be off for the weekend as usual, but you can always find us on our Facebook page seven days a week!
The wild sisters strike again! Tasting vinegar and bling on their eggs — they do make mom and me smile! Great post, Emma. Hope you have a good day. Your doodle friend Dash
The two of them are crazy, but a good crazy! Happy Easter weekend.
Hari OM
Do you know, I haven’t coloured eggs for AAAGGGEEESSSS…. you gave me the idea so now it’s my turn!!! Hugs and wags and Blessed Easter to you all. YAM-aunty xxx
Have fun! It’s a simple Easter pleasure every year around here.
the mama made no colored eggs this year… but after she read that your sisters are eggs-hausted I think she will change her mind ;O))) Have a good Good Furryday and a happy&colorful easter ;o)
Will you be helping with the eggs? That could be interesting!
They did a good job!!! The one time Saphera tried to color eggs, she managed to splash dye all over herself… looked like a strange walking rainbow for quite a while… We hasn’t allowed her to assist since then.
One does need to take care so the furs don’t get colored along with the eggs!
Love the last picture of them. Happy Easter.
Love the last picture of them. Happy Easter
A couple of tired bunnies.
We love coloring Easter eggs! Maybe Mom will let us try our paw at taking over the dying job this year.
Hope you get to help. Maybe that mini human could also assist and when you are done, the new kitchen will have a fun new color scheme.
That’s what I’m afraid of! LOL! Happy Easter y’all!
That was a seriously terrific job and now you get to relax!
Those two are done working, but I have to help mom tomorrow.
I love Bailey’s face when Madison tasted the colored water. Hahaha. That Henrietta egg cooker is so cute.
Everyone needs a Henrietta in their kitchen! Bailie couldn’t believe Madison tasted vinegar water.
Excellent job girls!
They got the job done pretty well.
The picture where Madison drank the water is too funny! Great job, girls! I guess we need to find some chickens that lay white eggs so we can do this (ours all lay a shade of brown)! LOL
It’s just not the same coloring brown eggs.
Pink girl and Purple girl at their best! Happy Easter to all! XOXO, Sparkle
Happy Easter to you too! Hope you get a wabbit 😉
Coloring eggs is a tradition in our household as well! We just LOVE coloring eggs and it wouldn’t be Easter without the colored eggs..
These pictures are FABULOUS and our favorite is the one where she tried to drink the water! LOL!!
Happy Easter!
The young ones have a lot to learn, but no harm done! Enjoy your Easter with an abundance of colored eggs!
sooo cute!!! I had wondered where you were and I think your blog stopped coming to me, can’t figure out why. I just re-subscribed and hopefully I will have it. Happy Easter!
We had some big issues the past few weeks, one of them was with JetPack and not sending out posts, so we have switched to MailChimp and so far it seems to be working. Tech can be a real pain.
Love the look on Bailey face when Madison decided to try tasting the coloring! The boys EAT eggs, but they do not have the patience to MAKE them. Although they DO go to Easter Egg hunts sponsored by local communities especial for dogs and Elbe REALLY loves finding and cracking (if I don’t get there in time to rescue the plastic eggsthem open to find the treat.
We sometimes hunt the plastic ones for odor, not treats, but not this year. Too messy outside. Happy Easter.
Bailie, those eggs sure are gorgeous and blingy! We’re impressed!
Thank you. They were pretty happy with their egg work.
You both did such a great job, those are some beautiful eggs gals!
xoxo,
Jakey, Arty & Rosy
They did pretty well for handling it all on their own.
You gals always do an eggcelent job!
We love to help out in the kitchen
It looks like they did a fine job, despite Madison sneaking a taste. 🙂
I don’t think she will drink vinegar water again!