Easter is a VERY big holiday in the United States, and we decided to introduce Hanna and Hyunkwan to a tradition that is a favorite of many children: Easter egg dyeing! I'm not sure what the origins of egg dyeing are (or how they fit into our celebration of Jesus' resurrection), but regardless, it's a lot of messy fun!
We start with hard-boiled eggs, then dunk them into colored water. We tried a bunch of different techniques: dipping the eggs in multiple colors, drawing on them with wax (the design will show up after the egg is dyed), and a special pearl-y dye (those were especially pretty!).
We tried using these nifty plastic tongs to dip the eggs, hoping to keep our hands at least a little bit clean--but I think we just made a bigger mess! (By the way, if you look at the top of the picture you'll see my refrigerator, complete with a Korean fan that Hanna gave me!)
If there was an award for Most Creative Easter Egg, it would have to go to Hyunkwan for his Calvin-themed yellow egg. In the picture above, it's the egg that has LATIN on it!! He was very proud of his creation--we were all very careful not to disturb the egg as it was drying!
Bennett watched us playing with the eggs, and was saying, "OH my gosh!! What are you doing!? I wanna join with you!!" Sorry, Ben, but food dye is impossible to get off your furry little paws!
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