Finding Easter Eggs

Landon and Megan wanted to have an Easter egg hunt for Dagny. They really wanted to do it outside, but in typical Colorado style, there is quite a bit of snow out there. Doesn't Mother Nature know that Easter means spring and time for green grass? 

Dagny played with her Easter basket while Megan hid a few eggs around the living room.



She found one!

She knows that they open and have treats inside. Smart girl!

So much fun!

Megan is a smart Mom! She put blueberries in some of the eggs so Dagny wouldn't have straight candy. Dagny loved them and was just as happy as if it was candy.

More eggs!

Gracie was very interested in all that was going on.



She got one for herself!

More yummy treats!



Megan brought bunny ears for everyone.

Of course the silliness started! Wade pretended to be a bunny.

Family picture time!

We were all laughing and being so silly. It was great fun!

What are you doing with that giant egg?

Ryan's turn for a picture! Gracie was a good sport about wearing the bunny ears.

Dagny was ready to be done with wearing a headband.



There are only two Palmer kids left at home.

Mama and Papa Easter Bunnies.

Happy Easter!

Decorating Easter Eggs

One of the most fun parts of Easter is coloring the eggs. 

The egg coloring kit we bought has 9 colors. I hard boiled 21 eggs. We are not huge fans of eating the eggs, so Delwyn usually makes deviled eggs for himself, Landon, and the daughters-in-law.

Britta made Humpty Dumpty.

The last couple of years we have used rubber bands. If you wrap them tightly enough, the dye can't sink underneath it. 

We invited Landon and Dagny to dye eggs with us, Megan was at work. Megan had found some fake eggs that were perfect for Dagny because they wouldn't break or crack. She enjoyed coloring a couple of them with crayons. 

She used green on this one. Crayons worked great on these eggs, but they didn't take the dye very well. They floated in the water and we tried holding them down with a spoon, but they were very light in color and kind of splotchy.

Landon dyed some eggs too.

He let Dagny help him. She was very interested in it all, and she didn't try to touch it. She was happy to just watch.

Megan had some really fun stickers to make faces on the eggs.

One of the kits also had some yarn to make hair.

Some of the egg holders looked like clothes for the egg people. They were so fun!

Our line up of egg people! This is the first time I've seen these face stickers and I think they are so cute!! I hope I see some next year, it would be a fun tradition.

All dressed up in their Easter best! 

I love their smiles. 

Happy Easter!

Texas Chicken Cousins

Even though I am not a big fan of backyard chickens, I was excited to see Melissa's chickens and her coop. She has wanted chickens for a long time! The city of Carrollton recently lifted their ban on backyard chickens, and so Melissa got 6 chickens for Christmas. I have heard a lot about them and was looking forward to seeing their set up. When Austin and Melissa bought their house, it had this tin shed on one side of the yard. It was a little rickety and they weren't using it for anything. Austin did some repair work and made a wooden door and it has turned into a nice home for their chickens. There is a good sized piece of grass for the chickens to be out in the sun when they aren't in the shed.

Claire and Camille love the chickens as much as Melissa does! The girls have rubber boots they wear to protect their shoes from the droppings.

The inside of the coop is divided in half. This side is where the chickens eat, roost, and will lay their eggs when they are big enough. The other half is where they keep the chicken food and other supplies chickens need.

Melissa lets the girls feed the chickens the heel pieces from their bread. The chickens love it and will jump up just like dogs will jump up for food. I was surprised to see they could jump!

Camille loves to feed them and breaks her bread into tiny little pieces.

All of Melissa's chickens are a different breed, so they all look different. I like this brown and white one, her name is Goldy. They all have names, the others are Airplane, Daisy, Midnight, Chipmunk and Zigzag. They should start laying eggs soon.

Claire isn't the least bit afraid or intimidated by the chickens. She can catch them herself and likes to hold them.

Melissa's favorite is Midnight.



Camille loves these chickens! 

She gives them hugs,

and loves on them! Who knew chickens could make such good pets? I hope these chickens know how lucky they are to have such loving owners!

 I'm glad Melissa's dream is coming true.