So in this house we don't celebrate religious holidays, we do it our way. We don't really go too far off from what others do but I kinda like how with each passing year we are building up our own traditions.
Easter is just Spring for us. Sure, we say Easter but it's just a celebration of Spring. Flowers are starting to bloom, trees are (suppose to be) starting to get leaves, and everything is new again. And warm weather usually comes but we haven't had the chance to get much of that yet. For the most part our Spring (Easter) baskets are made up of toys with a bit of candy. We made some of the candy this year. Filled eggs, filled with Justin's Chocolate Hazelnut butter and filled with Justin's Maple Almond Butter, YUM! We also did a few solid chocolates but the filled were definitely my favorites.
What about the eggs? Don't my children get the joy of taking eggs and plopping them in mugs of colored water? Well... no. We don't eat eggs, we're vegan! A few years ago I bought some plaster eggs and let the kids paint them. We still have those eggs and since I don't like to throw pretty things away, if I continued to buy plaster eggs each year we'd eventually have WAY too many, te he! So I came up with something new to do each year. TIE DYE!
This was our second year doing it. This year turned out so much better. Our first year, I went with a fairly cheap kit, sat outside where it was a bit breezy. I ended up ruining a pair of pants because my bottles leaked from under the cap and it was just a huge mess. Plus I didn't use enough dye... our shirts were more white than colored.
This year all went well. I worked inside at the dining table. Used plenty of dye and ta da!
I don't wear gloves, lol!
I had just freshly painted my nail the night before too. A beautiful new polish that I ordered from Zoya. Ah well... my hands were all rainbow colored. It has mostly worn off now though. Which is great because my youngest doesn't like my hands this way. He just looks at them, says: "No!" and backs away, ha!
I did 15 tops, which means we each got 3. A few days before tie dye day, my 4 year old and I watch videos on YouTube. We saw a few techniques but the one that caught my little lovey was the heart. Here is how his tie dyed heart shirt turned out.
I made one for myself too but I don't have a picture of it.
Oh and I should mention food! We went to my in-laws for lunch on Sunday. We ate a Gardein loaf, which I prefer over Tofurky. We also had baked potatoes, I put Daiya cheddar, steamed broccoli and Tofutti Better than Sour Cream on mine. I also ate too many chips and french onion dip but we won't talk about that.
Today I'm baking bread. The recipe changes a little almost every time I make it. Maybe I'll share that recipe with you all at another time. I hope everyone had a lovely weekend.
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