Eggs and cookies

Last night, we made the biggest mess the kitchen has ever seen. But what fun it was!!!!! Yup, it was time to dye Easter Eggs. Plus, Mommy and Julia had made a double batch of sugar cookies last weekend that desperately needed frosting. So, off to work we went.

Here's the eggs:Julia couldn't resist tasting one. Since she knows how to crack an egg, she decided to show off her skills. Her punishment: eat the egg. She didn't seem to mind much. It was pretty funny when she ate the entire yolk in one bite. Her mouth was full of dry yellow yolk powder. I was laughing so hard I didn't get the chance to snap a picture.

Julia was so enthusiastic about dyeing eggs that it took both of us, full time, to prevent a big spill of egg dye. She would chuck the egg into the dye and simultaneously grab for the next mug and egg. She was literally shaking all over with excitement.
You are right....Mike does not look particularly happy in this photo. You see, Daddy's tolerance for messes is much lower than Mommy's. Apparently, we had surpassed his threshold by this time. (I think it had something to do with the frosting on the walls and the dye dripping into his lap....)

Onto the frosting! When we were working on the cookies, Julia would frost one, then taste it, then move on to the next one. Finally I figured it out. She knew I didn't want her tasting the frosting directly from the spoon....and cookies are for eating...right?.....so, she would simply take a blank cookie, smudge some frosting on it, and it would suddenly become fair game for eating. I got smart after that. I gave her a broken one and let her frost it.....and then eat the frosting off...and then frost it again...etc. Wheee!
Working with Daddy
The fruits of our labor. (Multiply this by about seven. We had a LOT of cookies.)