Easter pictures- Better late than never

I am so far behind on my scrapbooking. I would love to blame by blogging but I have always been way behind. I fully intend to continue the boys' scrapbooks but for now I am happy that my precious photos are being preserved here also. With that said, I am posting some of the pictures from our various Egg hunts this year. Between, a hunt at my parent's over Spring Break, one at Diego's preschool, one with the kids from our Mom's group, and one at our house on Easter Sunday, we WAY overdid Easter this year. By the last one, the boys had lost some of their enthusiasm for hunt. Still it was a lot of fun and we made some great memories with friends and family.

Another use for Zingo

Since we had a very busy week getting ready for and hosting family from out of town, we did not get to do many Easter projects. I am hoping to get to do some this week. I do not think that the boys will mind that we are a little behind. One afternoon Diego and I did make up a game using our plastic eggs to practice our French. We continue to get a ton of use out of one of favorite games Zingo. The game was extremely simple. We hid the game pieces in the eggs and took turns opening them. The first person to say the word in French got to keep the piece.

Cascarones

One of my favorite traditions that my husband brought to our family was "cascarones." This Mexican tradition adds a fun addition to the boiled and plastic eggs that my family has always hunted on Easter morning.

We eat a lot of eggs at our house but we still have to start this process many weeks before Easter. Make a hole in the top of the egg and empty out the yolk. Clean the egg out with hot water and let is dry out completely.

Color the eggs with Easter egg dye.

Fill the eggs with confetti.

With a little glue, stick a piece of tissue paper over the hole to seal it.

On Easter morning we will collect these with our other eggs and then break them over each others' heads. :)