Wheatgrass Baskets

this is day #5, made me even question -
will it be ready in time?

day #7 - day of the party

        

Here are the wheatgrass filled Easter Baskets.  On day #5, my husband looked at the sparsely patch of wheatgrass and asked, “when is your party again? Are you sure it will be ready then?”  It made me question if 7-days was enough time.  Well, on day #7, it was ready!

deviled eggs made from the cracked ones

We invited 5 of my daughters classmates/friends over for egg coloring/decorating.  These are kindergarteners who will have bowls of food coloring at their disposal.   The night before, I wondered if I was a bit off my rocker.  Not clinically crazy, but crazy to take on a task.  I remembered, I have done it before – when my kids were younger.  So in many ways I felt confident things were going to be ok—they are older and I'm more experienced.  One child brought her older sister, since this was a short playdate—1-hour.  Being experienced, I knew that egg coloring takes about 15- to 20-minutes per dozen.  I didn’t want to occupy their time with anything other than egg coloring.  I boiled at least a dozen eggs per child.  In reality, that means I needed to buy 8 dozen eggs.  There were 7 participants but inevitably some eggs would crack during boiling .    I asked parents if they could send each child with a dozen eggs, because dyeing a dozen would only take 15-minutes.   Many brought 2 dozens. They didn't take home 3-dozen, so I was left with plenty.  I'm bring deviled eggs for Easter dinner.

Each parent was impressed with the wheatgrass baskets.  They said how much nicer it was to have this than the artificial plastic grass.  Each year, I’m impressed with the wheatgrass baskets too.  I hope you will make this a tradition in your home.

what a colorful table

all the children with their eggs

after spraying the basket,
time to spray the windows