Easter Prep

Even though we've been stuck at home this past week was still full of hustle and bustle!  I love that the kids are now old enough to help with all the preparations.... It might make for a messier kitchen, but definitely a happier one as well.

 This year the kids asked me to please make carrot cake, so we started by shredding a bunch of carrots.  Unfortunately, in a becoming-all-too-common-occurrence, I mis-read the recipe and ended up shredding 3 *pounds* of carrots instead of 3 *cups* of carrots.  So in addition to 48 cupcakes, we made coleslaw and Milo's now-famous carrot salad.

The girls enjoyed watching the boys cook frenetically, and repeatedly offered helpful directions such as, "Put that oil away now,"  "Wait, you dropped something on the floor," and "You have to clean that mess up."

Colsen made this year's Hot Cross Buns, and did a fantastic job of it.

We also made several batches of cinnamon rolls.  There are a handful of students still on campus and we wanted to make them some homemade foods for Easter, so we took up some pans of the cinnamon rolls and carrot cupcakes.  (Hope they like cream cheese frosting!)

Besides the kitchen prep, we also did some egg-dyeing, of course!

The kids were a little annoyed that I forgot to buy white eggs... but I still think they turned out pretty anyway.  I made them into deviled eggs later, and they were less pretty, since the dye had seeped through a bit to the egg whites... but they still tasted good.  :)