North Country Family of New York: Eggy Q-Tip Creations

Willow decorated Easter Eggs for the very first time. Yiayia bought Q-tip paint "brushes" with paint in the stem of the swab. Interesting. She bought them hoping it would be less of a mess...overall, yes; however, Willow has permanently stained hands. That's where most of the mess went.

Coloring eggs is very serious business.

She even painted the plate.

Sometimes I forget how sweet Niko is. He was outside with friends having a N*rf gun battle when we thought it best to squeeze in egg decorating. So, I figured we would have Niko decorate after Willow went to bed. Keep in mind that Niko has NEVER liked to color eggs even when a small boy. One year it was somewhat fun when his Aunt and Uncle were visiting but Yiayia had bought cardboard cut out type items that made the eggs 3-D. He was intrigued by that....wait...I have a photo. (Niko 5 1/2 years old/Easter 2004: and people wonder how I knew by 1st grade that he is gifted with dyslexia.)

Niko:2010. He settled down to color eggs despite his disappointment that we didn't even yell out to tell him we were coloring eggs because he really wanted to see Willow color them for the first time.