Took the whole family to Lincoln Park Zoo yesterday. It was delightful. Very few people there and the animal houses were warm shelters from the lake wind. We left the burbs around 12:45 thinking we MIGHT need our extra layers. When we got downtown it was much cooler. One of the boys changed in to his jeans while watching the seals swim around.
We enjoyed a nice big brunch of Chorizo, scrambled eggs, bunny shaped pancakes and bacon. We also made cupcakes, dyed eggs and then used the rest of the dye to make colorful tie-dyed paper towels.
After the zoo we came home to dye more paper towels and to have a yummy dinner of grilled pork tenderloin, grilled asparagus, and cupcakes for dessert.
I missed my big, loud, extended family this year. But making new traditions is just as much fun.
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Love the eggs, and love you. I too often miss our loud family. Wish we all lived closer.
So tell me how you did the paper towels... my kids would love that...
Oh, easy-peasy, lemon-squeezy (as Rex would say). Fold the paper towel any which way. Use rubber bands and place where you want. Make sure the rubber bands are tight. Dip each "section" in different dye. You may have to spoon dye over middle sections. Ring out dye over the dye cup. Take off rubber bands and carefully unfold...it is like opening a present everytime and is incredibly addicting.
You don't even have to use rubber bands. At our house, we've always just folded the paper towels in various ways, then dipped corners or edges into the dye, then squeeze them out and unfold them. Don't call me Martha, but we then used the dyed paper towels as "sacks" for May Day gifts, tied shut with colored ribbon and filled with candy or popcorn. Have fun!!!
What a great idea... I love it and will be trying it sometime in the future. Thanks...
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