Eggstra! Eggstra!

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We had a crazy, but good Easter!  It started with us getting chicks :))  We are going to raise them, and they are going to give us eggs.  We will be converting the back of our wooden shed into a coop for when they get bigger, complete with a ramp and roosts.  And no, we do not need a rooster to get eggs.  They will lay them all by themselves.

Quinn wasn't sure at first what to do with them.  He was certainly interested, and had loved playing with them at IFA.  But now they were in his home...

All he wanted to do was hold them.  I had to keep reminding him not to pat them hard like he does the puppy.

He loves to just sit there and watch them.

From the left bottom to right top, the chicks' names are Ethel, Gertrude, and Henrietta.

We have them on top of a table for now, in their box with a light to keep them warm.  Quinn loves to stand on the table and stare at them.

Eating their seed.  (left to right, Gertrude, Ethel, and Henrietta)

Then on Saturday, Quinn and I went to my Grandma Rosie's house with my family for a barbecue and egg hunt.  Josh couldn't come because he was in Colorado getting a new couch from his Grandma Nancy.  He got back safely that night, though.

Grandpa Alan helped Quinn go around and find the eggs.

Quinn had fun finding them around the yard.

Danny had a blast playing with our puppy and Quinn.

It was so cold... Quinn didn't like it very much, but he refused to stay in my lap in front of the heater.

 Egg-cited!

Quinn got to sit at the little table with the other big kids.

...While Pooch was tied up away from the food.  He wasn't a very happy puppy.  He thought he was dying lol. Silly, poor puppy

Then on Sunday, after going to our dear friends, the Bowens, baby's blessing (their daughter, Tabitha, and Quinn are betrothed), we went to the McNeff's house for dinner and an egg drop.

My rules were only paper products, string, and tape.  Though I also allowed  plastic bags.

This is a home-esque video that Josh made while we were creating our egg drops.

Mariah's contraption

Julie's egg box and parachute (Karen's sister), with Quinn trying to figure out the tape to her side

My masterpiece

Miranda's Egg Capsule 3000

Gabe's monstrosity (he somehow snuck balloons into his creation)

Matt and Karen's egg (I told them it was a representation of their daughter, and Matt better be careful how he treats that egg), snugly suspended in that box.

 X marks the spot that Josh was to aim for from the roof.

I was trying to get a good-looking shot of Quinn, but he was too distracted.

THE OUTCOME:

Matt and Karen's daughter - still intact!

Miranda's egg - crushed and oozing

Julie's egg - a survivor!

Mariah's egg - Safe!

Gabe apparently did NOT crack his egg before the drop, because it was untouched by any imperfections

Matt and Karen, proud of their joint effort

Me, rather proud of my contraption.  So much so, that I allowed a picture of me holding it