Easter Eggs

We love making Easter eggs. The whole magic of dying eggs and then hiding and finding them is a cultural delight that we wanted to share. When we were in Japan, we invited Anika's friends to get dressed up in easter bonnets and fancy dresses and did a fantastic hunt along the gardens of the canal. But here, McKinley and her friends are a little too old for that.
We invited our friends who invited their friends, and pretty soon we had thirty people here, decorating eggs. We invited the moms to try to blow eggs - that was pretty funny! And then we went out in the drizzling rain to have a hunt. It was fantastic fun.
When it all was over, most of the people went to the home of one of the moms, and we had a mass dumpling making party. The food was -- how do you say? Unbelievable. Oh yeah. All vegetarian, all flavor. How about this - fresh green beans swiftly deep fried, then tossed in salt and white pepper. Simple. Sublime.