Eggs, Nests, & School Easter Party

Starting to get on the ball around here.  We have our eggs boiled and ready for decorating and deviled eggs.  Emily, can this count as my cookbook recipe for this month!?  I have to look up how to boil eggs every time!  Yall thought I could cook -- really I can just read directions.  This recipe is courtesy of Joy of Cooking which is really encyclopedic and tells you how to do pretty much anything with any food.

I signed up for sweets at Kirkley's school party, so I attempted a cute cupcake I finally found online that didn't use coconut for the nest.  For 30 cupcakes, I used 1 tub of white frosting (thin layer on top), 4 cups chow mein noodles (in bag in Asian section), and 1 cup white chocolate chips.  Melt white chocolate chips in large bowl in microwave, stir in chow mein noodles, and arrange on cupcakes.  Zap noodles/chocolate if mixture gets too stiff for 10 seconds.  Put candy eggs on immediately (had to attach some with frosting underneath).  Took literally 20 minutes -- neither the frosting nor the nest has to be perfect. 

Make little nests on wax paper with your extras....

We had fun at her class egg hunt and party!

She's had a great time with her class this year -- lots of sweet friends!

And some FYI on the whys of the Easter egg.  Found lots of different things when googling.

We're going with the egg is the symbol of new life and resurrection! :)

"We were buried therefore with Him by baptism into death, in order that, 

just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, 

we too might walk in newness of life."

Romans 6:4