Spring is in the air. Easter is right around the corner. I did not realize on this crisp near-spring day that an eggs-hausting fiasco was about to unravel in my kitchen.

We have chickens and therefore, we have many eggs at our disposal. I thought a fun mother-son activity for today would be painting eggs. Unfortunately, our chickens produce brown eggs. I hated to go out a purchase eggs that are white when we have three dozen brown ones in our refrigerator. I figured that I could whitewash the eggs so my son's eggs-uberant artwork would show up. It did not go well. Every time I added another layer of whitewash, the previous layer would wash off. I figured I would paint them instead. I was covered with paint and they eggs looked sloppy.

In the end (after literally four hours of my son asking if they were ready and me asking "not quite yet") we painted brown eggs with all of the pretty patterns. In the end, I spent more money on white paint than I would have for a dozen white eggs and they weren't even white in the end.

A lesson learned. Share your Easter/Springtime stories!