Happy Sham el-Nessim!

Happy Sham el-Nessim!

Once again celebrating my favorite Egyptian holiday with a basketful of colored eggs. Okay, so they're not all that colorful…yet. This was just the base colors I dyed the eggs before the kids decorated them further with markers and stickers. (Yes, I forgot to get a shot of them completed.)

From last year's Sham el-Nessim post:

This spring festival dates back to the time of the pharaohs but is still celebrated as a national holiday by both Muslims and Christians. Today, Egyptians will spend the day outside in gardens or any green space they can find – along the Nile, at the zoo – and enjoy the fresh breeze. Traditionally, people eat feseekh (a salted, and very smelly fish), green onions, lettuce, termis (lupini beans)…and colored boiled eggs.