For the past few years we've had a new Easter Day tradition. Ryan and I head on over to a friend's house (Beth & Michael W.) for a little dinner and some very competitive rounds of Egg Battles! That's not the official name but that's what happens. You pit your eggs (hardboiled and decorated of course) against other peoples eggs to see which one has the hardest shell.

It's a pretty simple game that basically consists of
two people choosing eggs and trying to crack each others egg by smacking them together. One player is the smacker and one player is the holder. The holder puts her egg in her fist with only a small bit showing at the top where the thumb and pointer finger meet. The smacker then smacks one end of her egg against the holder's and whoever's cracks flips their egg around and uses the other end. Once both ends of your egg are broken your opponent gets it. The person who has the most eggs at the end of the egg battles is the overall winner.

Of course even though it is a simple game everyone has their strategies and favorite techniques. Here is a video of Ryan and I battling. Notice my technique of rubbing the top of the opponents egg before I smack it. Considering I lost this one, I don't know how good that technique is.