And the sad thing is...these are not the best. Much more at our online album...link in the menus to the right. I took nearly 350 pictures for the weekend.
We had an amazing Easter weekend. Seriously. It all started with GORGEOUS weather. Sunny days with highs in the upper 60's.
On Saturday, we attended the Message Easter Egg Hunt at the Arenes des Luteces, which is an old Roman arena in the 5th. It is about a 20 minute walk down the street from our apartment!
Michael had fun looking for candy in the bushes:
And of course, we went with Jonah:
After all was said and done, Michael found a good place to enjoy his loot. This was before a bigger came and kicked Michael in the back until he went down the slide:
On the walk home, Jonah decided to have some PDA with Michael. Michael is not too happy about this turn of events:
Then, both families came back to our place and we had lunch! I made Bun Bo Hue, which is a very savory Vietnamese beef noodle soup, not for the light of heart or picky eater. It was not as good as my Mom's, but my cooking rarely ever is.
Then, we put all the boys down for a nap and Kirsten, Ella and I went to the mall. Seriously. Italie2 is down the street and I had to buy dirt and a spade to pot a plant my friend Mary gave me! After which, we went to a tea house in the 13th called L'Oisive du te and had a nice girly gouter!
When we got home, 2.5 hours later, the boys were all still asleep. One by one, they all woke up from their naps and we commenced with egg dying. Michael prefered the direct dunk approach with no utensils:
Ella was REALLY impressed with her pink egg:
And Michael loved watching Kirsten dye anything:
On Sunday, we went to church and had a lazy day at home. It was perfect.
Here in France, you don't get Good Friday off. Instead, you get Monday off after Easter. And it's called The Monday After Easter holiday. I am being serious.
So we went with the Atkins to Vaux le Vicomte for their Easter Egg Hunt! It was great fun! Here is Michael adjusting his riding hat after getting off the horse he rode:
And in case you forgot who the Atkins were! We also went with them to Switzerland:
So, the official egg hunt was in what would best be described as "shrubbery." Michael is hardcore about Easter egg hunts:
After we collected the allotted 5 eggs per child, we re-hid them in a field far away and had another Easter egg hunt with just the 4 boys. Very fun times:
And then afterwards, Michael decided to dine on his chocolates while surveying his chateau grounds:
Here's mom trying to get a picture with Michael while he's running around for eggs. NOT a good idea:
And then afterwards, they had this little station full of these little medieval cloaks and styrofoam swords. Can we say, AWESOME?
Michael put his to good use by attacking this bush:
All this before nap time at that! And Michael decided to take a 5 minute nap ALL DAY. We went to the Atkins to pick up a monitor and trade pictures and made it home by 7pm. WHEW> What a day. Michael took a 20 minute power nap at 6:30pm and went to bed at 8pm.
It was all so super fun.
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