Easter 2006

Easter 2006 turned out to be quite a day! It started very early in the morning when the Easter Bunny entered our house via our balcony and left gifts for the children on our dining room table. He left these gifts for Lilja.



And these gifts for Max.



And then helped himself to a carrot.



In the morning, the kids could barely contain themselves to see what he had left behind.



Here's what happened when they came into the dining room!







After appreciating the gifts and eating the first chocolate of the day, we settled down to Leysia's wonderfully prepared breakfast.







After breakfast, we got ready for the day and headed down to the Queen's palace.



It was the Queen's birthday today, so the rest of Aarhus was there.



She came out and waved hello... about five or so minutes before we got there. :-( We were milling about aimlessly, feeling like fools, when we ran into our friends Anne Marit and Klaus with their three kids and Klaus's parents. We had just had them over to our apartment on Thursday for a pre-Easter egg hunt (the subject of a future blog post), so we were quite happy and surprised to see them again! We all headed over to MindePark and talked while our kids played at the park's playground.







We then said our good byes and headed home. On the way back, Leysia snapped this picture of a strange humanoid creature in the forest... we don't think its Big Foot, but perhaps one of his smaller, cuter, better dressed cousins.



Once we got back to our apartment, we discovered that the Easter Bunny had prepared an Easter egg hunt for Max and Lilja; we suspect he did it the previous night and we failed to notice earlier when we were rushing to miss the Queen's appearance down the road. The kids launched into the egg hunt with considerable enthusiasm and found the eggs with remarkable speed. Lilja has, at the age of two, completely grokked the concept of an egg hunt and she gives her older brother a run for his money in the competition to see who can find the most eggs!













Leysia then took a nap, while Max, Lilja, and I relaxed while watching a movie (Ice Age, which we have on DVD and watch on my laptop). When Leysia got up, she made an excellent dinner consisting of baked salmon, mashed potatoes, and broccoli. Max earned brownie points by helping in the kitchen as well as setting the table. Lilja helped out too, although sometimes her help was less than helpful. (If you've ever dealt with small children, you know what I mean.) Unfortunately, none of our pictures of dinner turned out well, so lets move straight to dessert, which was chocolate-dipped strawberries! Lilja and Max especially liked having their own individual bowls of melted chocolate and both required a shower by the end. (We anticipated that they would both end up covered in chocolate, which is why they are not wearing any clothes in the picture below.)



After the shower, there was a little time left for one more TV show (Charlie Brown, in Danish!).



Then it was time for bed and once I got Lilja down (which involved me reading “Curious George goes to the Hospital”) I finally had time to sit and create this post; which I'm posting at 23:52, which means I have eight more minutes of Easter to enjoy!

Hope you had an enjoyable Easter, and that the Easter Bunny brought you as much chocolate as he brought us! :-)

Ken