Happy Easter

Around 6:45, Sunday morning I heard a joyful "It's Easter!" from the boy's bedroom. It was Max trying to wake his big brother. He must have said it ten times. He popped out of bed wide eyed and ready to tear into his Easter basket. Coleman sort of flopped out of bed, also excited, but less alert. He just has a harder time waking in the morning.

We had company for Easter dinner Sunday. David, Phillipa, Holly, Toby and Lulu. Chris worked with David at SAP. David and his family just moved to the area in September from Singapore. Phillipa is Tazmanian, David is Australian. Holly was born in Australia and the two younger ones were born in Singapore. A truly delightful crew. It is rare that kids just walk in and mesh with our kids, this was one of those times though. We invited them for dinner at 2:00. We ate at nearly 6:00. The kids had their meal almost on time. It was the grown ups who had to wait. Chris made an amazing Moroccan chicken tagine with apricots and cashews. Wish I had a shot of that. Oh my goodness. I've posted it on recipezaar.com if you're interested. Clearly it was a lot more time consuming than he expected - but it may have been the kitchen which also serves as the hallway in and out of the backyard. And only has about two feet of counter space.

The boys enjoy the spoils of Easter.

On Saturday morning we went up to Kennolyn Camp in the hills of Soquel. We looked at a house walking distance to this camp. What an amazing place it is. We were there for an egg hunt. We also decorated cookies and Coleman made a cute rock alien bunny.





Hopefully you all had a good Easter Sunday. I missed my family this year, deeply. It is a beautiful part of the world we live in, here in Soquel. Perfect in so many ways. But lacking in one thing. My family lives 3145 miles away. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone this summer.