Easter Fun In China

Yes, even though Easter is not an official holiday in China the bunny does visit those who choose to celebrate it.  The boys are in bed eagerly awaiting a basket full of chocolate and a new toy.  Actually, they are in our bed.  Ryan is too afraid to sleep in his own room and Nicholas is just having trouble sleeping.  It doesn't help that they're loaded up with sugar from the fabulous Easter party we attended this afternoon.  Jessica and Chris hosted a lovely get together with some American, French and Canadian friends.  There were a lot of kids there and they enjoyed a fantastic egg hunt outside.  Much to my delight, Nicholas made a new friend named Hannah who goes to the same school he will be starting in August.  She loves it and although she will be a grade ahead of him, it will be nice for him to be able to see a familiar face once in a while.

Here are a few pics from the Easter Egg Hunt:

All the little ones waiting patiently for everybody to get to the lobby.

Ryan couldn't wait to check out what was in the plastic eggs.

Nicholas wasn't stealing Caroline's eggs, he was sharing his.  She didn't get too many.

Like I said before, it was a lovely party and we got to know lots of other expats we hadn't had a chance to meet yet.

On another positive note, I now have a bike!  This morning we ventured to Metro so Tim and the boys could help me pick one out.  After we drove a few around the store, Tim tried one that he really liked.  I hopped on and gave it a whirl and it was very comfortable.  It's plain, no gears or anything, but that means there's less to go wrong with it.  The only thing I don't love about it is that's it's orange, but I will get over it.  I didn't actually have time to ride it before we went to the party so there are no pictures yet.  Tomorrow will be a good day for that.  It should be warm and hopefully sunny.

Happy Easter everyone!  I hope it's a beautiful weekend, wherever you are!