Easter Egg Hunt

Saturday we went to one of our playgroups Easter Egg Hunt. The Hunt was in a local park that we had heard about from several people. They all rave about how great the park was and how it is great to spend the day there. We were having a hard time imagining why you would want to spend the entire day in a park, until we got there. There is a restaurant with outdoor seating that looks out onto 2 playgrounds - 1 for younger children and the other for the older kids. We were lucky enough to get a great seat on the edge of the playground with our friends. The weather was perfect and the kids were ready play, even though Chloe had thrown up on herself on the way there. She didn't smell very nice but she seemed to be feeling OK. We ended up hanging out there for 4 hours!

Sunday we hosted the second installment of the Snack and Drink Party. I have been using our deep fryer to make buffalo wings which you cannot get around here. It was a fun day!

Seana's Visit

This is way overdue, but a few weeks ago, Seana came to visit. It is always so nice to have guests and even better when they stay with us. We did not make any set plans and decided what we would do the following day the night before.

I brought Seana to Brussels to see the Grand Place and Atomium. We took the bikes out in Antwerp to see the Steen castle and try some Jenever. We also explored the city a bit and ate several waffles along the way.

We weren't able to get a sitter over the weekend, so we made the decision to go overnight to Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany. It's a little bit of a long drive - 5 1/2 hours without traffic - but it is the perfect German town. It is the third time we have been there since we have been in Europe. The town is filled with Japanese tourists. They loved Chloe (I think because of her blonde hair) and many asked if they could have their picture taken with her. It was funny and weird at the same time, but I knew it was innocent in nature. Saturday was Seana's birthday, so we eat spatzle and drank champagne and pils to celebrate. Earlier that day, Craig had met a man from PA who had been living in Rothenburg for the past 20 years. He spotted us a dinner and proceded to hang out with us. He was a little creepy and we thought it was funny how he seemed to forget English and struggled to find the right word. We nicknamed him The German Small Wonder. We always seem to attract the weirdos. While driving through Frankfurt on the way back to Belgium, the winds picked up and we had many detours because of trees that had fallen across the road. We later found out that is was a crazy storm with heavy winds that blew across Europe.

Seana was lucky enough to be headed to Paris for a week after she left Antwerp. We are so glad that she came to visit.

Chloe's Big Girl Beddie

For a while now, Chloe has been getting in Colin's bed and pretending to sleep so we decided it was time to move her into a big bed. We picked up a big little girl bed at Ikea. It only took a couple of nights before we were able to convince her to sleep in it. The first night she woke up at 4:30am, got out of bed and went into the living room. Luckily, she went back to sleep easily. She looked so cute I had to take a picture!