Saturday, April 11, 2009

The Circus, Coloring Easter Eggs, American Idol on the Wii and other random thoughts....

We have been out of school since Wednesday. We have really enjoyed a much needed break from learning and had some great family time!
Grandma sent us American Idol for the Wii and we have been having some serious get down music contests around here! I think the kids have played it at least 10 hours each day! I am sure the neighbors are enjoying our loud American music. Paybacks for all of their parties....
We went on an outing to the Circus. It was AMAZING! In fact, the kids rated it up there with Disney World. Impressive huh. :) I was not sure what to expect but it really was cool. It was not an animal circus but more of an acrobatic, magical show. The music and the costumes were outstanding. It was a great night!
Our town is basically shut down for the Passion Week celebration they call Semana Santa. There are no buses or taxis running and all of the stores are closed. Since we are pretty much home bound, we decided to have an Easter party with some of our new friends. Meet the Gillen family. They are headed to the Dominican Republic after their year of language school. (You will see them in the picture video) We cooked a good ole American meal and colored Easter eggs. We also made Easter Story cookies which if all goes well will look like an empty tomb in the morning when we get them out of the oven. It was a great day!
So, I made a little slideshow of the past few days. Enjoy a little peak at our world.
Happy Easter, He is Risen!
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4 comments:

leigh said...

You are too cute! Cookies, colored eggs, American Idol game, American meal - you have so got it together.

Happy Easter friend!
Leigh

Anonymous said...

How wonderful that you have new friends/neighbors to share Easter with. The kids look like they had a great time!
It was nice to catch up with your crew on the phone Friday. My kids were glad to talk to yours!

Learn a lot at school this week!
Love,
Donna

Donna said...

Sorry- I didn't mean to post that as "anonoymous"! :)

LauraLea said...

Awwww that is so sweet!
Love,
Laura Lea