As usual in China Easter suddenly crops up as there are not many reminders around town. There are a few Easter eggs in the shops but they are usually horrifically expensive - £10 for six creme eggs! Therefore the Easter Bunny has to prepare well in advance!
Because of the lack of Easter reminders I retold the Easter story to the boys, explaining that Jesus was resurrected on Easter Sunday. Oliver's reply to this was "that's good, just in time for the Easter Bunny"!
This year the Easter weekend coincided with the school holidays, called Spring Break here (but not by us!!). We invited our friends Krassi and Austin and their children Liam and Elena to spend Easter Sunday with us. Before they arrived William and Oliver had an early morning Easter egg hunt in the garden. They began by using a magnifying glass and binoculars to spot signs of the Easter bunny but it wasn't long before they discovered lots of eggs. They also took part in a compound egg hunt organised by one of our neighbours who went to Carrefour and bought several hundred mini 'chocolate' eggs!
Sam set up the BBQ and cooked a lovely leg of lamb which we had with breads and salad, a slightly alternative take on a roast as it is getting warm here.
Krassi, who is from Bulgaria, brought with her lots of Bulgarian Egg dye and lots of hard boiled eggs for the children to dye and then fight with. A traditional Bulgarian Easter Activity.
The children all followed Krassi's instructions and dyed the eggs in a variety of colours. When the dye had dried we all really enjoyed decorating and polishing the eggs. everyone then thoroughly enjoyed fighting with them! At times Krassi had to remind us that the activity was for the children! Liam had the champion egg which appeared to be super hard to crack.
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