Happy Easter

Our Easter was a game of two halves.  With Stu recently back from the good ol' U S of A, we enjoyed the first few days, getting out and about as a family.  We spent a lot of time at Centennial Park, feeding ducks, kicking a football about and driving round it to get Juliet a quick nap and also popped up to Fairlight to see the new pad.  Auntie Niti and Uncle Dougie came round for roast lamb, which was fun and Alice and I embarked on an Easter Egg hunt in Centennial Park (again) which was stunning - it was a beautiful day and Alice loved following the map and hunting down the clues.

You had to find 9 letters which spelt out a secret word (Egg Hunt) which were hidden all over the park.  You reported the secret word to the Easter bunny (pictured at the very back of the third photo above) and he gave you an egg.  Or you had a complete meltdown at the sight of him, screamed blue murder and made your mother look as though she was trying to force you to do something awful.  I was completely happy to walk away and not get any more chocolate, but that made her scream even more.  In the end the Easter Bunny's "minder" gave Alice an egg and she was delighted and skipped away happily.  Now, each time we drive past spots in the park where clues were hidden, Alice has a touch of the Walter Mitties about the whole thing.  "That's where we found the last clue", "That's where I met the Easter Bunny", "That's where the Easter Bunny gave me my egg and I didn't cry" etc.

Unfortunately the last two days of the long weekend (we also had the Tuesday off) were spent hiding from the rain, waiting for the on-call doctor to come out and see Juliet for her poor cough and making Anzac cookies for Anzac Day.