Easter fun

The 4 boys got 1 big basket this year.

Eric have started wearing his PJs backwards now, we don't know why

Group effort - Johna made the cake, I decorated it, and Shane made the wire handle

We went to our friends, Josh and Cleo's house (just down the road). There were over 40 people and 320 eggs hidden!

They have a big yard and lots of places for eggs to hide.

Some were really hidden in tricky places! The little kids got to go out and get all the easy ones first, then the big kids had their turn.

Forecasters said it would rain, but it ended up the nicest day we've had in Shanghai so far

Aaron's first experience with grass and leaves

A little too much excitement and Eric couldn't stop to even take a picture. He wanted to keep looking and so got really grumpy when asked to smile for the camera

We told him to smile or we would post this grumpy picture for everyone to see, but it didn't help

Easter Party at Eric's school

Eric's class and teachers getting ready to look for Easter eggs.

XiaoMi and Eric - He always takes care of her like a little sister (mei mei)

He was so proud of all the eggs he found

Each class colored a bunch. He ended up with about 6 and Ian got 8 or 9

I think this is a German tradition (his school is run by Germans) - to find bread shaped like animals on Easter

I tried to keep taking pictures of them to slow them down - they were finding many more eggs than the other kids.

They sang lots of songs for us in Chinese and did some dances, too.

Then they did a play. Eric was the Baba (daddy) and Jana was the Mama (all in Chinese)

It is hard to get pictures of Eric because he is always moving (unlike Zachary and Ben)

These are the 3 amigos - Eric, Ben, and Jason

For another play

This was so funny - these are all from a yogurt drink that Eric loves. He started drinking them in Korea and Johna still sends them in his lunch here. They saved all the containers and did an art project out of them