Easter Weekend

This is our last day of break.  We have enjoyed it SO much!!  Tomorrow it is back to the grind.  But that's fine, our grind is nice too.

 We finished our cleanse. Loved it.  From it we have decided to cut down on coffee, gained an appreciation for green smoothies, and found a few new yummy recipes.  Here we are juicing our oranges for Day 4's breakfast.  With our tiny manual lime juicer it took an hour to juice 1L but was totally worth it because we all sat around the table and chatted.  In review we survived cake baking, cake decorating, potluck, Easter chocolate egg hunt, and a 2 day visit with one of the best cooks we know.  Go us!!

 Here is the egg hunt.  Since Carl is 'in charge' of Easter, and thinks the Easter Basket tradition is silly, we have decided to carry on the Egg Hunt tradition instead.  I totally support him.  It was so much fun watching them find and load up on so much sugar!!  Here you can see both of their hands going for the same piece.  Didn't take Theo too long to catch on.

 Now, Kaia and Theo are in an interesting phase of their relationship.  Theo is starting to hassle Kaia and will chase and repeatedly hit her.  She will whine and cry, it is jolly fun.  It will take some time for them to work through it I am sure.  But the Easter Bunny brought only one Cadbury Egg!!!  Kaia was so good about sharing and this is the best they have gotten along in weeks!!

 In the afternoon we headed out to Moshi to visit Bob and Amelia.  The rainy season has brought the countryside to life and the scenery is spectacular.  Also, hardly any traffic on Easter Sunday :)

 Bob and Amelia are the couple that we have known in Egypt, Finland, and Tanzania.  We never remember to take a pic of them with the kids.  Carl taught his kids since they were in grade school and they are finishing university now.  They are great with Kaia and Theo and take great care of us.  Their house has a huge yard with a wide open view of Kili.  They have a little guesthouse so we don't even have to feel like we are in their way.  This time they opened their recipe box for us and we came home with about 10 new recipes to try. 

When we came home the weather was perfect and Kaia laid out to soak up the sun. 
Our Little Wildflower (the only nickname she officially approves of).