Easter weekend

During the past 4 weeks, at least one person in our family has been sick every day, with Ken taking up most of the time. A couple of weeks ago he had strep and he never really fully recovered. Last Monday he went back to the Dr. and was diagnosed with a throat infection. So, he is back on antibiotics and finally feeling better. Beckett had a fever last weekend, recovered, but got sick again on Friday night and has been sick all weekend. Ava had her turn on Thursday, which meant she had to miss school and have movie day at home. Thankfully, with the kids, the ibuprofen works wonders (thanks Jana!) and for the most part, they still sleep well as long as we keep the meds going.

In France, we have bank holidays on Good Friday and the Monday after Easter. It is great to be able to have Ken and Ava home for 4 days in a row. The bad part is that everything is closed on those days, including the grocery stores. I was supposed to go grocery shopping during the day on Thursday, but Ava was home sick so I had to wait for Ken to get home from work. Ken got home a little after 7 and the grocery store closed at 8:30 - perfect, I can still make it! I got into the grocery store and it was packed! They were totally out of some things, they started turning off the lights at 8:00 (at least I thought they were open until 8:30) and I had to wait almost a half an hour to check out. The bummer was I forgot some things and had to go back on Saturday and wait another half an hour in line again!

Waiting in line on Thursday night.



On Friday, Ava was feeling better (Beckett didn't get a fever until after nap), so we went to the Jardin des Deux Rives. There is a footbridge over the Rhine River that you can walk over from Strasbourg to Kehl, Germany.

Ken went to the bakery for croissants for breakfast. Notice Becketts technique to eating his chocolate croissant - rip it open and only eat the chocolate.

Couples leave a lock of love on the bridge. Ken and I did not come prepared with our "love lock".

Beckett loves his scooter.

Showing off a little.

 On the Germany side.

Ken and Ava climbed the tower in Germany. Ken is actually afraid of heights and hated this:)

 The view from the top.

 Beckett loved this for the first couple of seconds and then freaked out.

The most ridiculous slide - there is no ladder to get up. Ken got to the top via the ropes course while the kids climbed up the slide.

Heading back into France.

Beckett was sick today, so just Ava and I went to the Swaymans for an Easter egg hunt and brunch. She had tons of fun playing with her friends, finding eggs and eating tons of chocolate!

Happy Easter!

Ibuprofen had kicked in by now. An hour before he was running a fever of 102.

Kids table. No mimosas were consumed by any child, even though it looks like it.

So happy.

Holidays aren't commercialized here nearly as much as in the states. They don't sell any plastic eggs and it is very difficult to find baskets, which is why Ava is using a bucket! 

Checking out what they got.