Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Easter
Easter activities started for us about 2 weeks ago. Our neighborhood had its annual Easter hunt at the beginning of April. The weather was pretty questionable, so the hunt was held inside a gymnasium. Pierce is a pretty fierce egg hunter, which is funny, since he doesn’t like most of the types of candy that comes in the eggs (he actually has a pretty limited capacity for the candy he does like). Anna loves candy, but isn’t much of an egg hunter. She gets help from Mom and Dad in pointing her towards unfound eggs. It’s hard to believe, but this will be the last year Pierce can participate in the Homestead Woods Easter egg hunt. Next year he’ll be too old. Fortunately, the older kids have games to participate in, so we have a few years of activities left.
Starting off Easter proper, Dad and Mary sent the kids small baskets that arrived on Thursday. It was a nice mix of candy, popcorn and toys and was a very big hit with Pierce and Anna. Friday we headed off to Omaha to spend the Easter weekend with Dad and Mary.
We had a great visit, starting off with dinner at a Sports Pub Friday evening when we got into town. We went back to Dad and Mary’s apartment for dessert and a video –we brought several with us. The evening’s pick was Happy Feet. We didn’t finish it (it was pretty late) but left the movie with Dad –he was enjoying it a great deal.
Saturday morning started with a complimentary hotel breakfast and a swim in the indoor pool. We tried a different hotel this time; our old standby had their pool under maintenance. The hotel was a mixed bag, we stayed in a “kid’s suite”, which was just perfect for us (a separate bedroom with bunk beds for Pierce and Anna), but the hotel’s service was substandard. We’ll probably try something else next visit. And the pool was extremely cold. Nora and I lasted about an hour before we had to call it quits.
After a quick lunch with Dad and Mary, we headed off to a Children’s Museum in downtown Omaha. It was a little slow for Nora and me, but Pierce and Anna loved it. Its probably one of the nicer museums we’ve been too –a lot of thought, effort and money went into it. We finished the day with dinner at the Pizza Machine; a cross between an all you can eat pizza buffet and an uber arcade. We all ate like pigs and played video games, did rides and tried to win prizes. Pierce and Anna each won enough tickets to get an air-powered rocket.
Sunday morning, Pierce and Anna awoke to Easter baskets (I wonder how that happened?). The baskets each included some trinkets and new L-Max games –a very big hit. Plus a little candy. Anna wondered how the Easter bunny knew we’d be at a hotel and how he had access to Leap Pad games…
As you’ve probably gathered, the main activity on this visit was eating. We finished up our visit with a wonderful Sunday brunch at a restaurant at the historic Old Market in downtown. Except for Anna, we had custom made omelets (Pierce wrote his own order ticket for scrambled eggs), prime rib, sausage, French toast, and lots of dessert. We were on the top floor of a 3-story restaurant which was serviced by the kitchen by elevator. Interestingly, they just couldn’t seem to get desserts to the top floor fast enough.
As much as we would have like to have stayed longer, we left for home from the restaurant. We went to our house briefly to let the dog out, and discovered some very nice baskets left by Nora’s friend Carrie. There was even a basket for Josie (our dog). We then headed off to Nora’s parents house for an Easter egg hunt and dinner.
As with most of the country, Easter weekend was very cold. But, fortunately, it was much warmer in Kansas than it was in Nebraska. Nora’s extended family made it for the activities. We got lots of video of all the kids hunting for eggs. Of course, Easter baskets were waiting for Pierce and Anna, complete with candy and a jumbo bottle of bubble solution. All the kids went out to the back deck to blow bubbles across the back yard. The evening finished with, you guessed it, more food. A wonderful meal of ham, German potato salad, corn, bread and upside-down pineapple cake.
If I was a camel my hump would be very large.
-Eric (Dad)
Starting off Easter proper, Dad and Mary sent the kids small baskets that arrived on Thursday. It was a nice mix of candy, popcorn and toys and was a very big hit with Pierce and Anna. Friday we headed off to Omaha to spend the Easter weekend with Dad and Mary.
We had a great visit, starting off with dinner at a Sports Pub Friday evening when we got into town. We went back to Dad and Mary’s apartment for dessert and a video –we brought several with us. The evening’s pick was Happy Feet. We didn’t finish it (it was pretty late) but left the movie with Dad –he was enjoying it a great deal.
Saturday morning started with a complimentary hotel breakfast and a swim in the indoor pool. We tried a different hotel this time; our old standby had their pool under maintenance. The hotel was a mixed bag, we stayed in a “kid’s suite”, which was just perfect for us (a separate bedroom with bunk beds for Pierce and Anna), but the hotel’s service was substandard. We’ll probably try something else next visit. And the pool was extremely cold. Nora and I lasted about an hour before we had to call it quits.
After a quick lunch with Dad and Mary, we headed off to a Children’s Museum in downtown Omaha. It was a little slow for Nora and me, but Pierce and Anna loved it. Its probably one of the nicer museums we’ve been too –a lot of thought, effort and money went into it. We finished the day with dinner at the Pizza Machine; a cross between an all you can eat pizza buffet and an uber arcade. We all ate like pigs and played video games, did rides and tried to win prizes. Pierce and Anna each won enough tickets to get an air-powered rocket.
Sunday morning, Pierce and Anna awoke to Easter baskets (I wonder how that happened?). The baskets each included some trinkets and new L-Max games –a very big hit. Plus a little candy. Anna wondered how the Easter bunny knew we’d be at a hotel and how he had access to Leap Pad games…
As you’ve probably gathered, the main activity on this visit was eating. We finished up our visit with a wonderful Sunday brunch at a restaurant at the historic Old Market in downtown. Except for Anna, we had custom made omelets (Pierce wrote his own order ticket for scrambled eggs), prime rib, sausage, French toast, and lots of dessert. We were on the top floor of a 3-story restaurant which was serviced by the kitchen by elevator. Interestingly, they just couldn’t seem to get desserts to the top floor fast enough.
As much as we would have like to have stayed longer, we left for home from the restaurant. We went to our house briefly to let the dog out, and discovered some very nice baskets left by Nora’s friend Carrie. There was even a basket for Josie (our dog). We then headed off to Nora’s parents house for an Easter egg hunt and dinner.
As with most of the country, Easter weekend was very cold. But, fortunately, it was much warmer in Kansas than it was in Nebraska. Nora’s extended family made it for the activities. We got lots of video of all the kids hunting for eggs. Of course, Easter baskets were waiting for Pierce and Anna, complete with candy and a jumbo bottle of bubble solution. All the kids went out to the back deck to blow bubbles across the back yard. The evening finished with, you guessed it, more food. A wonderful meal of ham, German potato salad, corn, bread and upside-down pineapple cake.
If I was a camel my hump would be very large.
-Eric (Dad)
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