Easter is on it's way! What a beautiful time of year! It is a season full of life. Rivers and streams come alive, flowers blossom, birds sing and new life is all around us! I love spring, for many reasons, but Easter is the main reason. It brings a feeling on newness and sense of peace and an understanding of how small and insignificant our lives are when you take a look at the larger picture.
It feels like Spring here in Australia because their weather is currently a lot like what we call Springtime. Technically however, it is fall here. The weather is unbelievable. There really is no way to describe to you how perfect it is. Nice and warm during the day, mixed with a perfect breeze. Night is wonderful , cooler, yet not even cool enough for long sleeves.
This is a picture of one of the trees in the park during fall. The leaves have turned colors and fallen to the ground, yet not the same way that ours do. Some of the leaves are still green even though they are on the ground. It's beautiful!
Jack and I went to an Easter outing with a few friends. We traveled to a local park. Spread out a blanket, had tea and sweets and the kids played and hunted eggs. It was a really great time. I was curious to see how Jack would get on with the kids and people here but, no worries, he has attached himself to many of them and acts like he has known them all along! :) Kids are SO resilient!
Jack and Jessica, running around the park. He attached himself to her and she was kind enough to let him tag along. She even made him a very sweet Easter sack to hunt eggs. Australians are so welcoming!
In Australia they hunt chocolate eggs. However, Jack and I brought some larger plastic eggs filled with chocolate! The eggs are tiny and hard to find. Jack did well considering that he was the runt of the group and the other kids played SO nice and accidentally dropped some at his feet! :) He was elated when he found one.
After hunting the eggs, all the kids laid their goods on the blanket and we divided them evenly! What a novel idea! Everyone was happy. Jack proceeded to eat about 100 chocolate eggs and passed smooth out on the ride home. What a great day!
Tomorrow is Easter, and I know it will be another great day! Happy Easter all!
Kim & Jack
