An eventful Easter weekend was kicked off with a big dinner chez nous, with my old Western room mate Sara Charleton, her husband Ian (celebrating the big 40 with trip to Paris sans enfants) and their friends (and now ours) the McKee family.
The BC girls and the McKee kids drool over the McKee contribution to dinner - the Bouncy Bunny cake, complete with whiskers flown in from Boston.
EGG HUNT
A trip to a country Chateau for our Easter egg hunt seemed in order, for our last Easter in France. Our hunting grounds, the Vaux-le-Vicomte is an impression chateau built in the 1600's, about an hours drive from Paris. In true French form the kids were sent off sans parents, to duke it out and we were left out of eye sight, only to imagine what was going on behind the hedges.
D, P and the Sorboen gang, relax and inhale some chocolate after the big hunt.
A prized find!
The Sorboens back at Ours, for a big Easter Lamb feast
FOUNTAINBLEAU
We made the most of our weekend car rental and spent our Easter Monday at another chateau in Fountainbleau, a glamourous hunting lodge home to many past Kings about a hour from Paris. Louis XIII was born here, Louis XV was married here and Napolean was baptized and abdicated his rule here. The girls enjoyed touring the gardens and many lavish rooms. D was most fond of the games room, "lots of chairs for musical chairs".
Big dinners, friends, chateaux and chocolate - an Easter to remember!
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