Easter Afternoon

After a morning of celebration with just us, we prepared to host the entire Weihing clan. An extra table was brought upstairs, cute and festive table decorations were found and put to good use, and then around 3:30, the crew began to arrive. the Weihing clan consists of my host dad's three siblings and their families--two of which also have four kids :) It's no small party!

A number of delicious looking cakes decked the table and the coffee pot was ready for action--and after seven weeks without the weekly tradition of German coffee and cake, so was I! As much as I would have thouroughly enjoyed samplying the entire variety of goodies laid out, after my first slice of "nuss zopf" (A sweeter version of zopf with nuts) that was only a few hours old, the other cakes just couldn't compare. :) I will have to find a way to get my hands on my aunt's amazing recipe!

He wanted to hide something with our bunny but in the end he said, "Charlie bit me"  I'm assuming it really hurt ;-)

GO!

As the kids began to figit it became obvious that it was time for the easter bunny to go to work. Naturally, all the dads had to help with his enormous load and I tagged along as photographer. Finally, everything was ready.   One basket from each aunt and uncle multiplied by 13 kids doesn't leave many unused hiding places but with a little creativity and a big yard, we managed. the kids stood in the doorway--yes all of them--and waited for the command that sent them caotically flying in all directions--go!

Taking the time to play photographer meant that my dear little brothers, who zoomed around the yard at the speed of light, had located all of my easter baskets before I'd even set the camera down and therefore "hunt" is certainly a bit of a stretch for what I had to do to get my baskets.

The playing field-aka my backyard :)

As expected, the day flew by and I was suddenly celebrating not Easter Sunday, but Easter Monday. This time around, it was Mama's side of the family who filled up the dining room and once again, we had a wonderful time. By the time everyone left and the dust settled, my jaw dropped. Never in my life had I seen such an enormous amoung of Easter candy!! And I must say, I'll take Germany Easter candy over peeps and creme eggs any day!

And that would be the very sumorrized conclusion to my Easter in Germany--it was a great one!