Eggs, candy, and ice cream!

We had the boys over Easter weekend and it was jam packed with excitement. Saturday morning we had a play date with my co-worker Danielle and her son Tim, who is Joe's age. We met up at Shadowland for laser tag. Now, I remember when there was the personal laser tag equipment you could buy back in the 80's. But this was not that. It was very sophisticated and high tech. Danielle was unable to play with us so it was me and four boys inside this darkened room with ramps, corners, and bi-levels. We weren't suppose to run but it was hard not to on the ramps when you were trying to get away from an 11 year old! It was a lot of fun. The boys (Joe, Jaime, and Tim) had the advantage over us since it was easier to crouch down and duck walk. Each game Tim was ranked #1, then it was James, then me, and Joe. Jaime only played one game since he was unsure about the dark spaces and tended to stay in the same place.

Saturday night we had dinner at Auld Shebeen in Fairfax to hear the celtic band Edsall Road. Molly used to work with two of the band members. Jaime and Molly woofed down their fish and chips, I loved my Irish BLT, James almost licked his plate of stuffed chicken, there was nothing left on Chris' plate, and Joe munched on his hamburger. While the music wasn't really Joe's style, he prefers celtic music with a lot of drum like Albannach, Jaime was just swaying away. Molly took him up closer to the stage so he could have a better view. And he was completely taken when a very simple instrument of two polished bones about the size of popsicle sticks that when slapped against one another sounds like a castanet.

Sunday morning the Easter bunny left several large eggs in the yard for they boys full of candy and a couple of gifts. Molly and Chris joined us once again for dying eggs, eating homemade pizza, and then to help us make ice cream using my Play and Freeze Ice Cream Maker that uses family power to make the ice cream. It took longer than 15 minutes but it was worth the arm strain. We finished off the day with a rousing game of Outrage in honor of the Queen's birthday this past week (and unfortunately the Raven card about the Queen's birthday didn't come up) and Chris was able to steal the scepter and make it out of the Tower before any one else could challenge him.

Not as many as we have dyed in the past, but plenty of fun was had by everyone!