Spring Break! (Woo Hoo!)

The bulk of our Spring Break has ended with the returning of Grandma and Grandpa Paul to the airport. We had a great time visiting with , ate well (banana cream pie...yum), saw amazing things and enjoyed some time off from our studies.

The first fun event of Spring Break was Easter. Here, Eleanor and Grandpa dye eggs:



On Easter morning the kids found their Easter baskets and hunted for eggs and ate candy. And more candy. And then one of them decided to split their head open and need stitches:



On Monday, we headed to Monterey to visit the aquarium:





That's a seahorse, believe it or not.

Next day we had lunch at Esther's German Bakery in Los Altos. German pretzels, apple pancakes, sauerkraut, bratwurst and potato pancakes...das ist gut, ja?





Thus ends the first installment of Spring Break 2009. Stay tuned for further episodes.