Easter Monday

Since the Czech Republic is not a Christian country, Easter Sunday is generally unobserved. The country observes Easter Monday instead (read more about their unique traditions below). Since Brandon had Monday off, we enjoyed a wonderful day as a family.

We headed out first thing in the morning for Coffee Heaven... one macchiato for Brandon, a decaf cappuccino for Ann-marie and lots of cappuccino foam for Lydia!



Then it was time to visit the "Easter sheep" taking up short-term residence in Old Town Square. This was clearly the highlight of the morning for Lydia. She even fed the sheep some lettuce leaves by hand (something Mommy was much too intimidated to do), and said "There you go!" with each teeny morsel of greens that the sheep very eagerly ate. And yes, sheep DO have teeth.


Next was a short walk to visit an outdoor sculpture exhibit in one of the squares downtown. I had seen pictures of this very unique exhibit and thought Lydia would be intrigued. They were sculptures by the Czech Republic's most famous living sculptor, Olbram Zoubek. Lydia was quite curious, saying "What's that" over, and over, and over.... All of the figures were tall and skinny, and let's just say we got our visual fill of sculpted genitalia.


The morning concluded with some playtime in the park then home for lunch and a nap. Our day was wrapped up with an extremely tasty dinner with our friends, the Stones. Emily made Thai chicken that was yummy, yummy, yummy! Eloise and Lydia got some bonus playtime too. It's so fun to see them start to play with each other peacefully.

Whew! What a FUN day!!!!