Easter and Guachimontones

The kids have this week and last week off of school for Easter and thus far have been pretty bored.

We tried to prepare for Easter by making our own baskets. I'm no weaver so I thought this easy fabric and paper one would be just right for us from Family Fun:

Cute, right? A lot harder than they look when you have no printer, no fabric and like I said no weaving skills. We used some old T-shirts for the fabric and tried to copy the pattern from the website. Ours didn't look quite the same. After Riley saw how Jane's and Amelia's turned out, he chose an old ice cream container for his basket. I let Charlie follow suit.

But even though Milli allowed hers to be thrown away after Easter morning, Jane said she wanted to use hers next year. Who would have thunk? The power of doing it yourself.

During the last week we also did some cleaning, swam, went to Tobolandia for half a day and relaxed.

As a last minute trip, Saturday, we drove up to an archeological site near Tequila called Guachimontones. Round structures used for sports, performances and worship ceremonies.

Then ate at a seafood restaurant near the Lake. Laura bought some sugar cane fishing poles and the kids fished in a little, dirty pond at the restaurant.

Next week promises to be just as exciting with dentist and doctor appointments, more swimming (it's getting very hot), and a church party at our house. Maybe we'll have to take another trip to Selva Magica to add at least a little fun.