The Nolde Family: April 2010

2010 Easter

About 6 am, Kevin woke me up with a "tummy ache." I gave him a Tums and asked that he go back to sleep. At 7:30, we really got up and found our baskets. Out to hunt eggs by 8:00. Some of the eggs were white due to the sprinklers that came on in the middle of the night. We made it to a local church called Liberty Church. Zach didn't want to go, but when they saw the children's church both wanted to stay. Zach didn't want to leave and asked if he could come back tomorrow. Went to the beach in the afternoon for Kevin to try out his new boogie board.

So silly

One in the bird feeder

I think I get it now

The plane! The plane!

My eyes are a little puffy in the morning

Kevin was so excited about his new boogie board

I'm not sure about this!

Easter Playgroup Party

The group

Our first Boucherie

Boucherie is french for "butcher." The Boucherie tradition started before there was refridgeration. Families would gather at each other's homes to butcher a pig and divide the meat. In this case, it was sort of an engagement party. They bought the two pigs and did slaughter the pigs on site (it was in Bunkie, La so we didn't make it there in time for that thank goodness.) They made cracklins, ribs, boudin and a kind of stew. We also brought home leftovers including pork chops that are still in the freezer. The really odd thing is that we when we went to the back of the shed to view the pig heads, Trey clung to me and fussed as if he knew what they were. They weren't even that bloody. They had a jumping thing for the kids and plenty of other children there, so the boys had a ball. Since they are boys, they enjoyed the "blood and guts" part, too. I couldn't convince them that they should be glad they missed the slaughter.