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Påskedag, or Danish Easter

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Hey all! Just thought I'd write a quick post on Danish Easter, or Påskedag (sort of pronounced like POH-skeh-dae) since...it's Easter! The Danes I've talked to have a few Easter traditions, and some are kind of similar to those in the U.S. For example, they do have the Easter Bunny. As far as I can tell, it's not plastered all over everything like an icon of the holiday or anything, and as far as I can tell, no Danish child has ever gotten their picture taken with someone in costume pretending to BE the Easter Bunny... ...but the bunny exists. The Easter Bunny brings chocolate eggs and hides them around the garden on the Saturday night before Easter Sunday, so I guess Easter Egg Hunts are another similarity. I'm pretty sure that it's just chocolate eggs placed outside here, though, and in the U.S., the candy was in plastic colorful eggs. I haven't seen any of those in Denmark. I also haven't seen any indication that the Easter Bunny comes into the home...

Khloe's 13th Birthday Trip to London

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Zac and I wanted to do something special for Khloe as she officially became a teenager this month. It's a big deal! Fortune smiled upon us when Vibe invited us on her trip to London. She was planning a trip with her youngest son, Arthur, to go visit the Harry Potter Warner Bros. Studio Tour over Easter Break from school and she thought Khloe and I might want to join. Of course, we did! Vibe and I met over wine one Saturday to plan it out. We had to buy plane tickets, figure out transportation, find a place to stay, and pre-book our studio tour and tickets to the theater production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. It was more expensive than we had originally sketched out in our heads, so we cut costs where we could and made our peace with the rest. (Zac and the boys were invited to join, but Kaden and Harrison didn't really care about the Harry Potter aspect of the trip, and even though Zac had a nice time when we went to London on our honeymoon, he didn't really feel ...