Easter in Bahrain

Every now and then we are reminded that we live in a Muslim country, especially during Christian holidays. Unlike Christmas where we had the day off to celebrate, the base and school were treating Easter as a regular day. :( With that being said, we had to celebrate a day early. The base hosted an Easter Egg Hunt in conjunction with Military Child Month celebrations. Tyler participated in the egg hunt and got a total of three eggs because there were so many kids in his age category. He was starting to feel a little sick. We had a family photo with the Easter Bunny and he had a little slip n' slide fun, as well as fun with the super soakers.

We came home to find a note on the floor. It was from the Easter Bunny! Apparently he had been by while we were gone and hit some eggs and treats for Tyler. Unfortunately, Tyler was still feeling ill and only managed to find half of the stuff before deciding to lay down and take a nap. When he woke up again, he asked me to help him find the rest of his Easter treats. The Easter Bunny brought lots of chocolate eggs, an Easter Bunny, a book, and even some strawberry toaster pockets. He also surprised Mom and Dad with chocolate bunnies for us too.

The next day was a regular work/school day, however Tyler was still not feeling well so I ended up keeping him home. Tummy ache, diarrhea, headache and dizziness were his symptoms. He ended going to school the next day, but the school called shortly afterwards saying he was still suffering with diarrhea. Dad picked him up and drove him back home. This morning he had a little diarrhea at the start of our day, but he's been eating some since then and so far so good. His friend from his class was sick for 5 days because of the same illness and another friend is home sick today, also from his class. He seems to be on the mend now. Time will tell.