What a night! The kids seemed to spin out of control and out of their minds very suddenly before bedtime. They had eaten their dinner and were having some dessert. They don't always get dessert but tonight, Edilberto had a treat for them. Earlier, he and the kids had gone out to get some Brazilian cheese bread (Pao de Queijo) at the local Brazilian supermarket down the street. It's Easter time and if we were in Brazil, we'd go to the grocery store and the aisles would literally be tunnels made of Chocolate Easter eggs that hang tightlyl together in an arch overhead, each egg varying in size from 4 to 12 inches tall, all wrapped in colorful cellophane. It's fascinating and festive for kids and adults alike to walk through these tunnels at the grocery store.
The little store Edil and the kids went to this afternoon had some of these eggs imported from Brazil and so Edil bought the kids one for the two of them to share. He let them eat some of the egg for dessert. First they unwrapped the red and yellow cellophane wrapper to come to a perfectly shaped ostrich sized egg wrapped in a thin layer of aluminum foil. They carefully unwrapped the chocolate that formed into an egg that came apart at the center; perfectly dividing into two halves. Out of the hollow center came two individually wrapped bonbon chocolates. Edil let the kids each eat some of one half of the chocolate egg shell. That was enough to send them into a dizzying spin of craziness. It was all we could do to settle them down. They were wrestling and playing and laughing and crying. It was unbelievable to watch! I vowed to never let them eat those chocolate eggs again. At least not before bedtime. Huge mistake!
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