Happy Easter !

Hello Everyone!

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Easter Sunday! We had a busy day, but it was a lot of fun! Of course the day started off like any other Sunday with our trip to San Carlos Cathedral. The mass of course was wonderful. Bishop Garcia of the Monterey Diocese presided today's mass and we all went as a big family. My mother, father, aunt, uncle and cousin joined us this morning. After mass there was a mini egg hunt on the grounds of the church, so of course Collin decided he wanted to (even though it was his third this weekend) and my cousin took part as well. When the kids were done with that we headed back home to start our cooking for the day.
However there was one important thing to do before we went home. I needed to stop and get this wonderful and glorious concoction called Starbucks!!!!!!

What a wonderful site this is! Forty Days and not a single dollar spent there and of course no coffee at all! What was I thinking? Nevertheless I survived those 40 days with many temptations to give in! I felt good giving it up for so long but there were some mornings where I could have benefited from the wonderful aroma that brings this beauty to my nose. Nevertheless I did prevail!




Once we stopped at the drive-thru for the wonderful creation called coffee, it was time for Collin to see what the Easter bunny brought for him in his basket. He received both the movie and book of The Tale of Despereaux. He was so excited to see the movie because "Its in High Definition Mommy!!!" I was laughing so hard because he sounded like a commercial. He was equally excited about the book and demanded that we read it tonight for bedtime.




When my parents arrived, my mother also brought him an Easter basket. She bought him real dominoes because last year she bought him some but they were wooden and they had numbers on them instead of the traditional ones. He loves to play with my dads set, so he now wanted the 'real' dominoes to play with. He was very happy with that.



Here he is going through his basket of goodies. He received a lot of eggs with goodies in them. But there was something special in the basket that he kept skipping over.


Here he was pulling out his very own flashlight that he could crank up to recharge. That way if he forgets to turn it off the battery does not waste. Still oblivious about the special part of his basket.



There is the special part of his basket. Cold hard cash and he was not even noticing it. He was more interested about the candy and books he received.





Here is playing with the stuff he had already had pulled from the basket and still unaware of the money in his basket.




See his expression? He finally noticed the money in his basket. He screamed "Money!!!!" Was so excited about the money in his basket.



Admiring his $10 bill. He immediately put it in his Panama bank. It is a little bank that my mom brought back from Panama and she told him that if he filled it up that she would take him to Panama with her. Ever since then he picks up every little bit of change around the house to add to his collection. I find him many times with his hands in the couches to find loose change. He tells me that he needs to find all of the money he can so that he can go to Panama with his Nana.




Excited about his new books that he received from my mom. He had noticed the winnie the pooh book at my dad's house earlier in the week and had asked about it but of course he knew it was for him so when he saw it he said, "I knew this book was for me!" You cannot get anything past him.



Here he is looking over his inventory of this Easter. Of course he knows though the real reason why we have Easter, the religious aspect of it. He is becoming more aware of his religious questions recently and is really enjoying the regular Sunday masses that we attend. It makes us very happy because when he starts Kindergarten he will have more formal religion classes so now he will really have a better understanding about everything.

We started the cooking process and made a lot of food. We had turkey, ham, rice, potato salad, Panamanian potato salad and plantains. It was all so delicious! We had a great time spending it surrounded with our family, eating great food and of course watching the Masters.

We hope that everyone had a wonderful Easter day surrounded by the people who you love!

with love
Veronica