Monday, April 9, 2012

Birthday, Easter, and Family

My mom got here just in time for all the celebrations. We had a full weekend planned for her to help with all the jetlag :) Everyone was so happy that Grandmommy could be here to celebrate with us~
Benjamin turned 7! I can't believe it...already. He informed me that he wanted a Spider Man party and a Spider Man cake. (I believe the expectations for cakes has grown ever since I did the giraffe cake for Regan.) I told him I would try my best...so here was the result. It was a lot of fun and tasted good, too!
Grandmommy gave him a Spider Man costume, so he wore it ALL day since it was a Spider Man party. He had a few friends over and they all played and ate cake.
His little sister gave him a Cherry Coke for his birthday. He was one excited boy.
This was the big find. We were searching for gifts and came across a little shop with a bunch of little baby and girl toddler things, but in the back, we saw a minature foosball table. It's the perfect size.
Our first family Easter photo since we left the States. I know, no tht traditional Easter outfits, but we tried :)
This year Easter falls in line with one of the local holidays, so many of our friends were busy doing other things. But we were happy that one of our newest little friends was able to come by and color and hunt eggs with us. It started to rain, so we only got one hunt in, but the fun continued inside.
The Easter Bunny (AKA Grandmommy) brought lots of Easter candy from the States to fill their baskets. I think it will last them for a LONG time :) We also got some little goodies that were hidden away for later...shhhh, don't tell the kids.
Regan and her eggs that she found.
Benjamin and his collection.
We took Grandmmomy to get her nails done. What a treat! We left right after Regan got out of school...and yes, there are extra sets of hands in there. Two of Regan's friendscame with us.
This was one of the cutes little guys. He had one tooth on the bottom adn the biggest smile. He wanted to come to us and we had fun holding him. He was very heavy for such a little guy.
Grandmommy and Katherine posing for a pic.
This is Katherine and some of her classmates from school. They still call her Carrie. I guess it will be her name until we move again.
I just love this little face. She was glad to go out and play with Ayi. We had several days of rain and Ayi was off for a couple days, so she was one happy camper. So, it has been a great start to April. We had birthday parties, Easter celebrations, and Grandmmomy got here all within a few days of each other.