This morning the boys woke up to too many presents from a very generous Easter Bunny! They received mostly McQueen cars and Jake the Pirate stuff with a few books and other trinkets for good measure. Actually, the biggest hit was their Captain Hook hooks. Now they hold a "real" hook (as opposed to a wrench like before!) in one hand and a sword in the other!
My new Motorola phone takes horrid pictures...sorry. Now that I know, it's actually good. It will force me to use my "real" camera more often now.
A bit out of order, but yesterday we had to do some errands. Adi talked me into getting him a Superman and Spiderman shirt and some spiderman crocs. He wore both shirts--one over the other--and even slept with his spiderman shoes. This kids loves clothes more than any toy he's ever had.
The boys have been asking to go out and ride their McQueen car/Mercedes (Mer-Savers, as Adi calls it) and their trikes as much as possible!
I went in the kitchen to cook this morning, turned on the oven at around 7:30 to put the ham in (I had to cook things in stages) and the oven exploded!!!! Carlos saw sparks fly, and it made a huge bang noise! It's dead. So now we have to go out and buy a new oven. In any event, I was freaking out and planning on going to my mom's to cook when she suggested we use the gas grill. Duh. Thank God it isn't buried in snow anymore! The timing was perfect because just 2 days ago it was still surrounded by a snowbank! It was damaged a little from all the heavy snowfall, but it worked AND there was enough gas. My neighbor Sarah also came through--she said we could use her oven if necessary. It's so nice to have great neighbors...
We had Pioneer Woman French Toast Casserole (a keeper--better than my old go-to recipe), egg casserole, potatoes, cranberry quiche, yogurt and granola and fruit salad, "cucarachas" (Greek cookies), a peanut butter and chocolate and caramel cake with ice cream, apple pie, a pineapple/caramelized pretzel treat, homemade turtles (thanks to my mom), mimosas...it was all delicious. And it's easy to have my family over because they always bring delicious things!
Sebastian was thrilled to sword fight with Kitchen. Adi was happy to cozy up to Nana. I took him to the bathroom at one point and he said:
Adi: Nana's sad.
Mama: Why?
Adi: Because she wants Adi.
Mama: Then go be nice to her.
Adi: Yeah, OK!
It nearly broke my heart. He was so happy to be with her today.
After everyone left we went to Lowe's and bought a new stove. It will be delivered tomorrow. We got a really nice LG one that was originally $999 for 40% off because it was dented on the side. Then they gave us another 5% off for using the Lowe's card. It's much nicer than the stove we have now--Stainless steel with 3 racks and black cook top.
Two random things:
1. A funny saying from Sebastian: Grumpy, you can go now. You can get in your car. (As they were going to bed when Grumpy was visiting Friday night)
2. I love this picture of my Adi with his Spiderman hat, shades, and smile. Also, he has a box of "pasta wheels" with him. Lately, he things buying a box of pasta wheels is a big treat. He carries the box around with him and puts it in his "briefcase" (lunchbox). They are only $.99 and he also likes to eat them, so I bought him a few boxes last time I went to the market. Then he played with the boxes on the kitchen table like they were blocks. He made towers and then took them down and then built them again. You never know what this kid is going to obsess over!!
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