Coretta at church...

Coretta loves to go to church. She was particularly interested in the bell choir and the trumpets that played at the Mass. She also liked that each child was given a special Easter egg with a present in it after the Mass. She only has two more weeks until she can receive the body and blood of Christ. She is both excited and nervous for her special day. Here is a picture of her at church.

Hard Days Night...

The first night that we stayed at the Holiday Inn, Geno would not sleep. He hates the port-a-crib and kept standing up screaming and yelling. Nothing seemed to work. Nick made a barricade of pillows so he couldn't see us, but he still wouldn't go to sleep. Nick finally had him sleep in bed with him. Needless to say, no one (including Nick and Geno) really had much sleep.

We knew that morning we needed to have a plan. Our plan was to run Geno ragged, take him swimming, and then give him a hot bath. Our theory was that he would be too tired to complain and go right to sleep. our prediction was right. As soon as I laid him down, he took his teddy bear blanket and without a peep or moving a muscle, went to sleep.

Grandma and Geno

When it comes to my mother, the one sure way to make her smile, is to hand her one of her grandchildren. Want her to smile even more, hand her one of her grand-babies. Since Geno is the "baby" of the bunch, he definitely is the apple of her eye.

Any time he would stand or babble she would get so excited. She loves to hug and kiss him. She even found a little chair that he could sit in and read his books. Here is a picture of Grandma Earnest with the baby of the family!!

Happy Easter!

My family and I went to Detroit Lakes this Easter to spend time with Grandma and Grandpa Earnest. We had a room at the Holiday Inn for two nights and Coretta, Emilia, Jack, and Geno had a great time swimming.

After church, Coretta ran into Grandma's house in search of her Easter basket knocking down anything in her path. When she found it she was very excited. She especially like the shirt, sunglasses, and candy.

The Easter egg hunt went well and all 32 eggs were found. The funniest thing was when Nick put one of the Easter eggs above the door, and when Coretta shut it, it fell on her head! We all had a great laugh!!

Geno spent time digging through his Easter basket and enjoyed pulling all of the things out. His latest thing is cause and effect and can spend hours dropping a ball and watching it fall. He also enjoys standing up and having everyone clap for him. He absolutely loves the spotlight.

As we were sitting in the living room, the doorbell rang, and sure enough, the Easter bunny left a couple gigantic eggs! We later found out they were goose eggs!! The kids loved cracking them and inspecting the hard boiled egg.

Coretta and her cousins spent quality time together playing tag, watching movies, and even had a sleepover at Auntie Bridge's house. Other than Emilia and Jack almost drowning a handful of times in the pool, the weekend was great! Coretta really deserves the title of on-duty lifeguard! They especially enjoyed using the water squirters that Grandma bought them and loved going in the hot tub.

Here are some pictures from the weekend!!

Coloring Easter Eggs

Today was the day that Coretta and I decided to color Easter eggs. Coretta loves decorating and eating them!! She also can't wait to learn about the stations of the cross and as Coretta says, "When we can finally say Alleluia, Jesus is risen!" She doesn't mind the candy and the Easter bunny either! Here is a video of Coretta explaining how to decorate an Easter egg.