Easter 2015

We woke up to the Easter bunny's baskets for each of us!

 

 

James had the best basket of course, full of things he wanted/likes.

 

 

 

We headed over to Grandma Rose's house for an Easter brunch. First, James was excited to have them try his new jelly beans.

 

 

Green apple or grass? I think Grandma got grass flavored!

 

 

This Mom was excited to try a strawberry mimosa. No jelly beans for me!

 

The weather wasn't great for an outside egg hunt so Grandma his the eggs in the basement. James always has a great time finding the eggs.

 

 

 

I think Grandma Ross brings home samples from the bank she works at... The eggs always have dollar bills, sometimes $5!

 

 

Tia ChaCha and Uncle Rich were kind enough to gift James with some new books! He loved them so much he started reading them immediately.

 

 

Grandma always outdoes herself with the holiday decor!

 

 

My favorite bunny-

 

 

Thank you familia for always giving James a holiday to remember!

 

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I like big books

James is quite the book worm. He loves his series of books that he gets from Tia ChaCha. We're still doing about 75% of the reading aloud but I know he's got mad reading skills. Spanish and English!

 

 

 

"Mom, I'm like that Francis kid. I'm smart and I take school seriously...wait... Am I a geek?!"

 

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Christmas Day in Shakopee

 

 

Pool sharks.

 

 

 

 

My traditional cookie platter. A few new ones this year.

 

 

Which presents are for me?!

 

 

 

Grandma Rose put James in charge of passing out presents. He did a great job!

 

 

 

Who is this one for?!

 

Must be mine....

 

Nope! It's for ChaCha!

 

 

It was the Gnome Chia pet that gets passed around. Dang it!

 

It was a Skylander Christmas.

 

 

 

And great books!

 

A present from Tía Kiki and Tio Berto...hmm.....

 

Dollar bills explosion!!

 

And wine for me!

 

 

I promise you that I was there. And Grandma Rose and Grandpa Larry. We just didn't make it into pictures. I am kicking myself.

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Early November

Jim was out of town again.

I kept myself busy by assembling my new Eiffel Tower. I even found the bride and groom from our wedding cake.

 

Another work related item-

A small group of my students chose to trick or treat for nonperishables instead of candy. It's called the We Scare Hunger project. The food went to our own food shelf at CRMS, the Falcon Nest. Yay kids!

 

James started texting with his own iPod. Tía ChaCha got some of the first texts on her birthday!

 

Later, a little FaceTime with Dad while playing Skylanders.

 

 

Our washing machine broke down. We got desperate for clean (chonies) clothing so I went to the laundromat. I have a new appreciation for at-home conveniences. The laundromat is not someplace I want to hang out and each load costs $4! Just for the wash. It's no wonder many of my students look disheveled and/or smell :(

 

Appreciate all that you have!

 

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Family birthdays

We have three family birthdays close together on my side of the family. We celebrated together this year and it was great!

My sister Ana and BIL Rich are great hosts. I took pictures of things around their house while they cooked us some grub. (get in my belly!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

#gnomebomb

 

James had already received his new iPod from his dear, generous parents so he kept himself busy while the adults got things done :)

 

After a fabulous home cooked dinner (no pictures, sorry) we celebrated with cake and ice cream. The three birthday peeps had the honors of blowing out the candles.

 

Chocolate chip cake (mine) and ice cream from Sebastian Joe's in Minneapolis. Omg good!

 

Tía ChaCha always gives the best books... That we end up reading over and over and over again :)

 

Thanks for a great celebration!

 

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