Did you enjoy your Easter?

We did :) Pics for family here.

Church was the first order of the day and that was very nice. We had a short little video that incorporated bits and pieces of Borne Identity and the Easter Bunny and Bunjee managed to tie in the titles of all three movies to the message and in a very good, non-gratuitous way.

We came home, had a snack, started cooking dinner (ham, veggies, potato, sweet potato bread, rice) and then the boys did an egg hunt. J had a small head start (I was sure 30 secs. was good enough) but it turns out he needed a little more time. They both ended up with about the same number of eggs so that was good. That was a lot of candy! And some toys, too. Can't just have candy. They were very good and only ate a few, the rest are stashed in the pantry. I can't believe they have the will power! They spent a lot of time putting the Legos together (of course). Later we had cheesecake (see below) then headed for Zilker/Town Lake so we could walk. Turns out the park is full on Easter Sunday but we still had parking and the path wasn't so crowded; everyone was picnicking on the grass or flying kites.

Spring is very much here and most of the trees that were grey and leafless not long ago are now covered with very bright green little leaves. The birds are going bonkers and we even witnessed a cardinal wooing a female. They have such a pretty song! The dog walkers were also out in force so we saw quite a few of those.

Now we're tired and I better be off. We plan to get up before dawn tomorrow and drive to Houston and stay for a few days. The joys of homeschooling and no ties to a school schedule*!

*Interesting, when NM and I chatted for a bit about the Houston trip this evening, he reiterated to me his routine and how he was going to try and stick to it while we were away. In the last couple of weeks, we'd hit a really nice routine and things have gone on so well. Last Friday, we started our vacation and the first things he said were "Oh, well, maybe I can still do some math and some cursive, you know? Just so we can still keep doing work (we didn't)." It's really apparent that a routine is really comforting to have and sometimes stepping out of it can be just as much leaving one's comfort zone as it is going off on a fun diversion.