Easter and Spring

Our Easter weekend was very nice.  It is definitely finally spring here in Virginia.  Although it was extremely warm this past week.  Normal temps in April are not in the 90’s, but I am not complaining after that dreadful winter we had.  Last Saturday Preston got ready for the Easter bunny by dying his eggs!  I have to say, I love how Paas has taken Christ out of Easter (and that is sarcasm).  I recall as a child literally fighting with my siblings on who gets to put the cross sticker on their egg.  Now the stickers are soccer balls and bikes.  Because that truly brings out the spirit of the resurrection.  The other thing they no longer include is the wax crayon.  How do you write names on the eggs? And there are only six tablets of colors when I swear they used to give you eight.  They still give you the metal spoon. What the hell is that thing anyway?  A jumbo egg does not balance on it, yet four of us fought over that too. Who wanted to us a spoon when you can use a copper octagonal piece of shat? (Come to think of it, doesn’t it sound so pleasant to have dyed eggs with the four Raab siblings)?   Paas truly sucks.  And you have no other options. Paas definitely has the monopoly on egg dying tablets.  This is also the only time of year I am convinced that white vinegar is sold.

Saturday night one of my dearest friends from high school, Dennis and his father were driving through Virginia from Florida on their way back to New York.  It was so great to have them over for a nice homemade lasagna dinner.  Dennis brought Preston a huge Easter basket (football shaped) with animals and hacky sack sports balls inside.  Props to Dennis for even buying grass! (And by grass I mean that green stringy stuff).

Easter morning! As you can see the Easter Bunny was very generous to Preston and so were Grandma and Pa-Pa Easter Bunny.  He had a lot of fun finding his eggs too!

Preston was not feeling 100% by day’s end but we managed to get over to a neighbor’s house for dessert.  Here is a cute pic of Pres and Grandma.

And proof that Spring is here!

Finally how cool is this?  Every time my mother heads up to their apartment in NYC, Preston asks for a subway car.  Well of course Grandma has found the MTA subway replica cars (which by the way are wooden and conveniently the same size as the Thomas engines).  So of course Grandma has bought all the lines she can and will be petitioning the MTA to manufacture every subway line ever, including the old red 7 trains.  Here is Preston today with his latest package!