Adventures of Two Sisters, One Brother, and a Mom: Our 2009 Easter Adventures....

As usual, I am just getting around to writing about Easter... We did have a pretty good, although tiring Easter. On Saturday, we drove to Columbia, SC to attend Erika's Father's wedding. Despite having bought 3 new movies for the kids to watch in the car, the entire trip I heard-- "Are we there?", "When are going to be there?".... Mostly from D. He can be quite the nagger... The kids behaved pretty well at the wedding-- fortunately, it was short and sweet! I have to admit, I do not like weddings... of any kind. I feel like it is a big waste of money. If, and it is a big IF, I was ever to get married, it would be a private little ceremony... just the immediate family. I can see spending money on the honeymoon, but the ceremony is really just a waste... That is only my opinion. BTW, I will not be paying for my daughters' weddings--- I will encourage them to elope-- or better yet, don't get married.... :) Once jaded, always jaded, I guess.

Easter morning was something of a blur, mainly because Erika took me out the night before and kept me out until the wee hours.... :) The Easter Bunny found the kids in Columbia and left the usual loot. They were quite happy-- lots of chocolate. Mommy had a bit of a nervous breakdown because she was the only adult, surrounded by 5 children on sugar highs at 8 am!!! All the other adults were still in bed) Sooo wee packed the car and were heading home by 9:30... I felt bad because I didn't even wake Erika up to say goodbye, but my sanity was at stake! I simply woke up Erika's teenagers and said "watch your brother and sister", I'm leaving.... And I left. :) Fortunately, Erika didn't hold it against me. I am sure that she has felt the need to run away herself every now and then! In fact, I know she has!!! :)

The kids and I made it home by noon, cleaned up, and headed to Piedmont Park to meet Annie for some lunch. We had nice time, although the kids were disappointed because we did not get to feed the ducks... maybe next time. On Easter evening, we went over to Sheila's to have Easter Dinner. We ate outside on the deck, and the kids ran amok as usual.... It was a very tiring day, but it was a good one. I have to admit, I was very happy to go home and climb into my own bed that night though!

The rest of the week has pretty much been been filled with the usual... work, kids, cleaning, etc, etc..... I am certainly ready for the weekend!

One other note--- my 15 year old Crow (who I have always thought was a male) laid 3 eggs this past weekend!!!! It, obviously, is the first time "he's" done this!!! I was shocked, and impressed---not only is "he" a "male" :), bu "he" is OLD!! Crazy. Anyway, "he" crushed one egg, but 2 were intact, so I did what I always do-- I took pictures. :)

Medicine Crow's Eggs!!!!