I Confess...A Catholic girl's guide to life: Rejoice!

I was thankful and blessed to be able to free up a weekend to head south for the Easter holiday. As usual, it was great to see my family, and, as always, very entertaining to be with my nephews. They are absolutely the most amusing children I have ever been around. Joey turned 11 on Easter Sunday and he is more like an adult than a child. Johnny continues to think he is the coolest thing on the planet, and it's legit, because he is pretty cool. And, Jacoby remains completely un-amused by me. His disgust is hard for me to digest because I was always around when the other boys were his age. They did not really know life without me being there. However, I only see Jacoby a few times per year and it's pretty clear he does not appreciate my presence. It's pretty clear he is the boss around his house and my parents house. I guess I disrupt his reign.

This year, we did not do the traditional egg hunt deal because Johnny was sick and Jacoby does not know what's going on. I think Joey is mostly out of the egg hunting situation. It was fun to go to mass with my parents and my brother and Joey. My mom got up really early on Sunday and baked a "special" Easter casserole. Joey was really taken with this. He was going around informing everyone that today was a really special day because grandma made a special Easter casserole. He came into my bedroom to tell me, "Aunt Judy, breakfast today is A-MAZING!" I asked him what he had and he said, "Oh, I had pancakes and sausage but grandma made a special casserole. Everyone else said it was really good." At dinner, he commented this was the best birthday dinner ever! All in all, a fun, quick trip, but definitely worth it!

Watching Joe Joe try out his new Kick-bike.

Johnny spilled the beans the morning of Joey's birthday, and told him he was getting a kick-bike. Joey's anxiety spiked! On the way to church, he said to his dad, "Daddy, I'm not really a bike guy. I'm more of a scooter type guy." At first we had no idea what would illicit such a comment but after Joey spilled the beans about Johnny spilling the beans, it all made sense. He said he thought a kick bike was a bike with a kick stand. Turns out, he loves his new kick bike!