Easter Weekend!

We shared our first New York Easter with our dear friends, Jay Pierret and Amanda Cashi.

Jay and Amanda arrived via train on the evening of Good Friday, April 6, 2007. We all had a wonderful dinner at Torches on the Hudson. William especially enjoyed the huge aquarium in the restaurant.

A little present from Uncle Jay and Aunt Amanda

Quite a bottle of water!

Easter Saturday was filled with a multitude of activities.

We revitalized the Breakfast Club. David made French toast, breakfast sausage, granola and yogurt with fresh fruit... and Peet's coffee.

Egg hunt set-up is underway!

Daddy did all the set-up for the Easter egg hunt -- cut and painted garden stakes, drove the stakes into the ground, strung crepe paper among the stakes to cardon off the egg hunt area.

David and Jay toured West Point, while Kathryn and Amanda played with William and caught up on all the gossip, uh, important information.

David and Jay at the West Point Museum

We picked up lunch at Mama Theresa's... YUM!

We blew up helium balloons and attached these to the garden stakes.

Waiting for the egg hunter!

We bundled up and went outside for the egg hunt.

A bit of egg hunt instruction from Daddy

Wow... this is fun!

A balloon and a smile!

Cute bunnies!

Then, we cooked dinner and played a couple of great rounds of Cranium. Of course, Team Jay/Kathryn dominated!!!

On Easter morning, the Easter bunny arrived with a beautiful basket for young William and a large ELMO!

Daddy, look, it's ELMO!

All of this for me??

Then, we had another Breakfast Club meeting before driving our friends to the train station for their return trip to Louisiana.

What an wonderful weekend!

...and these are my role models...?