Mother and I made a spaghetti dinner Saturday.
We celebrated Easter on April 4th. Those pictures are below,
but I grouped a lot of other activities on the following
pages.
Mother and I made a spaghetti dinner Saturday.
She'd saved this special bunny cake to share with us.
Mother and I dropped the McGreevys off by St. Martin's Church so
they could attend Easter Mass. - JM
They had a little time to kill, so they found the Gaithersburg
Train Museum. - JM
And a train went by! - JM
Meanwhile, Mother and I went to Grace United Methodist Church.
The high point for me was
the communal singing of the Hallelujah Chorus for the
benediction.
Mother had contributed for some of these tulips.
Outside Grace Church.
Back at the villa, Mother put out a selection of substantial finger
foods and sandwiches.
Wendy, Steve, and Vanessa came over and the party started.
The first activity was to make Easter baskets. We had
empty gallon jugs, hot glue guns, construction paper, glitter, etc.
Then Mother got out a plastic tablecloth and we dyed eggs.
I even had to try one.
John patiently holds Alan's pokeball egg just half-way in the red dye.
Meanwhile, we filled a bunch of plastic eggs for the hunt.
We did an egg hunt outside.
Easter dinner, complete with fine china.
- JM
To top off the day, Mother had also gotten a cake to
celebrate Roger's birthday.
Serving ice cream. - JM
Roger gets gifts!
- JM
Thanks, Grandmommy!
After all that, dishes.
Yes, we still had a bit of energy to play Apples-to-Apples.
Dan collected the cards in his hat.
We fit everyone in the villa: McGreevys in the guest room,
Roger on the sofa, and the rest of us on air mattresses.
Alan liked having his special spot in the den.
--- Many other things happened in just a few days.
Check out the links above. ---
The boys love the perfect climbing tree in the front yard.
Dan pretends to be a sloth.
- JM
Mother starts planning the spring planting. Maybe the tulips
will end up by the skunks.
Time to hit the road. It eases the goodbyes when I know Cynthia
is there to take good care of Mother.
These beautiful trees line the road leading out of the villas.
- JM
- JM
We stopped at Costco in Frederick for lunch and gas. The
redbuds against the wall are a nice touch. - JM
Costco suits this crowd for lunch. Pizza!
Next stop: Gettysburg. - JM
The PA Turnpike - a historical site. We drove miles of it to
get home after touring Gettysburg. Actually, I was very relieved
to be on the turnpike after a crazy drive across Route 30 in
the dark and rain on a twisty mountain road.
We did some fun things in Ohio, too!
April 12th: The boys are back in school. Spring Break is over.
The Mcgreevys have to head home to CA.