Easter

 

April 14th, Chicago gets snow!

What an amazing place to live.

 

 

One Easter, I had to hurry back from Iowa

to play the organ for the 12:00 P.M. Mass in Schaumburg.

In order to accommodate the extra people that come for Easter,

they had a Mass upstairs and  another downstairs at the same time.

I was to play downstairs.

There was a snowstorm and I ran the car into a deep ditch, as I over corrected

for the skid that was taking the car toward the cliff side of the highway.

(This was before children.)

I called the church to let them know we were stuck and worried about being late.

Fortunately, a farmer came down the road with a tractor and pulled us out.

We were back on the road, with very little delay.

I arrived on time.

After Mass, I saw some of the people who had been upstairs.

They told us they had been in church praying for me,

while I was downstairs playing.

God's Easter miracles are answered quickly.

 

 

Gtamma bought Nolan a new hat.

He was still trying to cram his head into the too small one from last year.

 

 



 

Nolan loves to use the squirt bottle outside.

Grampa said he was like a dog marking his territory.

 

 

 Nolan checks on Seth.

Often he comes to tell me, "Spit."

He wants any drool to be wiped from Seth's chin.

 

 

He also likes to squirt inside the house.

The showers, tubs and sinks are fair game.

My maple cabinet doors are not.

 

 

"Here Seth, I'll give you your froggy pacifier.

Open up."

 

He's very caring and helpful with Seth.

 

 

 

Seth tries to engage people.

 

 

He's very good at it, too.

 

 

 

Nolan loved the St. Peter egg hunt.

He lights up whenever there are other children around.

 

 

He especially liked holding hands.

 

 

Grampa assisted in passing a pretzel from stick to stick.

 

 

The Easter Bunny was especially sweet and charming.

Nolan was willing to share his eggs with her.

 

 

He liked when she got down to his size.

When the Easter Bunny was standing, he wasn't quite sure about it.

 

 

Nolan counted his eggs. 

He got five eggs.

He was only interested in orange eggs.

 

 

Nolan got to ride on the Lake Zurich vintage fire engine.

 

 

As long as Grampa went too, he was happy.

 

 

 

News from the California Gentlemen

 

 

 

The boys turned five and celebrated with a surprise trip to Disneyland.

Auntie Becca showed up as an additional surprise.

 

 

Gramma Mousie Visits Mickey

by Gramma

 

 

Gramma Mousie's cousin, Mickey, asked her and Grampa Piggie to come to visit him at Disneyland.  Mickey lives in California with his pals, Donald, Daisy and Minnie.  A man named Walt Disney made Mickey's home.  Walt's dad worked at the Chicago's World Fair.  It may have given Walt the idea for Disneyland.

 

Mickey is 86 years old.  He was first named Mortimer Mouse, but it was changed to Mickey.  Mickey has only three fingers and a thumb.  The artist has to draw Mickey over and over, to make a film.  The artist has to be paid to do make all the drawings.  Having only three fingers has saved millions of dollars.  Mickey only wears red clothes.  He wears red shorts, or a red band jacket or red overalls, like Mousie's.

 

Gramma Mousie and Grampa  Piggie took their favorite two boys, Nathan and Andrew with them to Disneyland.  The teacup ride made Gramma Mousie feel sick, but she still had fun.  They rode all the rides.  They rode fast rides, tall rides and spinning rides.  Roller coasters are the best rides. 

 

 

Disneyland is a fun place.  And it all began with a mouse.