Day 76: A day trip with my parents

I mentioned yesterday that my parents are in town, so we took off today on a road trip. The kids had a blast discovering and rediscovering new and old places. It was a very warm day, but you can see that Munchkin kept cool on Mama's back with a big hat....

Family Time and Easter

My parents were in town for two weeks. And they left today - actually they are in the air right now, to another American airport where they switch into an aircraft that will carry them across the ocean..... it will be a long day for them. So I am praying for safe travels.

For us, it means an empty house! For a few days, until the other grandma comes to town.

So I am back to the blogging world and I have a few posts in mind.

How was our Easter? Well, not as religious as we are used to. Having my parents around is not always easy, especially because they are not Christians, and hate the fact that I am one. But I don't want to get too much into that in this post, because I think, no matter what, they actually did pretty good this time. Not too much fighting and the kids were great with them. I still got a ton of (unwanted) advise of how to live my life, but I can shut my ears and brain off while they are being brought up....

We did our family Easter hunt on Saturday. Yes, only Easter hunt, because most of the stuff were gifts not just eggs. We hid our stuff in the backyard, and my parents hid their stuff inside the house. Coqui had a great time hunting and Peanut was just Miss Observer. I don't do Easter baskets because, personally, I think it's boring. When I was a kid, we had to 'hunt' for all our stuff in my grandpa's garden. It was fun and I have some fond memories of it (as well as some goofy pictures that I won't show here!).  We went out to eat for lunch and made a special dinner at night. On Sunday, we went to church and after church, they had an Easter egg hunt for the kids there. Those eggs contained candy, and Coqui did get quite a lot of those. The Hubby took off from work on Monday and Tuesday, so he could spend some time with us all. We didn't do anything special but hanging around the house due to the kids being sick.... but it was relaxing, and he needed it.

So we had fun and created some memories for the kids - I believe that is the most important. Hope you all had a great Easter as well. I will post some pictures soon....

How the Grandparents got their names

As of yesterday, we are having visitors. The Hubby's parents are here, aka Mema and Buelo. It will be a fun week, especially for Coqui. He loves his Mema, and for the next week, Mami will be air for him! As for Peanut, she will hopefully have some bonding time, too. She has become so clingy.... so I hope with more people around she will loosen up a little.

So how did grandmother become Mema and Grandfather Buelo. Well, for the first 18 months of Coqui's life, she was just Grandma. Coqui being the first grandchild, on both sides of the grandparents, Mema wanted to wait until Coqui can speak, in order for him to determine what to call her. For the rest of her life as a grandmother. A great idea! So once Coqui was able to make sounds and little words, we offered Grandma. But he just wouldn't go with it, and came up with the name Mema. She loved it right away! It is very unique. So it stuck.
With Buelo, it is almost the same. We asked him what he wants to be called, and being Hispanic, he wanted to be an Abuelo. But Coqui couldn't say the 'a' and it got stuck with Buelo. Now it will be Buelo for the rest of his life as a grandfather.

My parents are just simply Oma and Opa. Which is German for grandma and grandpa. So we have for somewhat unique names and the grandparents can't be mixed up.
Now I go back to having fun, or actually more like just watching my kids have fun!