We took a quick trip down to Corpus Christi to celebrate Easter with Jose’s family. It was a fun get-together as usual, and Emma had a great time running around (in her new dress!) and smashing cascarones for the first time. The weather was great and both Jose and I ended up sunburned (but not Emma thankfully). There was food and fun and more food and more fun.
Without further ado, some photos from our day:
Emma’s preferred cascarone-smashing method was to poke her finger through the tissue paper on the end and then shake all the confetti out. She went through at least a couple dozen in this manner, which was pretty cute.
Jose on a random pink scooter.
Family volleyball game! Let’s just say none of us should attempt to join a volleyball team anytime soon.
Naptime for Emma. One of the other kids was particularly enamored of her, and let her borrow his Kirby doll when she was cranky from being tired. It was really sweet, and Emma was pretty appreciative.
The park where we spent the day was not exactly ripe with good egg-hiding spots, so they ended up just strewn across the grass for what ended up being a mad dash by the kids to grab as many as they could. I “hid” at least a couple in more challenging places like in the weeds by the creek and stuck in the volleyball net.
We left the park a little before 4 and went back to Jose’s mom’s house long enough to grab our stuff. From there we hit the road and finally got back around 10:30. Having Emma has turned what was a 4-hour drive into nearly 5 hours since we now have to stop and sit down somewhere for meals.
