Easter Monday

Kalani was so excited about his Easter basket treasure hunt (still think of your crazy good treasure hunts all the time, Momma!!) and all the fun stuff and goodies he found that I let him have 2 tiny jelly beans and a stick of gum Easter morning, before breakfast. Bad idea. He was sick on the couch, throwing up, for the rest of the day. Poor guy, got his Mama's sensitive tummy :(

So, since our Easter celebration was to be just us, John, and Grandpa Fred and Granny Sue this year, we decided to let Kalani be on Sunday and have our celebration and feast on Monday instead! I had been cooking and preparing all the food from Saturday afternoon, on through most of Sunday, so I was initially pretty bummed to have it all just sit there over night. But it turned out really nice! Our Easter Monday morning was very relaxed and everything was already completely prepped and ready to go so it was totally stress-free for me. And we ended up having a fabulous meal, a really nice and casual day ending with some beach play time and a beautiful, long walk along the boardwalk. It was perfect.

The jelly beans...


and stick of gum. Argggh. But check out this expression. Priceless. Love him.


Flashbacks of naked, long-haired, 2 year-old Kalani in bunny ears, anyone? ;-)




Coconut Kumquat cupcakes. Yum.
(although my food photography could still use some work...)


My worker guy, workin' at the beach.


No caption necessary :)