Happy Easter!

We enjoyed a quiet four day Easter weekend at home. Nicholas loved his first Easter egg hunt. We put cheerios in the eggs instead of candy. We also pulled out his German training bike, just in the yard. He'll be ready for the park soon! Nicholas constantly amazes us. Yesterday he bumped his head and mommy ran over and gave him a kiss. He then promptly went back into his play area, fake-bumped his head in the same place, and ran over for another kiss!

He tried pieroghy for Easter dinner and loved it! Definitely a Machak.

with daddy on Easter morning

Easter dinner

Easter morning with his chicken-dancing chick and Peter-rabbit singing bunny.

Easter basket and Easter-egg-collecting basket

Singing chick. Now whenever Nicholas gets a stuffed animal he starts squeezing the feet and paws/wings to see what it does.

indoor egg hunt--this was the second round, so Nicholas was already a pro

Easter basket!

After church on Easter morning. We got a little wet as it started to pour down rain on the way home.

Random street corner in Trinidad. Note three of the six hats are Indians hats.

On Mt. St. Benedict at the monastary.

it had a beautiful view

the monks make honey and sell them in recycled Angastora rum bottles. Oh, Trinidad.

wouldn't want to climb those steps

Dinner at Cruise Inn in Chagauramas, Friday night before Grandma and Grandpa Machak headed back to Ohio

We also did an Easter egg hunt in the yard while Grandma and Grandpa were still here.

Nicholas was very generous sharing the eggs he found.

Tobago fun with Grandpa and Grandma Machak

Grandma and Grandpa Machak are here on a two week visit and Nicholas has been keeping them on their toes!

The first weekend we went back to Blanchisseuse.

at the playground

David and his dad went fishing

the river at Blanchisseuse

Lacuna?

Nicholas found mommy's slippers!

power washing the driveway--what a difference!

Tobago--Nicholas' first kayak ride (the water was only about a foot deep)

hanging with daddy

Pigeon Point

family swim

beach soccer

Aprilfest and beach

Still trying to catch up on sleep after the weekend. We attended a coverband concert called Aprilfest Saturday night and didn't get to bed until 3 am. So the 7 am wake up call came early as our nanny had to leave for the day. Nonetheless we made it to a new beach with our neighbors, and Nicholas had a blast playing in a shallow freshwater river that spills out into the ocean. Next week, Grandpa and Grandma Machak arrive!

no need for street vendors, David cracked open a coconut we found on the beach for some refreshing coconut water

now that's a real shovel

Nicholas's crocs were perfect for splashing around in the river

Nicholas in a hammock!

Aprilfest, with one of the coverband members

the group

great view of the stage from the balcony