April - Greek Easter, Part Tria

The final stop of the day.... Easter dinner at Nouna's!

Suddenly Nick gives the international signal to rock out - bring on the AC/DC, man....!!

... however silly faces is as far as it goes.  Sorry buddy.  At this point, some of the younger set is still into binkies and NON-beer bottles... give them a decade (or 2!) - then they'll be ready to bring down the house!

(what is Adrienne doing?!  dropping the kids off at the pool!?? geez... I need to give the girl more fiber!)

'Big Nick' (as opposed to Uncle Nicky/Papa Nick/Papou Nick, Nicole & my Nick) - the superstar of the family.  ALL the cousins want a piece of Big Nick when he's around.  Adrienne takes a moment to bask in his glory.....

 It's time for the Easter Egg Hunt!!!!

Humpf.  I'm not likin' the way this egg hunt is goin' down.  I think it's rigged.

Fuggedaboutit.  I gots the sit'ation under control.

Doh.
Maybe not.

A gazillion trampoline shots.  What can I say?!  I love the levitating / hair raising / silly faces / skull colliding experience of the trampoline!!!

Time for the big kids (how is Adrienne old enough to be a 'big' kid!?!  where does the time go!??) to exeunt for the wee ones to have a scare-free bounce.

Holy heat stroke.  Can you make out the blotch on his cheek!?  He's so over-heated he went from red back to white.

But he's still so stinkin' cute.

So let me just say that my OWN babies didn't cuddle up with me as much as the twins have.  And I don't even get to see them that much!  Either these girls really, REALLY have an affection for me (doubtfully) or they're the MOST easy-going kids on the face of the earth (ding-ding-ding! winner winner chicken dinner!).  Either way, I'll take the delicious, poochy-faced cuddles!

And our other niece, little Miss NEVER-Cracks-A-Smile finally gave a wink & a nod!

So.... I'm thinking about posting our engagement announcement all over again.  Who cares that we've been married (almost) 8 years.  We're awesome.

I couldn't take it another minute.
Get out of the way, younglings.  Let me show you how it's done.
(In case you're wondering, yes, I managed to injure my own 2 with my rambunctious bouncing - cracked skulls - or knee on skull - or something to that effect - there was definitely a skull involved and me yelling about getting over it..... head trauma-scwhama... you're on a TRAMPOLINE  someone is going to get hurt eventually!)

Faster than a speeding bullet.... Nick rounding a trampoline!
(It was actually my FIL showing off the clarity of his continuous shooting feature - but the pics were actually pretty cute.... Like a puppy chasing his tail - my boy running around in circles!)

Back inside - time to crack the eggs!  It boiled down (ba-dum-bump) to Dirk & Nick!

Ooooo.  Ouch.  Uncle Dirk prevailed.

And THAT'S why we've been happily married for 8 years.
We're mature like that.