Easter

Easter was in Lafayette this year, which meant lots of cousins, new Easter dresses made by Ma Mere, and a warm sunny day to enjoy food and family. Uncle Jamie made use of his fancy camera to capture these shots of the girls with mom and dad and a few cousins thrown in the mix. They were taken right after mass and before the girls had time to realize that what they really wanted was to change into their bathing suits and head for the pool!

There's no one like Papa.

Well, but Thomas is pretty cool, too :-)

The smocking and handwork on these dresses is best seen in this picture, as are my Sweet Caroline's rosy cheeks :-)

What I love about this picture is that you can see how hard it was to get the kids to pose together. We have many, many pictures like this, but this one has such great expressions!

 In Louisiana, a late Easter means it's warm enough to go swimming (and when Easter is earlier, plenty have been known to dive in anyway...) so in the afternoon, most of the crowd did exactly that. Zio Lucas was one of the few adults who braved the waters so he was a popular attraction, all the more so for his willingness to throw his nephews high into the air for lots of splashy fun!

The girls really enjoy the water and will start swimming lessons in mid-June.

Emma's wind-blown "beach Look".