Spring Break Part 1

Well, I'm on spring break this week; another perk of being a teacher. We spent the first part of it on Long Island with my family. It was, as usual, a relaxing time for us and exhausting for my parents. Carmellina had a fever, Rosemary had diarrhea, Alice threw up on the den carpet and Joey spit up on the new couch in the living room.
But other than a few bodily-fluid-based mishaps, the visit was nice. Jeanna and my grandmother both came out to stay as well and, of course, we had visits from Aunt Cira and Uncle Gary and Uncle Dom too. It was also Palm Sunday so we spent time making palm crosses and baskets. My dad even helped Rosemary make her own basket.
While we were there Joey learned how to sit up without falling over. He’s also been eating a lot of solids now so my Dad tried to feed him a meatball. That didn’t go over too well. He did, however, get the chance to show the girls one of his favorite Laurel and Hardy movies, The Music Box, and Carmellina really thought it was funny. Rosemary was just stressed out by it.
I got sick on Tuesday, the day we were supposed to leave, so we stayed one day longer, which I’m sure everyone was really upset about (not).
We’re back in Philly now and we’ll just hang around the house for another few days until work again next Tuesday!