Happy Easter!

Coloring Easter eggs is very serious business.


OK, not really...



Dad thought the eggs would look nice out in the front yard


But the boys put out their colored Easter eggs in hopes that they Easter Bunny would come in the morning and hide them...




The Easter Bunny made a visit to Paynecentral. And it appears that they boys were quite pleased with the results.

Passover with the Leibermans

Is is becoming something of a tradition for the Payne's to celebrate Easter with a visit to the Lieberman's for Passover Seder.



This year, we were joined by cousin Mikey. It was Mikey's first seder. Here he is reading a portion of the haggadah, the story of Passover, while Tristan enjoys some matzah.



Tristan took some good closeups of our host, Mel.



Here Tristan catches fellow guest, Ron, setting up some wine for Elijah...and himself.

Kissin' Cousins

One of the positive aspects of Norm's passing was the fact that Tristan and William got to spend some quality time with their cousin Madeline.



Here are some cleaner pictures...



Madeline (from South Carolina) was joined by 2nd cousins Kasey and Konnor.

Kasey and William enjoying some down time:


Greg and Konnor geeking on their phones...

Happy St. Patrick's Day - a la Pearl River

Tom got to show off his new Irish knit sweater at this year's Saint Patrick's Day Parade in Pearl River, NY. Tristan is currently avoiding the camera, so the only way to get a smile out of him was to dangle him upside down!



Uncle Skull and Aunt Patty (Tristan's godparents) joined in the festivities.



The boys had a blast!

Tristan's Party

Tristan celebrated his birthday with 19 of his closest friends at the local indoor playground/gym, KidsU. They had a blast climbing on the "playquad" and running around the gym area.



Afterwards, Tristan and his guests enjoyed pizza (due to allergies, T had chicken fingers) and a special dairy-free (allergies again) birthday cake...bake with love by his mom and creatively decorated by his (favorite?) aunt, Debbie.





And while it was Tristan's party, there is no doubt that William had a blast as well!

Tristan's Birthday

This year's "recession Christmas" was not to be out done by the "recession birthday". As you can see, Tristan was quite spoiled on the morning of his third birthday.



(yes, that's Tristan behind the mounds of gifts)

Happy St. Patrick's Day - a la Mt. Kisco

This weekend, Jennifer marched with the Junior League in the Mount Kisco Saint Patrick's Day Parade.



Cousin Jessie was actually more interested in the antique cars...but was disappointed to find out they were all Fords. What was he expecting...Toyotas?