[day 37] happy easter

i couldn't believe the conversation that my two oldest son had while they thought i was sound asleep on saturday night. i heard their door open and immediately, covered my head with my blanket and played dead (well, asleep), which meant, i got my eyelids lifted. i continued to hold my straight face and laughter and it became a challenge. "mama, wake up." i rolled my eyes back and they found that humorous. then, they kept shaking me to wake up, but i never gave in. i wanted to see what they would do and if they would head back to their bedroom knowing it's time to go back in. instead, they sat at the corner of the bed where papa dang would normally sleep, but he stepped out of the house for 15 minutes to go pick up his bike. 

i'll post the video tomorrow on this post and you'll see what their conversation was about. i always remind people that they're bilingual in vietnamese and english. people normally don't see this side of boys. well, the obvious is that they're never around and when they are, they're  different. secondly, they're speaking in vietnamese, but i've translated it to english below:

A: look at this thing. (referring to the holy cross)

D: oh, who does that belong to?

A: it belongs to the virgin mary.

D: no, it belongs to us.

A: no, the virgin mary. it belongs to Jesus. Dylan, look at Jesus. Dylan, look at Jesus.

D: Oh, that's Jesus. He got hurt. Aiden, look.

A: Jesus got hurt. He has blood. And, he died.

honestly, what 5 year old and 3 year old would hold this type of conversation? i guess i have a part in it. i've read the same book to them about jesus over and over. i'm glad they've absorbed it. we also attend weekly sunday mass together and although, they probably don't understand everything, i'm glad they know he died and was hurt.

i let my kids be kids. i know it would take awhile for my young boys to absorb the accurate meaning of Easter and Christmas, but at least, they get the basic of it. i try to make it fun so that they can relate to the meanings of why we celebrate certain holidays and it may be easier for them to remember the true sense of Christ and the days selected to praise Him. plus, i married an extremely holy man and our religious belief is important in our family.

after Easter mass today (can i say, families who normally don't go to church, finally showed up - it was PACKED), we had lunch with my parents and sisters. it was nice except i devour so much food that made me sick to my stomach. i was also hurting from my pregnancy, which i think is too gross to disclosed right now. lets say, i had a difficult time walking today and nearly thought i was going to die. 

before we headed to our in-laws, we promised our boys after their nap that we would take them to go play soccer and football at the park. i have no idea how or why they wanted to play these two sports, but we granted their wish because we're AWESOME like that. 

i hope your easter was fabulous with your family.

love my boys. xoxo.