Kids are Cute
-This really hyper four-year-old boy sat in front of me today at mass. During the consecration, he turned to his grandmother and asked, "Does he have magic powers?" She said yes.

-In the parking lot after church, I saw a kid puke from eating too much Easter candy. It was only 9 a.m.

Forget Easter eggs; try Easter fortune cookies
A friend of my mom's celebrates most holidays with us. Her daughter Astric brought fortune cookies for all of us. After dinner we each had to draw our fortune cookie out of a pinata. (We didn't have to break it open.) It was a big hit. My 89-year-old great-aunt was extremely pleased with her fortune. "You can get whatever you want with your great charm and beauty." My fortune was less exciting and more baffling. "You are the mast of every situation." What does that mean? Is it just a typo? Or do they really mean I am a large wooden post attached to a ship's sails? Astric also gave me one of the leftovers, and it made more sense but was just depressing. "It is easier to make friends than to keep them." Not really the fortune I want when I'm about to move a thousand miles away from most of my friends.

One more highlight of a Kasper family Easter
-Aunt Jane doing her part to bring back the beret.