this happened at T-ball

 T-ball was pretty awesome the other night because this happened....

 Jacey got to bat and wheeled the bases. It was seriously soooooo awesome! Super big smiles and excitement from the Bird girl.  Amelia also did a great job and is starting to get the hang of what to do. I had no idea T-ball would be this fun. Yeah!

Of course we needed a group shot.

~ Mrs. P

May Long Weekend Camping

 Had our first weekend out camping for 2014 and once we left the driveway I would say it is awesome!!!! The prep work is not so much fun, for the mom or the dad...as we drove away Graham said "let's wipe the preparation from our memory". True that!!  The driving was even great, I finished a book this weekend.  Once we arrived at Lac La Nonne it got pretty great.  Scott (Graham's Best Man n Long Time Friend) and Marcie were super gracious and so good with our ladies.  The weather ended up being fantastic, which is always a great.  A few other friends and some of their family came out, it was just super fun. The girls played all day long, it was awesome to watch them play outside!

Food has also been fun!  We tried a few new things and I am getting into the fun of camp cooking. We tried pizza pockets in the sandwich press and then pie filling in the press...so yummy!  Also fun were waffle cones filled with marsh mellows and chocolate chips then melted over the fire, super good!!!

A ton of outside goodness!!!

 A lot of hugs/pets/kisses for Dixie the dog!

Love this picture of our ladies!  They rock and totally make all the work to go camping worth it.
(I know that I use the words 'fun' and 'awesome' a lot but the weekend was just that...fun and awesome),

~ Mrs. P

T-Ball Lady

Our big girl started playing T-ball this spring and it is darn cute!!! I found a pink glove and bought a t-ball set from Walmart for her to practice.  The first night and a few since have been super cold but we have been soooo impressed with how persistent she is.  She stays till the end, goes out there even when her little hands and face are freezing, total trooper. Amelia is lucky to be on the same team as her friends Austin and Finley. The first night was a basic orientation for parents and the littles got their team shirts but they were so hard core they stayed to practice batting and running around the bases.  We are so proud of her and will support her as long as it still fun.  Graham has been super pumped up and LOVES getting to practice with his little ladies.

It has been awesome to be a spectator and encourage from the sidelines. 

Love when she wears her sneakers and team shirt. 

Love that Amelia has her baseball cap (just like Dad she says).

Love when she bats (everyone gets to bat then the innings switch).

Love watching her run into home (every one gets to run the bases).

Love when the teams high five!

Love that little sister Stella and I get to cuddle.

~ Momma P

Vancouver for Arland & Naomi

We just returned from a wonderful weekend away in Vancouver, celebrating cousin Arland marrying his sweetheart Naomi. There was some family time, fun time, romantic time, sleeping time and quiet time ha!  I will totally admit that as the weekend approached I was excited to get away and have Mr. P all to my self  but I was feeling a bit of sadness that we weren't bringing the girls along. We have never left both before, or for that length of time.  As we left there were tears....from only me!!!! Our trusted babysitter Elyse gave me a big hug but the tears kept rolling until we hit the highway.  The girls were absolutely fine with us leaving, they had fun weekend plans it was just their sappy mom. 

We flew into Vancouver and caught a late dinner at a fantastic Greek Restaurant and really that meal started our weekend off right, AWESOME.  The third floor of the hotel was full of our family and we visited, showed cell family pictures and laughed....love family...tons of joy in family!!! 

The rain that was predicted for the weekend subsided and Friday was a beautiful day. We celebrated with Arland & Naomi as they begin their married days together :) they are a lovely couple and looked stunning as they walked out of the Langley Temple.

We did our own little photo shoot of sorts ha!

 We also went for a drive and found our way to the Fraser River, had some chill, quiet time together enjoying the beauty.

 The weather really did end up being spectacular and the grounds were beautiful, spring flowers and such lush green gardens.

We opted to extend the weekend and take an extra night in Vancouver, so we stayed down at Grandville Island. Hit the Vancouver Flea Market and had some gelato.  I seriously LOVE the dude that I roll with.  Even though I did cry leaving our kids, he is the funnest to be with.  He is my #1 and it was awesome to be able to spend timewith just him AND it doesn't hurt that Grandville Island rocks!!!!

We returned home to happy girls! I was greeted with cards and lots of Mother's Day LOVE.  It was a great weekend!!!!

~ Mrs. P

cinco de mayo

Could not love them any more!!!!!!

We celebrated Cinco De Mayo a day late with a fiesta.  

Cute mexican dresses and nachos made it a party at the Polischuk's.

 We read that the holiday is celebrated in honour of freedom and democracy.  Amelia asked me what the word democracy meant?  It was a great little conversation.  Although I miss having a baby, I am loving this season of questions and independence.

~ Mrs. P

kitty love

Our women are lovers of animals. Often they even pretend to BE animals! 

We went to visit Great-Grandma Lorincz and her kitties Buddy and Rudy.  It was a sweet afternoon of visiting, petting kitties and pretending to be kitties.  At one point Amelia even told Grandma that she "could be a Grandma Kitty and I could be a Mommy Kitty".  Love it!  They enjoyed climbing on the cat toys and playing around.  When Grandma served ice cream they suddenly became little girls again, it was the best afternoon!!! 

The girls like to play pretend and have a few favourite animals.  Stella is often a baby panda, a kitty compete with meowing, she also dresses in our chicken costume and has been known to wear that for long periods of time. Amelia like to play gorilla, especially with her dad. Fun times!

Kids rock!

~ Mrs. P

walk on

We have been incredibly busy at our house lately.

Hosting Joy School, teaching Primary Sharing Time at church and hosting family and friends.  Oh and Graham has had some demanding stuff at work.   As I try to catch up on our blog he is down stairs working at his computer on this chilly Sunday afternoon.  Poor dude got a call from work so has been on his computer in my craftroom since we got home from church, this doesn't happen to often thank goodness :(  The Polischuk residence has seen a ton of visitors lately. Graham and I counted that we have had company for 7 weeks in a row!!!  We do love hosting so it is all good, but it has been a continual bed stripping/bed making routine.  It all caught up with me last week when I had a little break down and my sister came to the rescue!!!  She took my ladies and I came home to CLEAN, yes clean because when my house is in order I mentally feel more in order.   It seems a bit silly because many families have much more on the go, many more children, many more responsibilities pulling at them but alas for us we've been busy, busier then our usual little routine.

So a bit of our life as of late...

 We went visiting Auntie Linda's Farm, my Grandma's sister.  It is always such fun! Love the baby chicks.  Amelia prayed in the morning that she would be able to safely hold the chicks herself without help, her prayers were answered. (cutest thing ever) Sadly, Alyson had a sick babe so she couldn't join us we just stole Jacey for the afternoon. 

 Cousins slacking and watching movies while moms make meals. Television can be a powerful tool in our house.  The less it is used the more captivating it is when on....muwahhhhhh!!!!!  This was clearly evidenced as we prepared over 40 meals in 2 days. Yeah us!!!  The first day awesome, the second day thank goodness Graham was around to help entertain and keep kids safe.  We have done meal prep a few times and each time we have gotten more efficient and refined our recipes. Our meals worked out to $5 each for a family of 4. Next we would like to venture into crock pot meal prep.

We still don't have a yard  (this is annoying and a whole blog post unto itself) but have gotten outside as much as we can. Sidewalk chalk is out in full use and the bikes can be seen going up and down the driveway with lovely girls on them. We did wake up to snow today so that was sad! I have also been a canvasser for the Canadian Diabetes Association and am grateful for the opportunity to serve that organization.

We are walking along, enjoying our days!  Trying even when we feel overwhelmed or grumpy.  I saw this fabulous print and want to make it for my livingroom because it is AWESOME;

So we walk on and CHOOSE HAPPY!!!  Took these last few pics of my little sweethearts today after church today and frankly they are reason enough to choose happy...just look at these gems.

Walk on and Choose Happy I say!!!!!

~ Mrs. P