EASTER eats n treats



 

We are lucky to live relatively close to family and old friends.  A weekend trip can enable us to gather together.  We were thirlled to have the Birds, Jacobers and a Robertson duo over for Easter dinner.  It was a blast!!!!  All of the little women had fun playing and getting reacquainted.  For the dinner we tried to go all Ukrainian with perogies, cabbage rolls and nylishnky, it turned out ok. Feeding a crowd will continue to come with practice...I hope.  The evening was spent playing with the littles downstairs and after bedtime the adults got competitive around the kitchen table playing 'Things in a Box'.  Seriously good times.

 

 

The Easter bunny visited us on Saturday morning and even found the Jacober girls.  The girlies did a great job hunting for eggs and sharing the findings.  They look so darling together.  It is going so be pretty crazy in another ten years when we hook up and have four teenage girls together!!!  Love them.

 

Ember 4.7 years    Eden 2.5 years   Stella 22 months   Amelia 3.10 years

 

We snapped some family shots and did our best impressions of the Easter Bunny.

 



 

 

 

~ Mrs. P

A wee bit of Easter prep at the Polischuk's

 Bring on Easter, Bring on Spring I say!!!!

 

We are totally psyched up for Easter this year.  One thing about our ladies getting older is that holidays are soooooo fun!  For Family Home Evening we discussed the Easter story, talked about how Jesus was Resurrected and then took the evening to put up decorations. Fun!  The window decals are rearranged daily.

 

 

Decorating eggs has become a bit of a tradition for us and everyone got in on the action.  Last year it seemed like a dozen wasn't enough but the 18 I boiled this year seemed like a bit much, oh well.  I can't believe that there weren't any egg casualties in the process and in the end I thought they looked lovely resting on our kitchen table.

 

 

We are excited to host the Jacober family and have the Birds come too!  Amy's brother and his GF will also get in on some Ham and Ukrainian food.  Should be a fun time.

 

Also to be noted: Amelia is obsessed with Jesus being resurrected and the fact that we will all be resurrected.  We had a great lesson about Easter at church and it is amazing all that little folk actually take in, she shares a lot of correct information with us almost daily.  Crazy!

 

~ Mrs. P

 

 



Keeping Busy

Winter days can be long!!!!!!!!!!

Even with visits to the library, Joy School, swimming lessons and gymnastics sometimes the winter days just seem long.  We have been keeping busy around here with some ideas from Pinterest, love me that Pinterest.  It is funny how the kitchen table really is the hub of the home, not only used for meals.  The girls and I have fun trying out new things and experimenting together.  It is doing fun stuff that helps us fall in love all over again!  I fall in love with their creativity, their bravery and smarts.  They continually impress me.

 

I can take no credit for these ideas, I was inspired by Pinterest and just made them happen at home!!!

~ Momma P



the effects of playing hard and Oilers hockey

 

 

It is pretty rare that our big girl falls asleep anywhere but her bed unless she is exhausted.  It happened tonight after helping dad take down the Christmas lights and having some serious fun outside, apparently eating 'snow cookies' (crusty snow-gross!!!!).  I am personally against eating snow PERIOD but daddy was outside with her so ya know.  A fun day and some boring Oilers hockey lead to this adorable pose.  What a sweet chick!!!

 

~ Momma P

Baby Cakes

I told my little Stella that she was my "Baby Cakes" and she said back to me "yes baby cakes, baby cakes"....seriously sweet.  Oh my heart be still with her cuteness!!  There are times when she is an absolute challenge, the woman has a stubborness like I've never seen but she does have a charming sweetness to her that melts your heart. Love her!

~ Momma P



Photos of the Ladies

 Grandma Hinko wanted some new pictures of our girlies so we had a little photo shoot.  As is the case with little people we didn't have a huge window of happiness but we did get some cute ones.  Love these chicks!

 And below is the money shot, the 'how' of getting any smiles!!!! Adorbs though, adorbs!

 



 

~ Mrs. P

Sickos

A whole lot of icky sicky people at our house these past few weeks.  Poor Amelia had a cold turned ear infection.  Stella battled that same head cold but it got nasty this week when the flu hit both of them!!!! Bahhh sickness sucks.  It stinks to watch your babes being sick.  We have missed a ton of fun things we've had planned but rest is important.....so we just chill out at home.  I can get cabin fever so have enjoyed the post bedtime grocery runs alone, you know getting to see the outside world.  I am grateful though that it is easy to pull the plug and just slow things down so we can get over the sickness.  Even though they weren't feeling good they still flashed me smiles (well sorta for Stella).  Miss Amelia is even holding her medicine cup, ha!  Poor girlies.  A lot of movies in mom n dad's bed and a few boxes of Popsicles - you know to keep them hydrated.

 

Here is hoping things are going to be healthier at the Polischuk's.

Oh and snapped a pic of this little lovely kleenex pile, yep almost the whole box.



 

~ Mrs. P