Easter 2013

We had a chilly, fun Easter!  After enjoying a lovely church service, we headed home to prepare for our company and Easter dinner. 

 

First we tried to capture a family shot.  Epic fail.  It was chilly and cloudy.  The porch was covered in pollen, and the girls were not feeling the picture idea.  But, nevertheless, here we are on Easter!

 

Amelia was NOT in the mood for a picture perfect moment.  This picture cracks me up.

 

The Easter Bunny was extremely generous this year.  He filled the girls' baskets with Little People princesses.  He's a smart fella - he knew exactly which princesses were commonly fussed over, so he brought another Snow White and Cinderella.  He also knew which princesses we didn't have, so he brought those too.  The girls were beyond thrilled with their baskets of Little People princesses and books.  The Easter Bunny also splurged big time and left the Little People castle.

 

My parents and their best friends joined us later in the afternoon for visiting and dinner.  Of course, Grandma and Ms. Ginny had the chocolates and jelly beans covered in their treat bags for the girls.  What blessed little girls Eric and I have.

We had a wonderful day filled with fun, family, friends, and celebration of the Risen Lord.

It's Been a Month Plus...

The Stewart Family has not been exciting this past month or so.  We've dodged and slightly missed some sickness bullets, Daddy's been on the road, Mommy has resumed her hard core workouts, and the cold, rainy doldrums are upon us.  But, we are here, and we are healthy once again. 

 

What have we been doing lately, you ask?

 

 

We've snuggled up and watched shows after lunch.  Some of us refuse to remove our hat and coat from school.

 

We've celebrated St. Patrick's Day even though the fever sisters struck again on this particular weekend...didn't keep us from getting out to lunch and dressing seasonal.  Eric and I may have paid for that decision, but we got out of the house nonetheless.  :)

 Lots of days were spent like this....fever, not feeling well, no appetite, lethargic.  However, we were blessed in that not one of us came down with anything super heinous.

 

Daddy was on the road a lot this past month, and the girls had a dance party one evening...HILARIOUS.  I wish I had video.

 Here's my favorite:

 

 We've addressed some serious four year old behavior issues and started a marble jar.  When the jar looks like this:

 a reward will be given.  The said four year old is really digging the marble jar and filling it up like crazy.  :)

 

The two year old has gnawed through her beloved paci.  To avoid the choking hazard and trip to the ER,

 I did the snip, snip.  This was not expected, and therefore, I had not wrapped my brain around ditching the paci just yet.  You know, I'm a cold turkey kind of gal, but this was not on my radar.  However, the snip-snip worked in my favor.  Said two year old lost interest in paci, and we no longer have it!  Unexpected milestone.

 

Daddy has had some weekend trips.  After naps on a Friday, our house looks like this when "it's just the girls".  Popcorn, chic Disney movie, water, and breakfast for dinner AFTER all that popcorn:

Spring is trying to arrive, and we are enjoying it!

 

Nothing spectacular.  Just us being us.