See Mommy Do It

I have spent the best part of the last week unplugged from my computer. Between being sick and having family in town for the holiday, it was really nice to disconnect.

My wonderful aunt and two of my cousins came to town and stayed with us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We walked around town, got cupcakes, ate yummy homemade pasta, and watched a version of Sense and Sensibility. It was definitely a great day (it was as close to perfect as it could get with me having a horrible sore throat). Thank you my wonderful family!

We also dyed eggs with Elizabeth.

 

 

 

 

 

She was into double and triple dipping the eggs and didn’t want it to end.

On Easter, she raced into the dining room when reminded of her Easter basket. This picture is after a chocolate bunny was removed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

For a child who mostly eats like a healthy, little bird, Elizabeth can eat her weight in chocolate. She didn’t even care about finding the money or pez in eggs, she was all about the chocolate.

She had three great egg hunts throughout the day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Isn’t she so pretty in her dress? I was a proud mommy all day long.

She finished up the day playing with Duncan on a trampoline.

Happy (Belated) Holiday and have a wonderful spring break!

~Krista

 

We didn’t get out of our pajamas today. Elizabeth is recovering nicely. She still sounds a little sick and has the occasional coughing fit and sneeze, but she is clearly recovering.

We had a restful day playing puzzles, games, and play-doh.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We might have also watched an unhealthy amount of Blues Clues.

Luckily, she took a really great nap this afternoon. She was so beautiful sleeping that I had to snap a picture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The sun came out a bit in the afternoon and we were able to hit the backyard for a while. Elizabeth borrowed the camera to take a picture of her boots:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This really turned out to be a great day.

~Krista

Cough, cough.

 

 

 

 

 

Yep. Elizabeth is a little sick. She started coughing at midnight last night, continued through the night, and today. Poor thing.

I have acted as her short order cook to make her feel better. The menu she requested:  scrambled eggs with cheese, toast, french fries, apples with peanut butter, sunflower seeds, and pistachio nuts. She has been eating really well and drinking  a lot of water and milk.

She even had enough energy to play in the backyard with me for a couple of hours. Sunshine and sixty degrees seemed to help perk her up a lot.

I’m so glad she at least waited until Monday to get sick. It was a friend-filled weekend. We played with my friend Maureen and her son on Saturday. Boy, are those two kids cute together. Check out Maureen’s great post about our playdate on her blog Buttoning My Jeans. Elizabeth got to really boss around T-man and we got to have a lot of fun watching. Then we played with trains. Apparently life doesn’t get any better than playing with trains.

Sunday, I went to a brunch bridal shower.  Elizabeth and my niece Addie were both invited and had a blast together. It was a lovely shower at a Salem winery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The beautiful bride-to-be enjoyed the girls. (I forgot to get her okay to post her picture here- so you will just have to trust me). Congratulations Malia! We are very happy for you.

~Krista

Non-gamers might not understand why I am desolate right now. My XBOX 360 has just flashed me the red ring of death.

It is done, dead, kaput.

There was no warning at all. Elizabeth just went down for a nap and I happily rushed to the living room to get my game fix only to wonder why it wasn’t coming up. I looked up to see this:

 

 

 

 

 

Now is also when I realize just how hopelessly addicted to Skyrim I have become.

I called Duncan right away and he thinks the hard drive saved data should be fine and can transfer to another system. I am really hoping that is true since I have probably put in 30 hours or more so far (and that is in precious mommy free-time hours). I’m also hoping that I can convince him that we should go buy a new system tonight or tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

~Krista

Our family had a wonderful date weekend these past few days.

Friday started off as Duncan & Krista date night while Elizabeth spent the evening and night with her grandparents.

We enjoyed thai food takeout, champagne, dairy queen blizzards, and lots of Skyrim. So much fun.

My Saturday date was with Elizabeth. We went to an afternoon birthday party that finished at 5 PM about an hour from home. Instead of coming home we hung out together and did a little shopping. Our dinner included french fries from Burgerville and smoothies from Jamba juice.

We walked around Old Navy and a pet store while drinking our smoothies. Duncan should be proud we didn’t come home with goldfish.

Elizabeth had the best line of the weekend when we were coming up to this stop sign in the parking lot.

 

Me:  When we get to the stop sign we need to stop and look around for cars.

Elizabeth: Where is the go sign?

Me: Good question. There are no go signs.

It actually made me a little sad to tell her that. I wish there were go signs in the world. I guess we will have to call green lights go signs.

We shopped and played together until bedtime and the car ride home.

Today we had a family date at home (maybe stretching the meaning of date). I made us all pancakes (Elizabeth’s and mine had chocolate chips), Duncan and Elizabeth played a long game of hide and seek, we weeded and mowed the lawn during the briefly sunny morning, and Elizabeth and I took a long nap together. So far it is a perfect Sunday.

I hope everyone else is having a great weekend, too.

~Krista

Happy Birthday Will!

Today is my brother’s birthday.

Yep. St. Patrick’s day has always been a special holiday for our family. Will gets to be a little bit more Irish than the rest of us.

We are very lucky (pun intended) to have him. He’s a really great guy (and I’m not just saying that out of sisterly pride).

The birthday boy was kind enough to pose for the camera.

 

 

 

 

 

Today, we all met up for a birthday lunch at Laughing Planet in Portland. Great choice for yummy food, casual atmosphere, and dinosaurs for the kids to play with. Elizabeth and Addie started off with one each, but by the end of the meal they had about ten. I think the fellow adults at the table were enablers.

 

 

 

 

 

Even the birthday boy got to play.

 

 

 

 

 

I got to have the veggie chili and a banana colada smoothie. This place is great for vegetarians like me. Mmmm.

 

 

 

 

 

We then went back to Will’s place to open cards and presents. This was the most popular card:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It looked best on my niece Addie (who was also sporting adorable pigtails!).

 

 

 

 

 

And of course it was great for the birthday boy.

 

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth wasn’t enthusiastic about the mustache, but was wildly excited about her first game of Jenga.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy (unspecified number) Birthday to one of my favorite brothers.

~Krista