Easter At Trinity

The boys and Ella celebrated Easter at their preschool on Friday. The boys made a craft and went on an egg hunt. They had no idea what was going on but they enjoyed it. 

During the egg hunt Gabe got distracted by the blocks and started cleaning them up, haha. 

Ella also had a nice morning celebrating Easter in her class. I also had her first school conference in which the teachers told me she's wonderful, sweet, kind, and progressing beautifully. 

As I type this it's snowing. Hoping for spring to arrive soon!! 

 
 
 
 

 

Monday

St. Patty's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Lilly was laying low today and didn't really get dressed. She's been trying to fight off a cough/asthma for 3 weeks, poor kid. The other 3 were dressed in their green attire to show their St. Patty's spirit. 

Ella enjoyed a friend's birthday party and we hung around the house the rest of the weekend letting everyone recover from a week of illness. 

Today was the day Andy proposed to me 9 years ago! I returned home from my EMT class to find my apartment covered in green balloons and candles and Andy waiting for me inside. It was beautiful and I was totally surprised. He always acknowledges this day and this year he gave me a clover charm for my Pandora bracelet. So sweet!!

 

 

Beast

Where's Ella?

Ella? Ella!

The dog likes to sit on us. Poor Ella. All I heard was, "Umm, Mommy?"
 

 

Curly

Lilly asked me to put "soft curlers" in her hair because a friend did it and she wanted to do the same. I borrowed foam curlers from Jackie and set to work last night curling her whole head. 

I'm laughing writing this. 

God bless her, she slept all night in her curlers...

This morning Lilly stumbled out of bed and excitedly asked me to take out the curlers. After I took out the first one I was worried. Mostly I was worried about Lilly's reaction. The best part was that Andy was still home and the look on his face was so funny I'm laughing again. 

I was proud of my spiral rolling!!

That last picture kills me. She had been sobbing and stopped long enough to fake a smile. I was hysterically laughing which is awful but I just couldn't believe my eyes!! Clearly I haven't a clue about foam curler rolling!! 

Poor baby girl. I wet it and the curls fell and all was right with the world again. I did get a good laugh though...

 
 
 
 

Spontaneity

Being spontaneous as a mother is not one of my strong points. I am, and have been, very rigid with nap times, travel, and schedules. I have soul searched and tried to break free from the guilt chains but have had very little success (when I consider having my kids skip a nap I feel immense guilt).

Well today I did it! I up and threw the family in the car and headed to see my sweet friend Krissy about an hour away. She traveled from Minnesota to meet her sisters for a weekend of scrapbooking at a scrapping workshop. We couldn't stand the thought of being so close and not seeing one another. 

Unfortunately my family is used to our very similar schedule and had a little difficulty adapting to Momma's little adventure and Krissy witnessed some very loud meltdowns.  For that I am sorry but I am so glad we went!! It was a great little visit and always leaves me longing for more time with such a dear friend. 

After leaving Krissy's hotel we headed to the nearby beach in Atlantic City. The kids got to see the ocean and look at some shells. It was chilly but I didn't mind. I love the ocean!

After getting in the car all 4 kiddos promptly passed out and I quietly patted myself on the back for letting go for a change. 
 
 

Sickness

All of our kids (except Ella for now) are sick with a fever/cold virus. Luke started with it last week but had gotten progressively worse until yesterday when he became very ill.  His fever was back, his eyes looked terrible, he wasn't eating or drinking, and he was very sleepy. 

He fell asleep in the morning watching TV on the couch. 

I put him in his bed and a couple of hours later I went to check on him and almost tripped on him at the top of the steps! He's climbed out of bed and was sleeping in the hallway. 

He slept there for another couple of hours. 

By the time I took him to his 

Though his lungs sounded alright, our doctor sent us for a chest X-ray which showed that he has pneumonia (which he had a milder case of a month ago). 

I feel so sorry for our little guy but am grateful there's a diagnosis and he was able to start a strong antibiotic to get rid of the infection. pediatrician appointment he was lethargic. It was so sad. 

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Friends

Friendships are such a blessing in our lives. Lilly and her best friend Lindsay have been friends most of their lives. I am so happy Lilly not only found a wonderful friend but one who lives down the street as well. Even though they are very newly 7 years young, they're growing up in a fast-paced world of technology. When they're not together they're texting or face-timing one another from their iPads. I'm afraid to think about what their lives will be like in 5 or 10 years. 

For now I will relish the beauty of such a dear friendship that I hope will last a very long time...

 

Beautiful Day

This day was gorgeous! Bright and sunny and a wonderful breath of fresh air. The boys are both under the weather but were able to play outside for a while. 

Oliver enjoyed himself as well...

The boys perked up a bit this afternoon. 

I would love a repeat of today's weather for tomorrow. Days like this fill me with hope and joy.

 

 

Spunk

Lilly's school outfit ...

She's growing up way too fast. 

 

I Must Go To Bed

One more for fun!!

 

Test 123

I am trying to blog from my phone thinking this will make it easier to update the blog! The amount of time it takes me to plug in my phone and download all my pictures and videos and then pick the ones for the blog is too time consuming at this point in time. In the past I couldn't upload blog from my phone but tonight it seems to be semi-working!

The kids are growing so fast and there's so much to share in updates. This picture is what my sweet boys were doing one say when I was on the treadmill. So cute!

Hopefully I can continue blogging on a regular basis. Forgive the typos as it's late and I'm typing on my phone.