Monday, April 17, 2017
Easter 2017
This was our first full weekend together in over a month and it was such a relief to just be together! We recently got a new children’s Bible for the kids and have been reading it nearly every day. Kensi loves retelling us the stories and asks the best questions about each story and illustration. After reading about the crucifixion she asked about the two thieves alongside Jesus and why they were being punished. So much information for a little four year to understand, but we are in awe of her love for Jesus and her thirst for learning about Him and trying to become more like Him each day.
Our Easter was definitely one for the books this year as Finn and the girls were up at 3:30 and 4:30am. Our day started early and it was filled with coffee, church, coffee, good food, coffee, cranky children and outdoor water play. Our kids loved their Easter baskets and doll house. Finn especially loves playing with the double swinging door. Kensi has added all her Calico Critters to the house and plays with them as Finn adds dinosaurs, Legos, and literally anything that will fit through the door and accompanies each door swing with the cutest little ‘ah-llo!” (Hello).
Kensi and Finn very much enjoyed their marshmallows, the only candy-ish thing we put in their baskets and ate all day!!! Such a big parent win for us since we ate way too much candy while my mom was visiting. Their bubble wands were a HUGE hit. We must have been born in a barn because this is the first year we’ve added those and they make the best bubbles! Finn’s boats have already been added to the bath toy stash and Kensi made it very clear she wasn’t excited to see new socks in her basket, but excited to have a new doll. Olivia was disappointed she couldn’t eat a marshmallow with her sibs, but she settled for a handmade wooden & silicone teether I picked up at a local boutique and lots of mama snuggles during her nap in the afternoon.
Our day had a lot of highs and a lot of lows, but it was ours.
XO
Our Easter was definitely one for the books this year as Finn and the girls were up at 3:30 and 4:30am. Our day started early and it was filled with coffee, church, coffee, good food, coffee, cranky children and outdoor water play. Our kids loved their Easter baskets and doll house. Finn especially loves playing with the double swinging door. Kensi has added all her Calico Critters to the house and plays with them as Finn adds dinosaurs, Legos, and literally anything that will fit through the door and accompanies each door swing with the cutest little ‘ah-llo!” (Hello).
Our day had a lot of highs and a lot of lows, but it was ours.
XO
Friday, April 14, 2017
Friday Favorites
It’s been awhile since I’ve shared some of favorites lately and I thought today would be a great day to start it back up. Today is the last day of the outage and we are all singing praises!!!! We spent the week with my mom and the kids had so much fun taking her to our local berry farm, making strawberry pie and eating way to much candy. We are so excited for the weekend and have plans of just enjoying each other’s company, getting some fresh air and of course celebrating one of our favorite holidays...Easter!
This week I’ve also been busy grabbing last minute basket fillers for the kids with late night Amazon orders and Target stops like Yoobi Chalk Roller for Finn, Colors by Orla Kiely for Livie and a couple handmade bows for Kensi. In all of this I’ve realized how forgetful I am and completely forgot about a few things we’ve had stashed away, unfortunately it happens all the time. Regardless of what makes it or doesn’t make it into their baskets they’re going to be excited no matter what, so my worry level is happily low.
A few weeks ago I was browsing through the PB Kids website and stumbled across the Ellington Doll Townhouse marked down 50%. Mike and I debated getting one for Kensi at Christmas, but she didn’t show a ton of interest and ultimately decided to wait. I’m so glad we did! I was able to stack a coupon code and just so happened to find a gift card in my purse that brought my total for the dollhouse to $34. To say I was ecstatic would be an understatement. We thought it would be a great Easter surprise for the kiddos since they both enjoy playing with our current vintage one. We put it together already and it’s the cutest doll house!!!
Kensi is currently into anything and everything that has to do with rainbows and I picked up this adorable swimsuit for her. She’s already madly excited for summer and can’t wait for the pool to open.
Our weather has been so nice and warm the last few weeks. I love finding casual, comfortable clothing pieces I can wear at home with the kids that doesn’t include sweats and a t-shirt (as I’m sure Mike is fond of too). I found this super soft everyday black dress from Target about a month ago and I’m finding myself wearing it all the time!
Lastly, I’m snagging some gorgeous outdoor serveware for our patio. I’m totally in love with these beautiful melamine canape plates from Anthropologie. The colors and prints are giving me all the heart eyes and I love the smaller size. Plus, they’re 20% off right now!!!
Happy Friday!
XO
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Date 10: Late Night Date
My mom is here visiting for a week during our outage schedule and Mike and I were able to sneak away for a little bit last night. We needed to catch up on our marriage devotional we're currently doing with our church life group and planned to work on it over a coffee date for a couple hours. As we were driving over the bridge and into downtown I asked Mike he if he would rather have coffee or grab drinks by the river. Needless to say this was a no brainer because having a sporadic date like such was rare, so to the river we went. For a Friday night it was eerily quiet in our particular restaurant, but just a couple blocks away the streets were bustling with vendors for our local festival.
We decided to grab a couple appetizers and sips on the back patio. We sipped on gin + tonics, our go to cocktail, and enjoyed crab dip and oysters. Our waiter was chatty since we were one of the few parties in his section and shared he grew up in Maryland. Of course that sparked conversation and we mostly discussed how crab cakes are only tasty made the Maryland way, with very minimal filler. While recommending a few of his favorite items on the menu he said the crab cakes were okay and had some filler....that means you don’t order them.
As we finished our meal and headed outside we quickly realized we have become southerners. It was 60 degrees F outside and by any measure of a true midwesterner this is considered beautiful weather, but we were freezing! We felt so shameful as we ran to our car and quickly turned up the heat and the seat warmers. Our only defense is the type of cold here is very different, it’s a wet cold due to the being so close to the water compared to Nebraska. You may or may not find that a reasonable excuse, but that’s what we’re sticking with, ha!
Sunday, April 2, 2017
Date Night: 8, 9, 10, 11
I haven’t been good about posting the last few weeks, but our dates are still taking place although they’ve looked a little different since we only have one day off together as a family and more often than not most of our time is spent with the kids. We’ve settled in for more movies on the couch, but we’re still keeping it fun.
Date 8: Twister
Mike and I had the itch to pull out some of our games, but knew if we tried to play Monopoly or something of the sort we’d probably fall asleep. Instead we picked up Twister. Neither one of us had played the game since high school and trying to maneuver our limbs to the different colors was much less romantic as it was challenging, uncomfortable and funny. We had stretched our bodies in ways we forgot or knew how and woke up the next morning sore.
Date 9: Color Me Beautiful
We had heard good reviews about Passengers and knew it would be a great movie that would hit all our wants: adventure, suspense and romance. The movie was everything we had hoped for and in while watching we made some popcorn and pulled out Kensi’s colored pencils and our coloring books we had bought each other a year ago for Christmas. We love low key nights like this and coloring was so relaxing and good for our minds and souls. Here are a few of our favorite coloring books...
Date 10: Bowling with the Fam
This weekend we knew was going to be one of our busiest we’ve had in awhile. I ended up taking Kensi to see Beauty and the Beast (it’s amazing!!!) and we had been invited to go bowling for our friend’s birthday. We used bowling as a family day date and took the opportunity to introduce Finn. This was his first time and we knew he would either be thrilled or it would be a disaster. Finn is still little and he just couldn’t understand the concept of waiting for his turn and grew irritated each time he needed to wait for the pins to reset. Needless to say Mike, Kensi and I had so much fun letting loose with our friends, but Finn ended up hanging watching a movie instead.
Date 11: Last Minute Dinner Out
This past week felt like one of our longest. With Mike working six days it makes everything seen longer and we’ve been growing exhausted quicker with each passing day as we move through this outage. Going to bed is happening earlier and earlier. In need of just getting out of the house Friday we packed the kids into the car even though it was nearly their bedtime and headed out to dinner for chips and margs. Our kids were so well behaved and I think it was mostly due to just being tired of being at home all week long.
I cannot wait to settle back into our normal schedule in the next couple weeks, I’m really starting to go insane! Luckily my mom is coming this week and I will finally have some solid adult interaction again and Mike and I can sneak out of the house for a night of our own!!!
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