Easter

So I'm a little behind on posting.... OK, a month behind.

But with the wonders of the blog, it'll show up like I'm on top of things {see posting date}. Tricky, I know.

Easter was great this year. We came into Wauwatosa Saturday afternoon for Easter dinner with the Guenther side of the fam. Nora got to play with a new shopping cart Grandma bought her.

She thought it was hilarious to ram the cart into Greg. He was a good sport.

Notice the big ol' bump on her forehead? Hey, sometimes accidents happen when you have a 70 and an 80 pound dog around.

Did Nora know what I was talking about Easter morning when I told her the Easter Bunny came for her? Nope. But she did enjoy going through her Easter basket (which was totally different from last Easter)

Trying on her new sunnies.

Eating the M&Ms she found in the eggs.

Waiting to go to church in the only picture I have of her in her Easter dress.

After church, we made our way to West Bend for the Holmes Easter celebration. Nora fell asleep on the way there. That was her only nap for the day which meant a tired and hungry Nora joined the party. What makes a tired, hungry baby better? Getting undressed! So we took off her Easter dress (hence, the above picture being the only one) and then let her eat. Ahhh... much better.

Spent some time outside after a delicious lunch doing some fun activities.

Like playing with bubbles with Gram,

trying it herself,

and then showing Dad just how good she was at it. Watch out, Daddy!!

Then Gram and Dad took her for a little walk down to the fire pit and back.

Me with the second little one on Easter. And as a side note, I'm having a braxton-hicks contraction as I type this. Not at all painful, just funny how only the right side of my belly will harden like a rock (happened this way with Nora too.) Prepare yourself body! Prepare now so I can have another easy and successful labor!

sun kissed

Busy week + GREAT weekend = lots of pictures to share!

Last week, some days were rainy and cooler so we:

Played inside one rainy day.

Baked cookies for Uncle Greg another day.

Chocolate & Peanut Butter Chip to be exact.

Luckily for me, there were some that didn't fit into the package! (and Greg, I really hope they weren't all crushed by the time you got them)

Learned where our belly buttons are.

Had a play date with her bestie, Mal.

Took a walk with Mal and her mom, Lindsay, at the forest preserve. Clearly a little too close to nap time.

Finally got to play outside when it wasn't so muddy.

Got a little dirty.

Watched many planes go overhead.

Shared a snack of chips and salsa with Dad.

And perfected the game of peek-a-boo.

Then... the weekend.

The glorious, sunny, and hot-enough-for-shorts-and-tank-tops-weekend.

With the help of Dan's mom, we are re-surfacing our kitchen cabinets.

So I started my project of painting the hardware. First, I let them soak in water and vinegar for an hour or so.

After they were scrubbed and dried I set them up on cardboard for the first coat.

Sprayed them with a primer.

But I don't have a finished product to show you. Yet.

Dan also replaced our front light with a more up-to-date version. Works great!

And I spent some time practicing with my mega-zoom lens and got some great shots.

Had lots of birds at the feeder.

Another other unwanted pests.

Which made us get one of these. Those crafty squirrels ate through the rubbermaid bin we had been storing our bird seed in.

Sunday was in the mid-80s and felt oh-so-good. Proud to say I didn't get sunburned but I did get a little lighter shade of pale. Nora had a blast playing with her splash table for the first time (she got it for her birthday)

Laughs with every pour that made the water wheel move and splash her.

Not every pour made it in the cup. After the initial shock of getting the cup dumped on her she laughed up a storm and loved being soaked.

Being in shorts also meant the first scraped knee. It didn't seem to phase her.

Maybe that was because she enjoyed some of Dad's beer to help numb the pain. (No, she really didn't have any... the bottle was empty.)

And what better way to end the weekend than with a beautiful sunset in your backyard.

Hope your weekend was every bit of wonderful as ours.

Can We Get A Little Sun?

It's raining. It's making me sleepy. There's always a silver lining - tomorrow is Saturday and rain is no longer in the forecast. Neither are the 40s! Sunny, 54, and no rain tomorrow. We'll be outside. FINALLY!!

Yesterday, my munchkin woke up from her nap an unhappy camper. No clue what was wrong but there were tears and the whole nine. Nothing would cheer her up so we put on our jackets and went outside (because there was sun yesterday). Fool-proof cheer up method.

Cheered up almost instantly.

Just like last year, touching the grass = not cool. She did get a little closer. Even patted it a couple times.

Collecting leaves on the other hand = very cool.

Look, ma!

An airplane!! She doesn't miss many of them - even when we're in the house.

Even Rusty got to enjoy the weather. He was focused and ready for her to throw that ball.

On our way inside, she stopped to wave at her shadow.

Sad to be inside today.

But there's always fun things to do inside too.