Good Friday

Daniel and I feel a little guilty that we enjoy hot cross buns so much.  I think it's mostly that I only make them once a year, on Good Friday, and a little bit that we both just really like simple, sturdy, meals.  Anni declared them to be her favoritest food ever.  I am grateful we are nearing the end of our Lenten journey for the year, but glad for what a struggle it was.  Anni's joyous anticipation for Easter (both the celebration and treats, and that, as she puts it, "JESUS COMES BACK!") has been good for my soul, thirsting as it is for Christ. 

365 Photos in 365 Days: Week 15

Just going to let the photos do the talking for this set, my friends.  Happy Holy Week, I hope it's a blessed one for you.

 

Some people renovate their own kitchen...

We, apparently, just renovate our little ones' kitchen.  Three Christmases ago, we got Anni a little play kitchen.  We kept it small, because we were living in an apartment, on a budget, and figured her imagination could make up for what it lacked in size.  Throw in some ikea pots and pans and we were set.

For most of the time we lived in the apartment, it lived in a variety of angles in a corner by our kitchen/eating area (I'm still completely unsure as to why apartments feel the needs to put carpet in the dining area, but that's neither here nor there).  At some point (a point I, of course, have no photos of) I bought a stack of ikea spice racks and we managed to get one hung before we moved. 
 

When we moved to the house, it took a few months, but we finally got that one lonely shelf back up.

 
It was good, but it definitely wasn't quite enough.  We had added play food, dishes, and some empty spice bottles since the original purchase of the kitchen, and I got really tired of finding places to stuff everything.  I had had other simple organization plans for awhile, but it took a day of Daniel's parents coming down to help us with other, more important, things (mainly a leaky kitchen pipe) to get our rears in gear and get it done.
   

Ta-da!  It's one of those things that the girls really don't care about either way, but this mama is very happy that there is a place for everything.

We added a second shelf, and, on the first shelf, we added a row of hooks for the tea cups and hot pads.  Then, we (I say we, but Daniel and his dad actually did the work... I just directed) added several "s" hooks the the little bar over the sink so that the pots and pans had a home of their own.  Maybe I should start thinking about some upgrades to my own kitchen now...

365 Photos in 365 Days: Week 14

 After a long day of boring-mommy-wasn't-quite-over-the-plague, I threw together a fort right before Daddy walked in... because this girl had never had a blanket fort (a huge blanket tent once, but she probably doesn't remember that).  Everyone needs a fort sometimes.  I love how happy it made her!

 Poor Lettie got the bug next.  Her favorite baby (other than her sister's favorite baby) ended up in the line of fire, and she was devastated when I took it away to wash.  I ended up throwing the baby's clothes in the washer, and wrapping the damp, but clean, little baby in a wash cloth for her.  She spent the rest of the morning requesting  I re-wrap it.

 And then went Anni.  Surprisingly, she wasn't first, and didn't even have it worst this time.  Maybe those probiotics really are helping our immuno-deficient chickadee?

 The long days of "I know you're hungry, but I also know if you eat more than a popsicle or applesauce, you're going to throw it all up".  I absolutely hate having to say no to the desperate "I'm hungry" pleas.

Woohoo, starting to recover!  Colette actually didn't do a ton of moaning and groaning, but I let her nurse as much as she wanted, and she was really pretty happy and normal except for her "early morning vomit" for several days running (probably from nursing in the night and her tummy not processing it all very quickly).  Aren't you glad you asked?

Anni's new "pincher" arrived just in time to help her get all rehydrated.  Seriously, my non-drinker probably downs more water than I do now that she can get it herself.  Excellent investment!

 So happy to be back to normal!  Getting dressed and making a mess never felt so good.

365 Photos in 365 Days: Week 13

Many nights, Anni will ask to say good night to the moon.  It was a tradition started in our last apartment that she remembered and started to ask about again recently.  It's such a sweet way to wrap up our night, even if they don't find it amongst the clouds. 

 When I think of it, I like to pull the love seat out a bit from the window to make opening and closing the curtains easier.  The girls love to chase each other behind the couch, and it gets them giggling hysterically if I peek over the top to catch them in the act.

 Library trips are always a blast!  Colette toddles from books, to tables, to me, mostly making messes wherever she.  Anni asks me to read every book she sets her eyes on before she moves to the CD players on the walls.  It's a love/love relationship.

 Technically, Daniel took this one... but I figured it was probably healthy to be in the shot occasionally!

Such a little doll!  I just loved everything about this one.

Who can so no to those pigtails?  Technically, I had to, since sister was playing outside while I cooked, and I can't trust the one-year-old out there yet, but she sure was sweet watching sissy play!

 

There was almost no photo for this day as I was struck by a stomach plague and spent most of the day passed out in bed.  I managed just a couple at story-time and oi-la!  The end of week 13.