A lovely Easter Sunday...

Hello Monday, goodbye Monday!  I need a vacation from the busy weekend we had.  It was a great weekend, but it left this mama very exhausted!  And then I had to jump right into a busy week at work.  What happen to having an actual break!?!  I need a vacation, a vacation from life itself, to sleep…  I want to go hibernate somewhere, yes I really do.  I have had the hardest time today, keeping my eyes open.  This weather doesn’t help anything either.  Thunder, lightening and rain just make me want to crawl under my covers, and snuggle down in my bed, that is oh so very comfy, and have my kitty girl curl up beside me, to drift off into dreamland…  Doesn’t that sound lovely!?!

Are you tired of me, telling you how tired I am…?  Well I’m tired of telling you how tired I am, so I will move on, to the two little stinkers that make me tired…

Yesterday we went over to the in-laws for Easter lunch, and an egg hunt for the kiddos.  It was a nice day, but a little hot for an Easter Sunday, if you ask me!  All the kiddos had fun getting to hunt for eggs, and see what goodies where hidden inside.  Since I don’t really believe in my kiddos eating sweets, our plastic eggs were filled with stickers, and a few other little goodies I found in the party section at the store.  Which I can’t speak for the other kids, but my baby boy loved what he found in each egg!  I know, because we have stickers everywhere.  Now I’m having to try and keep them out of the mouth of my very active 9 month old.

Meet the Constantine kids…  All I have to say, we (the grown ups) are all in trouble!

***There was one little Constantine missing yesterday...  Poor sweet Caroline, I sure hope she is doing better!

Our family keeps growing, there is a total of 7 kiddos, 5 and under.  And trying to get a picture of all them, actually looking in the same direction, smiling, and being still is a major challenge!  I look forward to our holiday pictures every year, NOT! 

Our attempt at getting pictures taking with our kiddos on Easter…

We keep things very casual on Easter...  When you are on the ground chasing a 9 month old, and rolling around with a 2 year old, I don't want to be in a dress...  Outfits need to be very infant and toddler friendly, and  90 degree weather comfortable.  I'm not going for chic at all!

This was my little angel's 1^st Easter, and she had fun getting to play in the grass, and pretend that she was hunting eggs.  She was really picking grass, and trying to eat it.  Sweet girl, I love you!  Your mama thinks you are the most precious baby girl ever!

My sweet little man would say “MINE” every time he found an egg.  He is/was so cute!  Baby boy, you make mama so happy.  You’re my funny little man!  Baby boy, I love you!

The day wouldn't be complete without this...

Baby girl and her meltdowns, gotta love em…  As always, daddy to rescue…

We truly did have a great Easter weekend!  Now, I'm ready for bed, so I can try to get some much needed rest. 

Goodnight sweet angels!

xoxo, Shanna

She did what, and Easter dinner...

You see this precious little angel…!?!

Guess what she did yesterday…

She took her first step!  Yay little girl!  And I actually was home to see this moment take place!  I probably scared her with all the screaming and jumping up and down I did, from the excitement!  As exciting as this moment is, we are now in trouble...  There is truly no stopping her now!

The last two days have been so BUSY!  Yesterday my OCD kicked in full force.  I was doing laundry, cleaning, prepping everything for lunch today, helping the little man color eggs, along with filling the plastic eggs.  

Yesterday while I was at the store, I saw some Toy Story tattoos, that I thought M would love.  The little man loves stickers, but his sister usually always ends up with them, in her mouth.  That isn't good...  I figured he would love the tattoos, and I wouldn't have to worry about the little girl, win win, I thought.  Well, it didn't go as I had planned.  I was all excited about my little find, and couldn't wait to show the little man...  For him to freak out on me!  So, the husband, A and me all ended up with Toy Story tattoos, so that M would know that it was "All Good"...  Now he loves them, and we are all sporting the tattoos for the next 3-5 days, awesome!

I know, we are so cool!

Last night I got everything ready for the little man to color eggs.  Let me just say, I’m a total control freak, and I stress out majorly about most things (I know hard to believe).  So, I was a little stressed about how this might turn out!  But, as with most things, I was stressed for nothing, the little man did great, and had a blast!  He was so excited about his eggs!

Today we had my family over for Easter dinner.  I had volunteered to cook dinner this year, and what big shoes I had to fill!  Before my Nana got sick, she was the one that usually cooked holiday dinners. So, I wanted today to be special, and for everyone to enjoy the day.  The holidays will now be spent at our house, so I felt I needed to let everyone know that we I could handle it.  After agreeing to cook this meal, I started to get stressed (no surprise there).  I can cook pasta dishes, no problem.  But I had agreed to cook a ham, along with a few other items. And the items I wanted to cook, weren’t all that simple.  So this morning I sat on the couch for an hour, thinking what I have gotten myself into?  What if the food turns out horrible?  What if I have forgotten something?

***My serving dishes are over 60 years old, and were hand painted in Germany.  They were my Aunt's, that she gave to me, as a wedding gift.  

The meal turned out GREAT!  Everyone loved the ham, along with the items that were fixed. 

After lunch the husband hid the eggs for the kiddos to do an Easter egg hunt.  

Baby boy, you are so adorable!  Mama loved watching you find the eggs that daddy hid in the backyard!  The little man cleaned up the backyard, he only left a few for his cousin.  Luckily she was more interested in playing with the soccer ball and the dogs.

Hey beautiful, mama is so excited that you have taken your first step!  I was so afraid I was going to miss this moment, like I did with your brother!  Hope you enjoyed all the goodies you got today!

We have another busy day tomorrow...  We will be going over to the in-laws for lunch.  The little man will get to enjoy playing with his cousins, and another egg hunt.  The little girl will get adored from afar, as she probably won't let anyone hold her but mama, maybe daddy.  

  

The last few days have been great, getting to have time off with the kiddos, having my Aunt here, and getting to have a wonderful day with family!  I’m truly one tired mama!  The kiddos are finally in bed, and that is where I'm about to be!

Goodnight sweet angels!

xoxo, Shanna