The Due Date

Well, here we are on the due date and what did we do today? Doctor’s appointment, lunch with friends, school, nap time, played in the backyard all afternoon, and watched my fence being built. But not having a baby. 

As I’ve told all your brother’s, I love you little baby but get out. 

Waiting Around

We are officially waiting around for this baby to be born. 

Reading books

Eating salads that don’t fill me up in the least, but there’s not much else to eat on this crazy diet. 

Playing with friends 

Going to the bike parade and Easter egg hunt, which was FREEZING COLD. Winter returned for a day. 

Building our own straws. 



Eating dinner out with Grandma Kathleen (thank you!) so I don’t have to be on my feet and cook. 

Getting homework done

Delivering May Day baskets 

And putting things up on the walls. My nesting has manifested in getting walls decorated. This is for Augustine’s room. 

Easter 2019

We had a lovely, quiet Easter this year. Mass in the morning, lunch and quiet time, then the afternoon at my parents house and Grandma Kathleen joined us too. We did some fun activities during the Triduum as well. 

Dying Easter eggs is always a hit, and we actually eat them all too. My big boys love had boiled eggs. 



It’s a fun year with Elias because he doesn’t really remember many family traditions yet, but when you’re three they start to stick. He will remember next year and be even more excited. 

We went to an Easter egg hunt in a nearby neighborhood which we will never do again. GIANT crowd. We only lost one boy for about 5 minutes and we found him sitting in one place crying because he didn’t get a single egg. There were that many people. He ended up with some treats in the end. 

Treats on Easter morning. The boys have been begging for chalk so it was a good surprise. 

We had a nice breakfast together with paper goods I found in the closet from last year when we hosted the whole family. 






The boys love to wear their suits, so everyone sported them for G&G’s house. 

The kids had lots of fun hunting for eggs in the backyard, which were full of bunnies and jelly beans!

Elias got the hang of it quickly, but only liked the bunnies. He doesn’t like jelly beans because they stick to his teeth too much. 

Probably our last family photo with baby on the inside!

I was in charge of deviled eggs, and decided to make three kinds for fun. The guacamole eggs were a hit. 

Augustine was in charge of making the Croatian nutbread and did a great job with Grandma again this year. 

A Gift for Me

I’m getting part of our privacy fence for the summer for my birthday. 
Our awesome next door neighbors are fence builders, and they let the big boys help set the posts. The boys were in heaven, and took their jobs very seriously. 



Then they supervised from the swings. 

Should be done soon!!!

New Zoo

The zoo has added on! The first day of Easter break the boys were dying to go check it out. I don’t have much physical stamina these days, but I felt pretty good that day, so I told the boys if they helped me tidy the whole house with no whining I’d take them for a lunch picnic at the zoo. 

We had our friend Maylee that day so she joined us for the fun. We walked in, ate our lunch, played on some of the parks, looked at a few animals, and rode the train. 

Everyone brought their own $3 for a ticket. It was a fun time, and we were all ready for naps/quiet time by the end!

Still Peas & Carrots

Fun Stuff

The Gingerbread Man felt board story. 

This isn’t new but he loves it. He’s getting better and better at understanding how to use a dice. 

His friend Ava made him a Fireman Sam paper doll set. It is very impressive and took a lot of work. Elias loves it and it’s been given a place on his shelf, which makes it a treasure. 

Daddy took Elias on a little adventure to Scheels and they found this cool Jeep. They also saw the President robots and those were NOT something Elias ever wants to see again. He said “Those are scary. They could just throw those away.”