Happy Easter

Love, Gracie & Josie XOXO

We Love The Easter Bunny

The Easter Bunny found us in Iowa at Nana's Shirley's house :)

Thank You Easter Bunny

 

We love you Easter Bunny!!! :) XOXO

Easter Egg Hunt

We are ready for the annual Easter Egg Hunt at Nana Shirley's house...32,000 eggs & we are ready to get em all!!! :)

Wibbly Wobbly Tooth

Look who lost her first tooth at 4 years old!!! The Tooth Fairy will be visiting her tonight at my mom's house.  It's kind of cool that the Tooth Fairy will be visiting her in my old bedroom...the same place she visited me when I lost my first baby tooth!!! :)  Loot at her smile.

Good Friday Fish Fry

 

We are visiting Nana Shirley for Easter & we enjoyed a night out on the town in Dubuque...a Good Friday Fish Fry.  And it was "All You Can Eat Too!!!" :)  A great way to kick-off the holiday weekend. 

Some Bunny Loves You

 

Josie's bunny hand print from preschool :)

 

Spa Day

 

Today we celebrated Taylor's 6th Birthday....A Girls Spa Day!!!  We enjoyed Mommy/Daughter manicures & pedicure's & the girls got to get their hair done fancy too!!! :) What a great way to start off our spring break :) And Happy Happy Birthday Taylor!!! XOXO

Queen's In The Kitchen...Easter Baking

Next up...the girls & I spent the afternoon baking Easter cupcakes.  Oh how I love my little bakers as these girls love to be in the kitchen with their mommy :)  And I have the same memory as a little girl :)  

Easter Craft'n

Today we enjoyed some Easter crafting...name plates for our dining room table.  The girls had lots of fun crafting & they think the "chicky's are "adorable"!!! :) We are almost ready for Easter.

Little "Ballet" Rina :)

Josie's ready for class in her favorite new leotard...she sure loves to dance!!!  And she'll be performing in her first recital in June :)

Taylor's Sofia The First Tumbling Party

 

The kids "flipped out" at Taylor's Sofia The First Birthday Party!!!

Happy #6 Taylor

National Corndog Day

Today is National Corndog Day. National Corndog Day is a celebration of basketball, corndogs, tator tots & beer that occurs in March of every year on the first Saturday of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. It was inauguarated in Corvallis, Oregon in 1992 & has expanded over the years into many other states.  How fun that it was created in Oregon!!!  Since we can't be there to celebrate, we had our own celebration in Chicago while watching the Oregon Ducks beat St. Louis YAY!!! And ooohh do we love corndogs :)

Girl Power

Posing for a picture with Josie's friend Alice :)

Starships By Nicki Minaj

And dancing with some of the older girls :)

We Are Never Getting Back Together

Gracie & her friend Grace dancing to one of their favorite Taylor Swift songs!!!  A great video taken by daddy!!! :)

Daddy Daughter Dance

Tonight's the Daddy Daughter Dance at school.  Oh my, the girls are beyond excited to take daddy as their date to the Spring Fling :)   They picked out their fanciest dresses & I shined daddy's dancing shoes so everyone's ready to go!!! :)  Gracie even picked out his tie & they all have a corsages to wear. Oh I wish I could be a fly on the wall at the dance!?!?!  What a special night for all of them.

Baked Goodies For Sale

Gracie & her class had a very successful bake sale today & they raised $880!!!  I volunteered so I was able to see Gracie in action selling her cookies.  And she was very happy that her cookies were one of the first to sell out.  Oh the look on her face was priceless as she was so pleased that the cookies were a hit.  Her teachers even told her that they liked the "fancy" wrapping.  And Josie & her friends came & bought some cookies from her too.  And our sister school will be getting a new computer.  A very successful day!!! :)

Gracie's Cookies

Gracie's also wanted her cookies to look "fancy" so after my little baker went to bed, I packaged them up with fancy ribbon.  She was very pleased with the outcome too :) And she's ready to sell!!!

Gracie's Bake Sale

The first graders are having a bake sale tomorrow to raise money for our sister school in El Salvador.  Their goal is to make enough money to buy the school a new computer or two :)  Gracie was asked to make cookies. And of course, she wanted to help bake the cookies so we have been busy baking tonight.  We made 2 dozen sugar cookies with sprinkles & 2 dozen M&M cookies.  Her only request was that she didn't want to make chocolate chip cookies because EVERYONE was bringing chocolate chip cookies.  She wanted to bring something different & that would be a hit with the kids.  I think we have a couple top sellers :)  And Gracie wants to sell them all tomorrow!!!  Hoping for a very successful bake sale.

Introducing Brave

Ever since we watched the movie Brave, Josie has been asking me if she can have her curly hair. Well today I surprised her & her dream came true.  She say's she never taking it off!!! :)  Love her.

Little Mermaid

 

Look who started swim lessons today & she's already looking forward to next week :)  Our little mermaid is off to a good start.

 

St. Patty's Day Dinner

The girls enjoyed a very festive St. Patrick's Day Dinner....Shamrock Ravioli & Shamrock Drinks with Shamrock Straws.  And for dessert.....Green Tea Kit-Kats that daddy brought back from Japan.  And yes, they were GREEN & delicious.  It's fun being Irish!!! :)

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Love, Gracie & Josie XOXO

Anchor Ball

Tonight we attended the Anchor Ball at The Aqua Hotel.  It's the annual fundraiser benefiting the girls school.  We enjoyed a fun-filled night of dinner & dancing & lots & lots of socializing with friends from school.  Gracie's teachers even posed for a picture for Gracie to enjoy :) And we came home with four VIP seats for the girls upcoming Spring Concert.  Worth every penny too as we won't have to go early or elbow our way (ha ha!!!) to the front row.  :)  I can't wait to see them perform from my VIP seat.

A Surprise For Daddy

Kris was in Japan for work for close to 2 weeks...ugh!!!   To welcome him home, Gracie created a special note for him on the ipad along with a card & some goodies...starburst & money from her wallet :)   Daddy loved it too!!! :)  We are very glad to have him home.

Making Sammies

Today the first graders made ham sandwiches for the homeless in Chicago.  And I volunteered to help them :)  After we made our ham sandwiches we went through an assembly line to make sure that they had some other goodies for lunch too...hard boiled eggs, pretzels, a banana, a juice box, skittles & a special card created by one of the first graders.  What a great way to start a Friday morning by making a difference for those who are less fortunate than us.  And a lifelong lesson for a six year old too :) And thanks to Gracie's teacher for capturing us making sammies together!!! :)

How Do I Look?!?!

Sporting boots that are just about as big as she is :)  So fun!!!

St. Patty's Day Parade

Enjoying the Elmhurst St. Patrick's Day Parade with some of our favorite family & friends.  Such a fun annual tradition for us all.  

Freeze Dance

Our snow day ended with a dress-up dinner & dance party with some of our favorite friends...FREEZE!!   What a fun-filled day!?!?!

Snow Day!!!

"Best Snow Day Ever!!!" Gracie screamed as I pulled the girls home on their sleds. And Josie & I couldn't agree more :) And they were very impressed that I was able to pull them both home at the same time.  A very good workout for Mommy :)   So fun!!!