Sticky Stuff

Samuelsky dug deep into his Easter basket and found the biggest treat -

a sticky marshmallow lollipop.

We tried to encourage him to share it -

but he wouldn't let it go -

not until he ate every sickly sticky ounce of it.

Surprisingly, a bellyache did NOT ensue,

rather just pure enjoyment and delight.

My Lil' Easter Bunnny

For Easter we wove our own paper baskets.

Although they weren't very sturdy they were cute and fun to make. 

The Easter bunny hid plastic eggs filled with deliciousness.

Easter toys were also left behind.

These delights provided hours of fun for the Lil' Monster.

The Easter Bunny also left new friends behind.

Lil' Monster and Igor (orange animal) now have a new yellow monkey friend.

His name is TWO

(so named by Lil' Monster).

HAPPY EASTER!!!

Turned my back for just one second...

...to check on some office work and turned around to find this.



 Lil' Monster is discovering a love for coloring.

So far he had been doing so well at staying on the page of a coloring book.

I thought he could take his talent to coloring a box for his "mummy" apple. 

Guess he was ready to start coloring

outside of the box.

Celebrating my Man's Birthday

Tonight, I had the chance to sit across from this incredibly handsome man who just knows how to melt my heart. I am one lucky woman to be married to a true-blue VIKING man.

Tonight we celebrated our birthdays - in our traditional fashion:
Just the two of us.

For the first 7 years of our marriage it was only the two of us.
Then our beautiful boy joined us and we get to celebrate as the 3 of us.

But tonight
we escaped,
leaving our beautiful boy with friends,
so that we could have a
fun
romantic
night connecting
and
commemorating
each other's births-
Just the TWO of US.

A Moment in Time

The Art of Tissue

This Mama has grown up with chronic nose issues (runny, stuffed, sneezy, etc.) Lil' Monster has dealt with the very same from infancy. Part of our attire includes tissues and lots of them.

However, sometimes our outfits are not outfitted with pockets (an essential feature to nose blowers who NEED tissues). When I was younger, my grandma taught a beautiful way to "pocket" my hanky/tissue: in the strap of a bra. There it stayed snug as a bug in a rug, and easy to access when a drip came on.

Lil' Monster soon picked up on this feature of my pocket-less outfits. He started following suit. Although, he is bra-strapless, he has found that his snug onesies are just the fit for him.

Milk Smiles

What do you do when you have a cup of eggnog milk and piece of pumpkin pie sitting before you?

Make Milk Smiles Of Course!

Got MILK?

or at least some eggnog?