March 28-29
We got our Novak family fix over the last two days of the week. Thursday was a special day for our god son and his big brother… their first communion (Lutheran Style). Our whole family spent the evening with them. But first, our day back with Nana and Baba. I was grateful that I managed to get their spelling practice in (our test is delayed to the following week to accommodate our Easter schedule) and some reading… a little bit of this and that. But mostly… Nana and Baba time!
Looking at trip pictures
We did get in some paper airplanes time! What a great find those books on how to were for 1.00 at Christmas!
Gavin and Emanuel
Ken was in office so it was up to me to get all 5 kids and myself ready for our first church experience in a while. I think they cleaned up nicely! With the weather warming up there was a last minute scramble to find shoes that fit the boys… definitely going to have to get Zander a new pair as he is the biggest, no pass me downs!
Miss Echo got dressed first HOURS earlier… she was adamant… it was time to look pretty
All the pretty babies
Miss Trinity
The service was nice, the music lovely and our 9 kids… manageable though not perfect.
Andy and the children… well some of them
I am so proud of our god son… he is growing up so quickly! I remember being at his baptism and being just as proud!
Our boy!!!
Andrew’s godparents with their two little darlings also managed to make the special Maundy Thursday service. Their little girls and my little girls had some fun after service together. I wish I had gotten a picture of Echo’s good bye hug.
Andrew and his godparents
Post first Communion… together
After all that fun and with Friday being a holiday for all but Big Andy what was there to do but say good bye to Andrew’s godparents and their family and head back to the Novaks’ for cupcakes and play time. It is so great to see more of Andy with him no longer driving trucks… just fixing them.
Andrew and the cupcakes
The children descend
We have so much fun with this family!
Friday started our Novak experience all over again with a morning egg hunt at one of their local parks… in fine Minnesota tradition… in the snow. Not so much an egg hunt as an egg mad dash. Ken and Anthony took the girls to their age range, Darcy Aidan and Emanuel and then I made sure the twins and Alex made it to theirs while Andrew helped where he could.
Walking to the field
The little ones
Emanuel and Aidan
The twins and Alex
In the end everyone got candy but Alex and Gavin each got bigger prizes.
With the prizes
Easter Bunny
We all headed back to the house, less Andrew who came after lunch, and made hotdogs and KD.
Snoopy
Then it was play time for the kids, naptime for Ken and Echo and shopping for Darcy and I. We made the circuit of all the Walgreens, Walmarts and Targets and got Darcy as close to ready for Easter as we could.
CANDY
5.00 pizza for dinner and Ken hard at work on the household pc’s… we watched Disney together… hung out… played… had an AMAZING day! Oh, and I gave out the first of my cupcake bags!
My favourite one!
The guys working on the laptop
Anthony’s birthday is in April so it is time to plan out that first birthday gift where we are in the country. Exciting! But in the meantime… two action packed days more and Easter is over!!!
Again, Easter Egg Hunt in Minnesota!