Monthly Archives: April 2014

Apr 18 2014

Good Friday traditions, old & new

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We woke up early and took our son to work and grabbed a coffee while we were out. Our two oldest spent the night at my friend’s last night. Mad even landed her husband on the sofa at midnight because she got a little scared and ended up sleeping with my friend. I asked her if she wanted me to go get her and she told me she wanted to stay, and that she did. I can’t believe she is almost five years old. This was her second sleep over and proved to be harder on me than her, ha ha.

I watched “The Passion of the Christ” with my love. Something that has been a tradition of ours on Good Friday for as long as we have been together. It’s such a hard movie for me to watch, but always a good reminder of the sacrifices that Jesus made for us.

Today my friend asked us to join her family for their Good Friday tradition. So we took a ride and waited for an hour after placing our to go order for some seafood at a place called Rudy’s. I have to admit it was worth the wait and was far more food than anticipated. After I fed my family I gave two of my friends a ton of seafood to share with their families as well and she had enough to share with some of her family too.

I read something yesterday about a Good Friday tradition of sharing “hot cross buns” with your friends. There was even folk lore that said bakers would hang a hot cross bun on their wall all year for good luck, so that their baked goods would rise all year. Fishermen would bring a hot cross bun on a boat, so that it wouldn’t sink. And it is said that you should share hot cross buns with your dear friends on Good Friday and your friendship will last a lifetime, but don’t forget to kiss the hot cross bun before you eat it! It seemed like such a nice way gesture to share with my friends, folk lore or not, on this special day. So I took to the kitchen and whipped up a batch of homemade hot cross buns to share with some people I adore. All of the kiddos got a kick out of the fact that you were supposed to kiss it before you ate it. And we even shared with my neighbor when we brought some seafood over to them as well.20140419-083447.jpg

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Apr 17 2014

Fiesta floats & Easter eggs

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Almost through with our two little ladies being in two different elementary schools. Today was a slight challenge of them both having fun events at their separate school. Thankfully one of the many things I love about being a stay at home mama allowed me to make it to both. Daddy also took the day off of work to join Bitty and I for our school hopping!

I’m still not quite used to this whole Fiesta thing after almost fifteen years of being a resident of Tejas, but off to the Fiesta float parade we went this morning! I simply love the pride these kiddos have as they walk through their school gym, marching in their own little parade for all of their parents, grandparents, and siblings showing off their own little custom floats, Tejano music and all! I still can’t believe she has almost made it through third grade, but we are awfully proud of this lil gal of ours.

Afterwards we headed over to Mad’s school for her pre-k Easter egg hunt! A whole lot of cuteness for us to absorb. We were the only parents that were able to make it to her class and she was so surprised to see us walk into her class. Bitty even helped us hide all of the eggs for them to run around with their little baskets searching for. After their hunt she was able to pass out the goodie bags she helped make for her classmates.

I just love being these four lil monsters’ mama. I love being a stay at home mama and never having to miss these fun moments they get to have. I love watching the four of them grow daily. And I especially love learning just as much from them as I try to teach them, if not more.20140417-232723.jpg

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Apr 16 2014

Barber shop, lil cuties, & goodie bags

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My two littles and I took Budah clear across town to his favorite barber shop. It’s safe to say he is spoiled, why else would we drive nearly an hour away for a hair cut? Afterwards we grabbed some lunch, ran a few errands, and since we had some spare time before it was time to pick up my love, we washed and vacuumed out “Betsie”, the poor gal has really been neglected since our Mardi Gras trip. This afternoon the girls enjoyed playing in the hose as I attempted to water my tomato plants, lemon tree, and flowers in between soaking our lil cuties. We finished up the last few pillows for the hospital and bagged them up for delivery. And we made goodie bags for Aub & Mad’s classes for them to share with their friends, teachers, and Mad’s rad bus driver before their three day Easter weekend. I’ll be glad when they are both at the same school next year. My dad got to enjoy watching the girls on FaceTime and see all of their excitement and we prepped everything. After this weekend I will need to go into full blown party planning mode for my three June monsters’ birthdays and my mom’s too! So much excitement to look forward to in the next few months! I had to put a count down calendar in my phone because Mad ask me daily how many days are left until her birthday. I think she may be pretty excited about turning FIVE, I know I am!20140417-002705.jpg

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Apr 13 2014

Catching veggies

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Another busy weekend behind us. Enjoyed all of the time we shared with family and friends and still managed to get lots accomplished over the last three days as well. Very happy for my cousin and the new path he is going down and looking forward to visiting him on the coast soon!

Today was the Irish Italian parade in Da Parish. One of those sure sign homesick days. I did however live vicariously through all of my fam & friends that shared tons of pictures! I think it’s one of my favorite parades. Clearly because you catch tons of veggies. Nothing better than catching a parade and makin’ groceries at the same time! I’m thinking we’ll have to plan a trip to be there for this parade instead of Mardi Gras one of these days.

Tonight I got some very exciting news! I am down right giddy and can hardly wait until next Monday! These lil monsters are going to be so surprised!20140413-231756.jpg

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Apr 10 2014

Bitty and the Easter bunny

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Turns out the Easter bunny wins again. Bitty is still not a fan of that oversized rabbit head on the stranger that suddenly wants to hold her for a picture. Can’t say I blame her. Thankfully our nearly eighteen year old son was a good sport and took a picture with his three little sisters and was a welcomed comfort for Bitty that she at least wasn’t crying in this one. Maybe when she’s three she will be more open to the idea? Pretty sure this will be the very last Easter bunny picture that we get with all four of our little monsters in it. Something that I will surely miss.20140411-075833.jpg

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