Sikorski Saga

This week is Spring Break for Luella's preschool. Kyla didn't have anything planned. She asked Luella what she wanted to do and it was "Spend the night in a hotel with a swimming pool." Kyla decided it's been awhile since we saw our friends in Maryland, let's stay in a hotel there! We met up with the Jackson's and got to meet Ian Alexander for the first time! He's such a sweet little boy! Kyla took this picture while holding him. Auntie Ginger came to visit us visiting the Jackson's ! Ginger and Ian had a great time getting to know each other! We went to the playground right outside of the Jackson's house. Our girls were used to a little warmer weather than the quick 2 hour drive north provided. The girls had fun flying in the swings and playing in the forest (about 10 trees planted near the playground). After the playground, we went to Chili's for dinner. The girls tried queso dip with their chips and even though it was a little spicy, ...

We planted the tulips we sponsored for last year's Easter service. They are even more vibrant than last year! Kyla loves how perennials come back without much effort on her part! Kyla bought a rhubarb plant (for Uncle Phil's love of rhubarb pie) last summer in Minnesota. It survived the winter! We just might have pie later this summer! The Easter lily Kyla sponsored and planted from last year's Easter service is coming back too! No lily trumpets in time for Easter Sunday. Last summer Kyla bought a Topsy Turvey strawberry planter and had one extra strawberry plant, so she planted it in the flower garden in front of the house. It's coming back too! Kyla took everyone to get their hair trimmed for Easter. Luella is looking really cute! Kati surprised us all when she asked for bangs with this (her second) hair cut! Like her sister, she looks much older with bangs! The girls love coordinating their outfits these days! They are adorable on this fabulous spring day!

Our piano teacher, Annemarie Landry, rearranged her living room to put all the musical instruments she owns in one room. She owns a complete drum set. Kati was extremely excited when Ms. Landry let her play drums at the end of our piano lessons!

Kyla baked a batch of Lemon Chillers from Luella's preschool fundraiser. Kati knew the cookies were too hot to touch, so she put on oven mitts to pick up the cookies to eat them. She found out seconds later, if they're too hot to touch with fingers, they are too hot to eat!

Paige brought down Sigrid and Soren for an overnight playdate ! We had pancakes, eggs and bacon for brunch and then dyed Easter eggs! Paige read about using wire whisks for egg holders. We tried and ended up mostly using our fingers. BFF's Luella and Sigrid love dyeing eggs! Kati loves dyeing eggs too. Yellow is her new favorite color. Soren , didn't like sitting to dye eggs. He can run now, don't fence him in! Paige got to dye a few eggs after the girls and Soren left the table. Here are the Sikorski's finished eggs. Here are the Evers ' finished eggs. As Sigrid's egg says, "I love dyeing eggs!" A few close ups of the ones we wrote on (this one Luella actually dyed at preschool). Kyla's egg says "Eat Me!" Luella's egg says "Happy Easter!" We watched and then danced to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Then outside to play! Kati loves the tricycle, even though she calls it her bicycle. Luella and Sigrid made some bea...

Just grab a 2.5 year old and give her a ride on your shoulders. She'll hang on tight to your face all any thought of wrinkles disappears!

Luella's best friend has grown out of her clothes, so they were given to us! We feel so blessed! Laura giving us a big bag of clothes while at dance class today inspired Luella to have an impromptu fashion show. Strong girl! Katja wanted in on the fashion show too. She got a few items today, but most were for Luella. This swimsuit probably fits Luella better! Laura wasn't kidding when she said she had a lot of swimsuits to give the girls! This swimsuit was the only one in Kati's size, and it's still a little too big! Hello Kitty! Luella got this pinwheel from a boy in her class. Aiden is her new "boyfriend" and his mom had wrapped the pinwheel up in tissue paper like a boquet of flowers! In Luella's words, "Aiden used to be a bad boy, but now he's a good boy!" Earlier in the year he would get a lot of time outs for using bad words and hitting, etc. Since Luella won't play with him when he's bad, but will when he behaves, the te...