Easter Part 2 - The Dog Watcher

We had a wonderful time with all of our friends for the brunch. Urlacher was a bit unhappy about it though. All that yummy smelling food and he was on a leash the entire time. Thanks for keep your eye on him, David!

Easter - Part 1

Here comes Peter Cottontail,

Hopping down the bunny trail

Hippity, hoppity, Easter's on it's way...

We had our Easter Brunch last Saturday for about 30 of our friends. We were all pretty much stuffed to the max. I made my famous Easter Calzone, also none as Maximum Artery Clogger. Since it was sucha small group this year, I only needed to make 3 of them. Each one has 3 pounds of Italian Sausage, 3 pounds of Ricotta Cheese, 1 pound of Mozarella, 4 eggs in the mixture and 6 hardboiled eggs. Most definitely not the dish for a vegetarian!

We had a great time enjoying our friends and family and great food from everyone. If you could't make it this year, be sure to mark your calendars for the Saturday, a week before Easter. See all on April 4th, 2009!

Even Daddy joined in on the fun!

The ice is slippery

The boys had a wonderful opportunity to go take four weeks of skating lessons this year. We talked it up and they were so excited to go. For a week ahead of time, the librarian kept asking if it was the day to go yet and was rather downhearted when he realized there was still several days.

Finally, the big day came and we bundled up to head onto the ice at which point, he gripped the side of the rink and started sobbing. Poor little guy. Being the wonderful mommy I am, I gave him a big hug and asked what was getting to him. His response was one only a 6 year old can give. "M, M, Mom, I (hiccup) I didn't think i-i-i-it would be (snort) so big. A-a-a-a-nd the ice is so slippery. (big huge sob)" We did get him to actually try to skate a bit for the lesson. As soon as it was over and it was time for freeskating though, he high tailed over to the tables to sit and wait for brothers to be done.

It got better every week, but he was so relieved when the last session was on his birthday. He even made the comment that it was a cool birthday present. Not that the lessons were a cool birthday present, but that the last one was. He never wants to go back.

Check back tomorrow for part 2 of ice skating....When Daddy skates!

Christmas Pictures

Ok, so I know it's just a little late for these. They sure are cute though, don't you think? The boys were so cute in their matching shirts. Amazingly enough, they actually enjoy dressing alike. Not sure how much longer that will go on for....