Easter Blessings

What a wonderful Easter weekend. The weather reminded me more of the first weeks of Summer than Spring. Our festivities started on Good Friday. We headed over to Uncle Todd’s fire hall for a fish fry. At first we hung out at Kristin and Todd’s house. Ellia didn’t know what to make of Hector (the Great Dane). She really liked going in his cage and Magerie got a little upset Ellia was in there. We walked to the fish fry and Magerie and Ellia (and all the rest of us) really enjoyed the fish. Afterwards, we walked around Kristin and Todd’s neighborhood enjoying the weather and then headed to Dairy Queen. Ellia got her first baby cone (which was rather large) but she did the best she could.

Saturday Ellia dyed eggs with Daddy for the first time. She would drop the eggs in the container and when Daddy would pull them out she would say ooh. I couple of times she would snatch one up and bang the wall with it. Mama used those ones to make deviled eggs!

Then we headed over to Mimi and Papa Ollis house for dinner. Aunt Jen, Alex and Samantha were there too and the kids did their first Easter Egg hunt. The girls (not planned) wore matching dresses and looked too cute playing together. Alex and Kevin worked on building Lego’s as the girls played with some of Jen and my old toys. That was surreal… seeing my daughter play with my childhood toys.

Sunday was a day to celebrate the Risen Lord. A glorious morning was spent at church. Ellia made it even more enjoyable watching her dance and clap to the worship music. I’ve included a video for you to enjoy a little of what we got to witness. Sorry it isn’t a very good one. It was really dark in the room.

We met Aunt Kelly and Uncle Ron after service and took a few pictures in the grass out in front of the church. I don’t know why I didn’t get a picture of Kevin, myself and Ellia!

Later on we went to Nana and Papa Angelo’s house for dinner. We all had lamb for the first time and it was delicious. Ellia was spoiled with gifts and she also enjoyed playing with bubbles with Papa.

We surprised Nana and Papa with the Easter pictures Krsitin and I had taken of Ellia and Magerie. I have been waiting to post these because we didn’t want Nana to see them before Easter. Ellia unfortunately did not like the camera this time. We only got a couple good shots of her and Magerie. I have some great shots of her crying which I have to admit have become my treasured favorites. I hope you like the changes to the blog!

Play Days

With the stretch of nice weather we have had the last couple weeks, Kevin and I have been taking Ellia (and Vader) to the local park in Pennsbury. She instantly loved everything about it. Her first favorite was the duck and squirrel rockers, then onto the swings and then the slides and tubes. We’ve probably been to the park about 5 times now and she gets braver on the slides each time. The last time we went she was going head first down the big slide. We even made a new friend. Addison has been there a couple of times and she is 2 ½ years old. I look at her and try to think how Ellia will be that age next year. Wow! Addy had bubbles she shared with Ellia and unfortunately my daughter didn’t want to give it back. So we bought our own bubbles this past weekend to try and share with Addy next time. Please excuse the outfit she has on in some of the pictures…. Mommy was trying to still wear 12 month cloths on her and I think it goes without saying that she now needs to be in 18 month cloths! Those pictures are from our first outing… I got better each time we went! Plus she had Mac n’ Cheese on her shirt from daycare… poor kid.


This past weekend we met up with cousins Alex and Samantha and had lunch. We then went to the mall and enjoyed shopping at the Disney store. Ellia went nuts, running back and forth to all the stuffed animal characters she recognized… pulling them all off the shelf too. It was too funny. She and Samantha are unstoppable now. In the Crazy 8 store for kids they have a TV and bench at the back section. Ellia and Alex were more than content to sit there and watch a show.

At the end of our shopping experience we headed to the play area. It is the first time Ellia has been to one of those. She was cautious at first but then quickly followed other kids around and played. Samantha and her really enjoyed the little slide they had. She amazes me every day just observing her and what she does. There were a couple of kids who started crying because they had to leave. Ellia got very concerned with this and decided to go over to these kids to cheer them up. She said hello and then talked in her gibberish. She also would go around to the adults sitting along the outside of the play area and say hello. She is definitely a people person. God has such big plans for her.

Sunday we saw Aunt Kelly and Uncle Ron at church and then we headed to the grocery store. We spent the rest of the rainy day just relaxing at the house. Ellia however thinks that she can go outside and to the park whenever she wants regardless of the weather. She constantly will say bye bye and up until you take her to the door. Playing with her all day was so much fun. That night we had biscotti and tea… Ellia decided she deserved her own cookie and made us laugh as she walked around trying to eat it.

Well this week on Thursday (April 1st) will be the one year mark for me going back to work. I can’t believe that! I went back and read my blog around this time last year and all the fears I had. God’s goodness is seen so much as he helped me through that adjustment. No matter how bad my day is my little miss constantly brightens up my world and gives me a glimpse of the amazing love God has for us all. I pray that each of you reading this will reflect on the glorious saving grace our God has provided. Easter is just around the corner and it is truly the most wonderful day that the history of the world has ever seen. He is Risen Indeed…EVERY Day of our lives! Love you all… blessings to you and your families.