Will celebrated his first real birthday. When the girls told him it was his birthday and he was going to get presents, he didn't understand.
The idea of a cake and candles was foreign. He ran scared behind Jeff when everyone sang Happy Birthday.
He did however love blowing the candles out.
When we first gave him a wrapped gift, he just looked at it wondering what to do. Lena had to show him how to open it. After, that he loved presents.
The kids all loved Easter. We tried to explain to Will, we talked about Jesus, we colored eggs but he didn't get really excited until he saw Ali and Lena's Ukrainian Easter bread. Then he ran around the house whooping.
The Ukrainian Easter bread that made Will whoop for joy. The girls tried several recipes before finding the perfect one.
We had a surprise birthday party for Grandma Rast at the park the day before Easter.
Lena made one of her amazing cakes.
The girl cousins all hid eggs filled with sweet notes for grandma to find.
Lena made them nearly impossible to get. When grandma said they were too hard. Lena told her, "Well you do jump out of airplanes."
I laughed because she really thinks her skydiving grandma can do anything.
We thought Will would be excited about finding Easter eggs and his basket but Ali's excitement was off the charts. She was so cute.
It is so fun to see their joy and excitement about all of the little things.
Ali comes out of her shell more and more everyday. She now hugs me regularly and tells me she loves me very very.
It is fun to watch them both start to feel safe and to laugh and laugh and laugh.
