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.
That picture of Ali and Jeff is sweet. You can see real happiness and security in Ali's eyes.
ReplyDeleteThanks for blogging! I love to share in the newness of everything with them. Just love your family. You are all an inspiration! Love you! -Debbie
ReplyDeleteI love this sweet post. I probably won't show Spencer because we were in Kansas and he didn't get Ukrainian Easter Bread and such a huge Easter basket. I loved the eggs with notes for the skydiving Grandma. Lena has a definite career coming up with her baking talents. WOW!
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Christy
It was SO good to see you at Famous Dave's! Thanks so much for coming over to say hi. My aunt and uncle were in town and treating us all to dinner or I would have taken you up on your offer. Sorry it didn't work out to get together over spring break. It ended up almost as crazy busy as a regular school week! I'm so behind on my blogging....
ReplyDeleteAnyway, cute pictures and I love hearing that this transition is going awesome. I still really want to get together!
Wow! That birthday cake is amazing!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun Easter. How was the Ukraine bread? It looks perfect. (Hope it wasn't dry....like the real stuff we had three years ago!)
Can you believe it was three years ago we were there together?
Ali looks like she's blossoming and I love that you're calling her Ali.
What a fun idea for your mom. Lena cracks me up with her come backs.
Talk to you soon....