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Easter Sunday

April 25, 2011 by Aliesha

I meant to post this yesterday: my favorite ~~Easter~~ anytime worship song!

We had a great Resurrection Day. The morning worship service was wonderful! Here is our family picture (see last year’s here).

Vera looked pretty cute, if I might say so myself. (Outfit from Mimi.)

We had Travis & Andrea and their family over for dinner, as well as two of our youth, Ryan and Kevin. We had wine-rosemary lamb, baked potatoes, cilantro tabouli, tossed salad, crescent rolls with strawberry jam, and blueberry cobbler (oh, and spaghetti for those who preferred that). After dinner we enjoyed some time outside in the gorgeous weather!

Hope you all had wonderful Easter celebrations as well!

Strawberry Pickin’

April 22, 2011 by Aliesha

One of my favorite things about spring is STRAWBERRIES! I was so excited to finally go strawberry picking (or, as we say around here, “pickin'”) this week.

I wore Vera on my back in a mei tei wrap, hoping she would be content even though it was around her afternoon naptime. I stuck this cute hat on her so she wouldn’t get a sunburn!

A few minutes into picking, she started getting a little fussy. I talked to her over my shoulder, and in a few minutes she settled down. I noticed she was pretty quiet, so I turned my head around to see that…

…she was DEVOURING a strawberry! I don’t know if she picked it herself, grabbed one from my basket, or scooped it up off the ground, but there she was, chowing down on a luscious berry!

I had been planning on waiting to introduce her to strawberries since they can be highly allergenic, but so far she hasn’t reacted.

She enjoyed eating quite a few more strawberries before the trip was over, and at the end we were both covered in berries and juice!

(Don’t worry, Andrea, your Babyhawk came clean!*)

She loves strawberries, just like her mama and dad! I made three batches of strawberry jam tonight and I only used 1/3 of the strawberries we picked!

*How to Remove Strawberry Stains (I just learned how to do this)
-Fill a basin or bowl with 1 quart of warm water
-Add 1 Tbsp. white vinegar and 1/2 tsp. liquid laundry detergent
-You can double this “recipe” if you need to
-Soak clothing/baby wraps 🙂 for 15 minutes
-Rinse with cool water
-Machine wash with hot water
-Check to see if stains have come out before drying in the dryer!
-If needed, repeat or pursue alternate stain removal techniques (rubbing alcohol, bleach, etc.)

Zoo Trip

April 20, 2011 by Aliesha

Last week Vera and I went up to Grammy’s (Tad’s mom’s) house while Tad was in Chicago at The Gospel Coalition Conference. On Wednesday, we went to the zoo! We had such a great time looking at all of the amazing animals God made and learning crazy-cool things about them. (Did you know that a giraffe mama gives birth standing up, dropping her baby from a height of six feet? What a way to enter the world!)

We got to get really close to the giraffes.

In fact, a giraffe ate out of my hand!!! Seriously, it was so cool.

Vera was smiling the whole time, but I’m sure she didn’t quite know what to think of this big animal!

Vera rode in the stroller for part of the trip.

She also enjoyed being carried by Aunt Angela!

How beautiful is this white tiger?! (Or, as we told Vera, this “big kitty”)

Grammy held her so she could see the big kitty through the glass.

Lunch break!

Red bud trees and a black swan

Vera was not traumatized by riding the carousel; she was upset that Grammy tried to take away her water bottle!

We also fed this emu.

It was so cool to see this handsome peacock strutting his stuff around the zoo! I got really close to him. (Did you know female peacocks are a drab gray color and don’t have long tail plumage?)