Happy Easter Hunt!

It was so freezing this morning that I couldn't imagine Egg hunting! It really was too cold to leave the house so we did our own quick hunting. The boys were too cute not the share with you...

The boys' room

Finally! the photos are on the wall (actually, they've been there for a while, but I just couldn't get to it to clean their room and photograph it) :-). Anyway, the photos are hanging and we are enjoying the boys' new room look. I really like it... this was one on my big projects I planned for years... it's done and I think it paid off! :-) Enjoy.

Oh, and this is a photo of us so that you can compare the photos with the real crazy family :-). Wondering who took it? Our best friend "Self timer" We let the boys push it so that they are smiling, and they couldn't stop! I have never seen them so excited over being photographed! :-) Try it sometimes! :-)



I just thought I would add these two cute photos to this post :-)

Our Canvas Display

I have planned for this kind of collage for a looong time. I wanted something simple and beautiful for the boys room. I have to admit, I saw this idea on one Room makeover site and fell in love with it. It took me the whole day to choose and process the photos, but I can't express how happy I am with these. For now, they are sitting on our "Unfinished fireplace" :-) but I am hoping the place them in the boys' room over this weekend. Here is how it looks like... each panel is 11x22" in size. I really Love my "Little" Buck collage. Whatcha think? :-)



... and this one is just a shot of the fireplace with the photos that are probably gonna stay there :-)

My little Lax players ...

Not long ago, Lucas wasn't even walking yet. Now? He is so fast we have to keep an eye on him all the time! Otherwise he will run off to the road in a flash! I caught them playing lacrosse with their dad. Aren't they adorable? :-) I wonder how long they will enjoy this sport before they change their mind and ask for a Football or Soccer gear :-)

Catching up ...

I planned on retaking this shot for a loooong time. I really wanted to take another
shot before I put these Jerseys away. After I put them together with the originals taken about 2 years ago, I laughed so hard that Stephen ran all the way downstairs to check what happened to me. Well, judge yourself! Besides that the shirts are quite tight, Jesse hasn't changed much. On the other hand... Lucas is absolutely different :-) I can't get over the bald head! :-)

Ice-booting

We didn't have our skates on us this day, but it was too beautiful outside not to go and slide on this frozen pond. Of course, Mommy trying to show off fell so bad that she couldn't walk for a few days, but I am up and running again :-) I still have this beautiful photo sequence (taken by daddy) to remember the fall by. You can tell who really cared about mommy! :-) When Lucas found out we are all OK, he just left me and Jesse there like nothing happened. :-) I think this one is after Daddy ;-) right Hun?

Iceland on Canandaigua Lake

It's been so cold that the whole lake froze. The day we decided to go sledding was quite warm and the snow started melting. How much? Watchit! YUK!


We didn't go sledding ourselves, we called the boys' cousins, Casey and Conner to come along! It was so much fun! When we had enough we took a short walk on the lake.



After the lake cruise, we loaded the soaked bundles in the trunk and drove'em up the hill... :-) to our home, and they played inside for the rest of the day happily ever after.
THE END :-)

Cars and Motorcycles

The winter is so long and cold, but we had to get out for a while to test if our battery cars are still working. It was so cold, but the boys loved it. We cannot wait for better weather though... it would be so much more fun not wearing those heavy coats and hats!





... and this is how the boys took over our living room! Lucky we have so much room to ride inside! ... ;-) anything to keep the little devils busy!

Lucas turning 2!

I thought this day would never come, Lucas being loud, happy 2-yr old dude:-) When Lucas was born, he just cried and cried and cried .... three months gone... still cried... six months gone... cried... nine months .... STILL CRIED!!... the doctors said ... it was colic but colic should be gone by three months! Maybe, it was colic at the beginning, but then it just turned into training mommy for the future.... because that's how it was... even the doctors said to do anything to please him, so we did... and you know what? We still DO anything to please him :-) letting him to take over everything his big brother has, asking Jesse to do what Lucas wants... but I think it is time for the BIG change little BUD! :-) You are big enough and now, you are on your own... Jesse was punished enough for ya! Let's see who wins! :-) You just turned 2, this means, you are a big boy ... getting a haircut and all.... :-)
Well, Luky just celebrated his 2nd B-day. The most important part for mommy is to make a good memorable cake for the boys.... now... did I know what to do for LUKY? He doesn't have any hobbies yet.... maybe picking on Jesse or fighting over stuff, but making a cake out of it? Not sure.... so we came up with this cut little yellow-orange buggy car with wagons. He just discovered this car in our sun room and was soo impressed with it, that this gave me the idea. I am sure almost all of your children had one! He loved it and he loved his party, especially the part playing with his cousins. Happy Birthday LUKY! Love ya!

Luky got a haircut!

I never realized how funny Lucas looked with his long hair :-). He was born without anything on his head, so when he started growing hair, I just couldn't let it go and cut it! :-) I think it was time though... this isn't really his first haircut, but we went very slow, from long to little shorter and then even shorter. I think he looks so adorable with his haircut! :-) He actually looks like a little boy! :-)

After the holidays...

I have been waiting for this moment for veeeery long time. The holidays are over and I am sitting here at my best friend computer, eating my husbands best spaghetti sauce (without the spaghetti part) :-), listening to the sound of fire in our freshly built fireplace and my favorite lifetime movies :-). It is close to midnight, and everyone is sound asleep and if I had any Christmas cookies, I would definitely munch them all. I just can't wait to post few photos we took over the holidays. I know I haven't been too good updating, but the business is keeping me so busy and so are the boys. All three! :-) (my Hub included).
First I would like to share a recipe for Czechoslovakian Bars, grandma made for us. They were sooo good, that we had to ask twice for a new batch to photograph them. They actually disappeared withing few hours form the time Steve's mom delivered them. She found this recipe some place and tried them... and you know what? They really are one of the best cookies I have had! :-) I guess it has something to do with the Czechoslovakian part :- Grandma, thank you so much! We really loved them!

These are the famous "Czechoslovakian Bars", and the recipe:

Don't we look like we baked the cookies? :-) We just played cooks that day :-)

We also got to see Santa, like every year. We take photo every time to see how the little men have grown. Wanna see the progress? :-) It is sooooooo funny! :-)

After the fun sequence, it wouldn't be fair to skip the rest of this year's Santa visit. The trick in taking a good photo with Santa is that we always come the last ones at the end of Santa's hours and he lets us play and take lots of photos. Last year, Jesse was helping Santa with his bag full of presents and this year he helped him to take letters out of Santa's mailbox. Cool huh? :-) Jesse is such a big helper! :-) He just LOVES helping! :-)

This year's helper
Last year's helper

... aaaaaaaand.... here is couple more photos for fun, Jesse and Lucas writing letter to Santa, and daddy opening Jesse's gift from school. They made these beautiful calendars and each month had a different picture made out of hand prints. BEAUTIFUL! We LOVE IT JESSE! AND YOU TOO! :-)