Getting Ready for Easter

Happy Good Friday!  As we go into this Easter weekend I find myself making sure I have things for Sasha's basket, the eggs and egg color, etc... Also, of course the major thing... what time are we going to Mass and what are we doing for Easter dinner :) 

This year though I think Miss S is old enough to start a new tradition along with the baskets, eggs, and church... resurrection cookies.  I saw this a few years ago on a Mom blog and have had the idea tucked away since then.  You make these cookies while talking about Jesus and what he did for us.  The link to the original site is below along with a pdf of the recipe.  I'll try to take pics as we make these tomorrow night.  We have a birthday party for a friend so hopefully it will work out that we get home and she's not too tired. 

Original Blog post from "Living with Three Hobbits and a Giant"

Resurrection Cookies Recipe pdf

Here's a picture from yesterday at school just before the Easter egg hunt... adorable!

Losing a Teacher

As I dropped Sasha off at school today things were very different. We weren't allowed in the front doors and everyone was directed to the cafeteria. Typically, I'd drop her off via the carpool lane (which was very backed up itself) but we had Easter treats.  Teachers weren't letting anyone but the "upstairs" (middle school) kids out of the cafeteria once we got in.  Something was definitely not right.  Sasha had never been in this large room full of "big kids" before school and was not quite feeling her typical confident self.  She clutched my arm as we proceeded through the field of uniformed kids and backpacks to a mom and daughter we knew.  All she had heard was that a teacher was possibly having a crisis.

After 10-15 mins (just after 8am), the PK kids were given the all clear to go to their rooms with any parents still there assisting.  Something had definitely happened... teachers and staff had red eyes, whispers were going on, and one of our parish priests was in full "uniform" coming towards us (not typical for this time of day). 

Our school had lost a teacher, one of it's own... this is what had happened. No one was prepared, she hadn't been sick.  That's hard for adults to understand, let alone the 4 and 5 year old of her class and those that she had been with just a few years before.  While Sasha didn't have her in class, she was in the same grade and she often got her out of our car in the mornings. 

God bless Ms Cathy, her family and all those missing her.  Asking God to comfort her family.  May He help the children to understand and the parents to have the wisdom to answer the questions they may have.

Change it is a comin'

No, I haven't been in the south so long as to begin talking like this (okay, well maybe I have). But, no really, change is coming to my dear girl's Sasha Spot blog.  I've tried several times now to start a second blog to keep up with all of the craziness of life with PCOS, allergies, and now AS (ankylosing spondylitis). Heaven forbid our girl have to deal with any of these (literally almost daily I pray she won't!), but if she does I want her to have a journal of what's gone on. I have very little to no medical history on one side of my family and this will help her.  Plus, it helps me have a record and keep everyone posted :)  I'm also hoping to do a better job of just keeping up with our life in general anyway.  Soooo... while the website address is still sasha-spot the title is transitioning to "Sasha's Spot... and her parent's too", because really aren't we just the after thought most times now that she's around... haha!

I'm hoping to update with some of the posts that I had on my other (now debunk) blogs. I'll add some new pages/tabs at the top for some things as well.  Stay tuned for these changes and hopefully more frequent and regular posts!

- b

Big girl furniture - part 2

It's been delivered!!! Mattress comes early next week

Big girl furniture - part 1

We've been in the process of getting our princess "big girl" bedroom furniture. It's been ordered and was said to be delivered roughly next week. So naturally, I have myself setup for that. Today I get the call, we'd like to deliver it Thursday... As in two days from today. Mama wasn't exactly ready for that, nor was her room but we all became ready real quick... Oh yeah and Daddy will be out of town tomorrow and Thursday.

So last night ended up being her last one in her toddler bed in her room *sniff*. Her room is now cleared to make way for big girl furniture. Her and her toddler bed are in the living room. She's loving it!



So, now we need the furniture and mattress... We already have the bedding :) Can't wait to see it all done!