Cooking with Dziadek

Madelyn loves to help cook and bake anything. Dziadek made her day by letting her help make dinner for us one night while they were visiting . . .

That's our Au Pair, Sofia, on the left! She was enlisted to help,too ;)
When Dziadek told Maddie to wash the chicken, Mads said "my mommy does this all the time". Sofia got a kick out of that - so did I!! I cook a lot of chicken!

Houston Trip

We took a trip to Houston in early April for Brian and Jessica's second engagement shower. The trip there was our best trip with the kids so far! Sofia drove with the kids and me early since daddy had some meetings in Dallas.

Marek loves when Brock is in the car - he thinks it's silly . . .

Upon arrival, Brock jumped into the pool immediately. He loves Mimi's and Dziadek's pool!

Madelyn showing Marek how to use the adding machine . . .

Madelyn, Mimi and I got pedicures . . .

It sprinkled on Friday but it didn't phase my kids at all. They would have played in the rain all day if I let them!

We went to the Butterfly Exhibit at the Houston Natural Museum of Science and History . . .

The kids were enthralled with the frogs at the beginning of the tour - it was the very first exhibit!

"Let's take a picture on the giant caterpillar" . . . Marek loved it, I swear . . .
So many bugs to see, so little time . . .
The butterfly exhibit was amazing! They were everywhere . . .

If you look closely, there was a butterfly that I caught on camera that was fluttering all around Marek (circled in red below). His response was to scream! Oh wait, that's his response to EVERYTHING!
On Saturday, despite the pool being subzero - the kids wanted to take a little dip . . .
Even the dogs joined it - Brock fetched the ball before the Retriever did!!
ALL my kids . . .
The engagement shower was at Tony's in Houston - it was beautifully done. Great food and great people!
Djan and Marek . . .

Thanks, Mimi and Dziadek for ANOTHER great weekend!

Cindy's 40th Birthday

March 1st our little Cindy Lou turned 40! We celebrated downtown Fort Worth with a dinner at 8.0's and drinks and dancing at the Aqua Bar. Joey did a great job planning her special night . . .

The group shot . . .

Hoochie Mommas!!

There's More Ways Than One . . .

to sit on a chair . . .

I love my little guy . . .

Easter with Zieminski's

We celebrated Easter with my family the weekend after Easter since Kelly was out singing with Neil over Easter Weekend. We hosted it at our house - what a GREAT day!

We started off with an Easter Egg Hunt . . . only video of that - no pictures . . .

Next, we had lunch! We had the kids table set up for all the babies. . .

They were all so well behaved . . .
Madelyn playing dress up . . .
Marek and Nana . . .

My precious angel . . .

When no one was looking, Marek dug into his (and everyone's) cake!
Playing around with the color settings on my camera . . .
Brotherly love . . .
Sweet Dylan giving his momma some love, too . . .
Nana and her posse . . .


My guys . . .
the girls . . .
Kelly and the boys stayed the whole day and we did pizza for dinner outside . . .

It was a great day had by all!

After Bath Time. . .

we jump on the bed, of course! After I lube them up with lotion and get them dressed (or diapered!) - they get crazy . . .

Bath Time

. . .Is so much fun! Here's Marek "swimming" in the tub . . . with his tongue out, of course . . .

Loves of My Life

Sportin' their sunnies . . .

In March, daddy taught Marek how to point and say "Hey!" like the Fonz after giving "five". . .

Whirlwind

That explains our days lately. With me working again and trying to get some sort of schedule - everything has been helter skelter. I'm going to attempt to update this blog tonight as much as possible!

Here are some pictures of Madelyn helping me cook dinner one night a about a MONTH ago. My girl LOVES to help with cooking, baking, cleaning, setting the table, you name it she'll do it! She's so amazing - my big-little helper.

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One of my favorite blogs to check out every now and again . . . cracks me up.

http://lowercasel.blogspot.com/

I'm on the search for some lowercase l spottings. . .