Our Easter weekend was a wonderful magical time, I love holidays with my children and my handsome husband. The boys were so excited for Easter, we always arrange for that bunny to arrive on Saturday so we can devote our entire Easter Sunday to love and reflection on the resurrection of Jesus Christ, as well as family time. Saturday is just pure SUGAR! 
My Mom stopped by with special gifts for the kids, including a new pink purse for Lola bug – she knew exactly what to do with it and was giddy about having a purse of her very own.
My pics aren’t great my apologies, but I want to share a few of my cuties from this weekend anyway (if you click on them they’ll enlarge):
After the huge candy lottery, we piled into the van and Dylan drove all the way to Waterton. We spent the remainder of the day in the mountains, it was beautiful warm and not the least bit windy. There was a massive amount of snow, which I stupidly didn’t expect or prepare for. We went for a little hike along a stream, and made a huge Snow Easter Bunny in a clearing. It was awesome. We were so proud of Dylan, he finally got his learner’s licence and drove there and back. YAY Dylan!
On Easter Sunday we went to church, and then headed up to Calgary to spend Easter dinner with Nathan’s family (Dylan drove up to Calgary too). It was DELICIOUS and wonderful to be with them, it felt like we hadn’t been up there in months and months! I love seeing all of the cousins run around together, they went on a frog hunt across the street and got all muddy and elated, and Lola was fully enjoying some special time playing with her Nana too. We got home on Monday morning around 1:30 am, but well worth the utter exhaustion the next day.
Finally on Monday, I took the boys to see HOP at the theatre. We laughed and had a great time while Nathan was at work, and Lola napped at Nan’s house. The best part of my whole holiday is the memories that we are able to make for our kids. I love the magic and anticipation of youthful dreams, my holidays as a child were always magic and that’s what I hope my children will be able to say someday too. Maybe we hold on a little longer than most parents do to “The Bunny” etc. but seeing their faces and hearing those delighted sounds makes me feel like I’m doing ok. I love the innocence and sweetness of those dreams, and don’t mind if they last a little bit longer, the world will rob them of it sooner or later.
Thank you to our family and friends for making this past weekend a wonderful, spiritual and special time. We love you all!
Lola and I will be embarking on a new adventure as I introduce more and more beverages and foods into her diet. I’m hoping that I’ll be able to start the weaning process with her and cut down on her nursing time gradually. This is a bittersweet moment in time for me, Lola is now almost 15 months old and I have nursed her for her entire lifetime. Nursing her has been such a blessing in my life, it’s taught me many things about motherhood and myself, I have loved the closeness and bond that developed so beautifully through this natural process. I also loved seeing her grow over the past 15 months knowing that I was providing her with whatever she needed to thrive, she’s beautiful and I’m so honored to be her mother. 
**A recent moment I was able to capture. I love seeing my boys play together happily. Dylan and Noah had so much fun that night.