Spring Break Week, continued- Easter!

Saturday, we had egg Muffins and then Patty and Pam came over to visit for the morning (John and Cindy had already left to head back home to be there for Sunday, and the other guys were golfing again.)  It was so fun to visit and get their advice on my kitchen remodel.  Little Lily loved all the aunts and also Whitney’s friend, Ruthanne.  She really likes people.


We went on a picnic to the water park at lunch.  Both kids got soaked to the skin and came home in diapers only.  But they had a blast.

Maybe my favorite part of the whole week was Shonna and Whitney making music for us.  Whitney played and sang, Whitney played and Shonna sang, and Whitney played and Shonna played the flute.  It was heaven.  They are so good!!!

We decided to have our Easter dinner that evening while everyone was still here.  We did a huge ham, I made more rolls, asparagus, Funeral potatoes, lemon salad and scotcharoos for dessert. .

The kids colored eggs and hid them.  We put on our Easter feast, and somewhere in there, Ken put together his new smoker grill.  We’re looking forward to trying it out.

After dinner and clean up, we played some games.

Memorable Quotes from the Week:  (see if you can guess who said them)

"Fi Fi Fo Fum!"
"We need to work on family history."
"Where does the Easter bunny live?"
"Odder side."
"I pooped!"
"Leave Lily's head alone."
"Where Wee Wah?"
"These Danish cookies are damn good."

Can you guess who said what?  Here's the answers:
"Fi Fi Fo Fum!"  is how Ken greets the kids.  All of the grandkids know that's what Grandpa says.  He comes in the door from work and says it and they all know he's home.  They look a little scared(cuz he chases them and "gets" them.) and a lot happy when they hear him.
"We need to work on family history."  That would be Joan.  She got me going.
"Where does the Easter bunny live?"  Caleb wondered.  Hmmmm!  I didn't know.  So we googled it and found that he lives in deep burrow on Easter island.  It is very deep so that us humans won't find his immense candy stash.
"Odder side."   This was cute Lily.  She loved to play a game where she would give Ken or I a kiss on the cheek.  We'd blow out air that made a noise that she thought was hilarious.  She'd giggle and giggle, then say "Odder side," so we'd turn the other cheek.  She could play that game for hours!
"I pooped!"  On Sunday, the Primary president came and got me out of Sunday School to play the piano in primary, as the pianist hadn't shown up.  On the way down to the Primary room, I peeked in the nursery to check on Lily and Caleb.  So, a few minutes later, the nursery leader, knowing I was in Primary, brought Caleb in.  Sister Steck, the primary president was right in the middle of teaching the children a beautiful Easter sharing time when Caleb very loudly announced, "I pooped!  I pooped in the nursery!"   It took poor Sister Steck two minutes to calm all of the children back down.  Oh, my.
"Leave Lily's head alone."  That's Shonna, well all of us really.  Caleb loves his sister, and sometimes likes to torment her!  Sounds like normal siblings to me!
"Where Wee Wah?"  That's Lily.  She calls Caleb Wee Wah.  We don't know why.  If you say, "Caleb" she knows who that is.  If you say Wee Wah she knows who that is.  So it's not just how she says Caleb.  We've decided she has the Gabrielsen inclination to give a nick name.  It's just her pet name or nick name for her brother.  When all of the aunts were here on Saturday morning, Caleb was bouncing off the walls, so his Daddy took him on a field trip to see Grandpa's office.  Lily kept going to the window and asking "Where Wee Wah?"  "Where Wee Wah?" She didn't like having her tormenter/ best friend gone.   All of the aunts tried to convince her to just relax and enjoy the time!
That last quote, well, it will just remain anonymous.  It's the least likely one who said it- someone who likes to shock others!  It worked! 
(Those cookies were, by the way!  They were goooooood!)