Abby turns 4

We just celebrated Abby's 4th Birthday.

It's been 4 years since I've held my sweet baby girl in my arms for the first time.  

4 years since I've experienced the feeling of looking at a part of yourself that isn't attached to your own body.

4 years since I've witnessed my husband transform into a father who falls in love with his kids again and again with each new day.

4 years since Tommy and I started our family.

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We celebrated the big day with her first official Birthday Party!

Abby is very social and always makes a friend wherever we go.  We knew she would love to spend the day with friends, so we scheduled it and sent out the invites to her Preschool pals, brother and cousins.

She loves PRINCESSES and purple and pink, so we went with the Tangled (Rapunzel) theme.

Mom made her a tutu to match her favorite t-shirt.

Grandma and Grandpa Cernech were visiting and we took advantage of extra hands and assigned them the cake, which was the talk of the party!

Here are few (okay, many) snapshots from the party...

Abby loved when everyone sang happy birthday to her... just look at her face!

After we arrived home everyone was a little worn out...

Except Abby... she helped Daddy put together her new bike!

Abby is a sweet little girl.  

She clears her plate from the table.  She tries very hard to remember her manners throughout the day.  She has her dance memorized for her upcoming recital and loves to practice her gymnastics to get better and better.  She is learning all her letters/numbers in school and always has a new song to sing.  She loves her dadda-boo more with each day and wants to marry him.  She loves to take care of her brother and promptly reports to mom and dad when he is doing something wrong.

She is looking forward to riding a school bus in a couple of years.  She wants to grow up and work at McDonalds because she really wants to make french fries and hamburgers.  She is excited about the idea of a sleepover with her cousin Emily sometime and getting her ears pierced.

Mom and Dad are looking forward to it ALL!

Love you Goose, all the way to the moon and back!

~Mommy, Daddy and George ~

 

Happy Easter 2012

Making Easter basket cupcakes...

Fun Easter leg Warner's for dance class...

Loving on the Easter bunny...

Painting with new art supplies from the Easter Bunny...

Coming off a sugar high before church...

A family photo at Grandma and Grandpa Ascencio's.

Happy Easter,
~The Ascencio's~

Fun with Dinner Rolls

I love finding easy ways to make cute things. Today I used dinner rolls to make a flower. Perfect for Easter Dinner!

I think it turned out pretty good for the first try, but next time I will try to make the stem longer or just remove it all together.

How did I do it?

Start with some store bought dough.

I bought the frozen dough and arranged them on my greased pan like this:

I covered them with plastic wrap sprayed with Pam and let them start to rise. I came back about two hours later and the dough was soft. I rolled the petals in an oval shape and the stem to look like a breadstick and recovered.

Then you just let it rise for a few more hours until it looks like this:

Pop it in the oven and bake according to the directions on the package.

Viola!

I'd like to try it with cinnamon raisen bread and decorate with icing...
Yum!

Semi-Homemade with Dar

Daddy Daughter Dance

Daddy and Abby attended their first Daddy Daughter dance last night. They both had lots of fun and Abby declared that she wants to do it again everyday!

Abby experienced her first 'up-do'...

And she was sure to hydrate before all her dancing.

I can't believe she's only three! She's getting so big so fast .

George and I had a fun time at home. He took a bath and didn't have to share anything! He stretched out and enjoyed every minute.

Happy (early) Valentines Day,
~The Ascencio's~

Going to the Park in February???

I'm not complaining that we are having a mild winter, it's just feels strange going to the park in February. The ducks were even out waiting to be fed.

So, if we aren't going to be sledding, we will be swinging!

Of course, what trip to anywhere wouldn't be complete without at least one temper tantrum??

Happy Sunday,
~The Ascencio's~