Captain Ada

The toy buckets in Ada's room became a lake full of "boats" during playtime!!

Painting the Snow Away

February 2010

Painting play date with Leah, Tehya and Ada

Such Language!

I just realized that during my tiny break from blogging that I neglected to document my current favorite Ada story.......lets flash back to about a month ago:

Tehya and Ada were playing in their room, and I overheard some bickering starting.  Tehya has recently taken to telling Ada "Stop talking to me" when she is frustrated or has decided that she has had enough little sister time, so I thought it was particularly funny to hear Ada copy-cat her sister and say to Tehya "Stop talking Sissy!"

What happened next surprised us though.  She came out of their bedroom with one hand on her hip and a very exasperated look on her face.  She sighed a bit dramatically and said "My sissy PISSIN me off!!" 

Such language for a little lady!!!

Is Honesty really the best policy?

WARNING!!
Cute Kid Story Ahead......


I caught Tehya in a small fib.  When she decided to stick with her story of innocence, I asked her "Do you think I'm stupid"?

Her response was "Mom, I don't think you want me to answer that honestly".

Priceless.

House Plants

Aloe

Lots of little babies have sprouted over the winter, a larger pot will be needed soon

Pregnant Onion

Sprouting some babies of her own, how fitting!!

Joseph L. Krisnik, Grandpa and Papa

Age 83, of Eagan Died on February 4, 2010 Preceded in death by son, Joseph. Survived by loving wife of 55 years, Yvonne; children, Jeanne (Mike) Smith, Anne Krisnik, John Krisnik, Jay (Anita) Krisnik; daughter-in-law, Sue Krisnik; grandchildren, Tiffany (Dan) Milbrandt, Jacob Krisnik, Matt and Emily Smith, Joe, Daniel and Ben Kalla, and Mitchell, Colton, and Keren Krisnik; great-grandchildren, Teyha and Ada Milbrandt. Mass of Christian Burial 5PM Monday, February 8 at ST. JOHN NEUMANN CHURCH, 4030 Pilot Knob Rd., Eagan. Visitation 3:30-5PM Monday at the church. Private Interment at Resurrection Cemetery. Joe loved God, his family and friends, history, nature, and the Minnesota Twins. Special thanks to all who have supported Joe and his family.

Grandpa Joe will be dearly missed, and remembered by all with many fond memories. 

Stories about the old homestead, tales of the aunts and uncles growing up, pockets full of treats at the baseball games, nature lessons on countless walks through the woods and affectionate kisses on our foreheads are just some of the things that will always come to mind when thinking about him.  Tehya put it best in saying "I have another grandpa angel to watch over me now".

 

A plant basket given by Dave, Becky, Lauren, Katherine and Diane Milbrandt

Nana had us take this home with us to care for and grow in memory of Papa.

Lollipop Mania!

The girls both enjoyed the giant lollipops that Santa left in their stockings this year.  They lasted forever!!

Back in the Saddle Again....

Hello!  I have been away from the blog for a while now and have decided it is time to get this back on track and up to date.  The winter months have started to take their toll on our household and cabin fever has reared its ugly head.  We have been busy with small projects around the house to keep us from dwelling on the cold weather.
Mom is itching to get in the gardens and has been repotting, moving and adding to the houseplant collection.  Tehya's bedroom has been moved downstairs and she loves having her own space away from her little sister.  Ada will be moving downstairs into her own room as well, however mom and dad have to get the room cleaned out and painted for her before that can happen. 
Dan has been busy patching and painting some spots on the walls to freshen things up, and I have been tossing around the idea of repainting the livingroom with a brighter color.  Spring fever indeed!!
More posts to follow shortly with some things from the last couple of months...

Go Figure...

I have a bunch of new pictures to post, but I can't find my camera cord!

The couch cushions have been scoured, the toy box dug through. Drawers, cabinets and the usual "hiding places" have all been checked.

The gnome of missing items must have paid us a visit.
I wonder if he is related to the monster of missing socks in the dryer?

A trip to Best Buy is on the agenda for tomorrow....Let the Blogging Resume!!

Kindergarten Love

While cleaning out Tehya's backpack from school this weekend I found these notes in the front pocket. Love notes from FOUR different boys!

I asked Tehya, "What does your teacher say about all these notes?"

She told me that one of the activity stations in her classroom is a card-making table. I'm not so sure this is what her teacher had in mind!

To make this story even cuter, I have to reveal the fact that Tehya has been talking non-stop about Conner lately. Conner this, Conner that, Guess what Conner did, Do you know what Conner said, Conner...Conner...Conner!!! I think my little girl has a crush. I almost want to cry a little bit.

Halloween Recovery

Halloween must have really worn Ada out.

She was playing in her room this afternoon and when she got quiet and I went to check on her this is what I found...she was sound asleep under her bed!

Trick or Treat!

Tehya and Ada invited their friends Leah and Jonah to go trick or treating with us. We also had Mercedes and Dominick from across the street join the party. Six kids in the yard trailer pulled by a four wheeler - now how come I didn't get that luxury when I was a kid?
Ada was thrilled with her Elmo costume. She was an absolute hoot all night saying "I Elmo Mom!" Tehya chose to be a witch this year, and decided that a pillow case is a way better way to collect candy than a plastic pumpkin!

I Elmo.

Elmo like Candy.

Mom got dressed up again this year too. Some of us adult ladies celebrated Chantel's birthday after trick or treating and had a blast! All in costume for dinner at Chino Latinos in uptown, and then the local bar crawl through Hugo. Good times!

Carving Pumpkins

Pumpkin carving was a blast at our house this year!

Ada thought the pumpkin guts were hilarious, so for about a half hour straight she just giggled non stop! It made carving very fun. At one point Tehya got a case of the giggles too because Ada was taking the guts out of her pumpkin and putting them into Tehya's! Tehya designed her own face again this year and it turned out great.

Wheelin'

Dylan and Alicia gave Ada a super cool four-wheeler for her birthday. She loves the thing! She was showing us her tricky wheelin' skills in the living room the other day. Fancy stuff!

Club Just Jump

We had a party to celebrate Tehya and Ada's birthdays this weekend. We rented out Club Just Jump in Woodbury for a couple of hours and had a blast! We are so glad that so many friends were able to come jump around with us!
The birthday girls both got to go in the cash cube. Good thing it wasn't real money because it was blowing around so fast they could hardly grab a piece!

Everything at Club Just Jump is an inflatable, and they are all so much fun! There are jumpers, slides, and obstacle courses. We explored every inch of that place!

Everyone had fun playing today, even the adults. We were all laughing because the only injuries from the day were on the grownups! Dan ended up with a skinned up knee, and I have some pretty good rubber burn on my elbow. We were all exhausted too!

Tehya liked the idea of sharing a birthday celebration with Ada, but she insisted on having her own birthday cake. Dan and I thought that was a reasonable request, so we did in fact have two birthday cakes at the party!

Tehya had a funky Hannah Montana themed cake, and Ada had a super cute Hello Kitty one. What a fabulous day!

Happy Birthday Nana!

Nana Yvonne just celebrated her 80th Birthday!

The Krisnik family gathered for brunch and had a wonderful time sharing stories, jokes and lots of great food! Nana asked that we not buy her any gifts, so the family all pitched in and bought tons of socks and underwear for little boys and girls that Nana could donate to her favorite charity, Josephs Coat. What a wonderful feeling to help those in need and celebrate a wonderful event with family all in the same day!

Happy Birthday Nana, we love you!

Mischevious Monkey

As a mom sometimes I make mistakes. I think this is normal, but I still feel badly when it happens. Tehya had gotten in trouble a few weeks ago for peeling pieces of the wall paper border off of the wall in the girls' room. Well, a few days later it was discovered that Miss Ada has learned how to climb! Apparently she has been going on to Tehya's bed and peeling "pretty stickers" off. As cute as this is, I am not pleased that she has ruined the border that Grandma Sue and I worked so hard to get up (lots of uneven edges and shapes made it very dificult to get the border straight on the wall). I had to apologize to Tehya for blaming her for something that wasn't her fault, and then reprimand Ada for doing something naughty. Oh what a day!

The plan is to move both of the girls downstairs into rooms of their own soon, so I will be redecorating the upstairs bedroom anyway, but this wasn't the way I envisioned my plan happening! Oh the joys of parenthood....

Happy Anniversary to Us!

September 17th, 2005

Dan and I celebrated our 4 year wedding anniversary last week!

We started a tradition on our first anniversary that we don't buy eachother gifts for our anniversary, we instead take turns each year planning a special day together. This year was Dan's year to plan and he did a fantastic job!

On our anniversary fell on a Thursday and Dan surprised me at work with 2 dozen long stem roses. They were absolutely gorgeous - and made me the most envied girl in the office for a few days! I am drying them to add to my vase of flower petals from special occassions.

Friday when I came home from dropping off the girls at Grandma Sue's for the weekend I was surprised by a completely clean house, which was absolutely wonderful. I was given my itinerary for the next day which read as follows:

Be ready to leave by 9:30 am. Dress comfy.

When we get home you need to be ready to leave by 6:00pm. Dress fancy.

When I woke up Saturday morning I was so excited! I had no idea what we were doing for the day and couldn't wait to get started! We headed to Stillwater where we ate breakfast and then spent the day wandering around exploring the town. Bless Dan's heart I think we went in every single antique store, jewlery shop and botique! On our way out of town we stopped at Nelson's for some of the best ice cream around. We then headed to the salon for pedicures, which was great after being on our feet all day walking around. Then there was still the evening to get ready for! It was fun getting dolled up for a surprise night! Dan had made reservations at Forepaughs resteraunt where we enjoyed a very romantic dinner.

We had such a wonderful day together!

I think sometimes when you are married, and have kids, and have jobs, and have a house to take care of and all those other things that life throws at you it is easy to forget how nice it is to just have a day to spend together.

Happy Anniversary honey, here's to many more!

2009 Krisnik Family Reunion

We recently had our annual Krisnik family reunion. Ada and Nana Yvonne had fun reading books.
Tehya and Uncle John were being very silly together

Ada had some lap time with Grandma Sue too

Nana Yvonne and Aunt Donna were both celebrating their 80th birthdays! They were both surprised with the cards, pictures and fun memories that we all shared with them. What a great day!

Ada waiting for Tehya to come home

Daddy took some really cute pictures of Ada while they waited anxiously for Tehya to come home from her first day of school. Ada didn't quite understand the importance of the moment, she liked the pine cone she found in the neighbors yard!

Tehya made it home in one piece from her first day of school. She was all smiles too! She told us later over dinner that she had an AWESOME day and that she LOVES her classroom! She told us all about the kids in her class, about Mrs. St Martin and about how they got to sing songs the first day! She said Kindergarten was a cool place, so we are very happy she likes it so much already!