We're officially on the tail end of a Jason-less week over here, and I don't know how single parents do it.  It's probably just the pregnancy exhaustion, but I cannot go another day flying solo. 

Luckily most of the week was perfect weather, so letting Katherine run off her energy outside worked like a charm. 

We managed to make it through the week with minimal tears from either of us.  Here's how most of our week went down:

{Tracking daddy's flight out of town with wonder and sadness.}

{We headed out for frozen yogurt one afternoon.}

{That same day, our neighbor, who is moving, gifted us with lots of fun toys.}

{Another day, we did a little shopping and spent all of our piggy bank money.}

{I can't forget to mention our "girls' day out lunch."}

{And finally, we prepared for daddy's return home.}

This girl missed her daddy something fierce.  We're both so glad to have him home again in a few hours.  Jason has gone on work trips before, but never for this long or this far away from home.  His wifi and phone service weren't great, so we didn't get to FaceTime or talk to him on the phone very often.  This made for a very grumpy four-year-old.  Luckily, the new toys (free and piggy bank purchased) helped keep her mind off of missing daddy.  Towards the end of the week, I officially gave up and I haven't cooked a thing since Wednesday.  We've ordered out every meal.   

We're both counting down the minutes until it's time to head to the airport to pick up Jason. 

On a slightly different topic, is anyone else loving the new Victoria Beckham line at Target?  Love.  I'm also loving all of the spring clothes out for the season.  Too bad, I can't fit into any of them this year. 

Just like any other holiday, the week following is always rough.  We're coming off of a major sugar high this week, not to mention this second pregnancy has me feeling less than stellar.  Soooooooo tired.  And big. 

Easter morning we opened our Easter basket brought by that famous bunny, followed by a Pinterest fail bunny pancake breakfast. 




Katherine picked out her own Easter dress this year with matching bunny purse.  She chose her own shoes to go with her ensemble.  To my surprise, she wore that white dress all day long and it was still white and clean at the end of the day. 


We headed to church, then to my parents' house for lunch and more egg hunting.  In my current condition, I was not going to a) cook Easter lunch, or b) host Easter lunch.  I barely got through Easter lunch without passing out.  I did provide the cheesy potato casserole though.



Easter is one of my favorite holidays.  It's up there with Christmas, actually, and it's becoming a favorite for Katherine as well.  Although as soon as Easter was over, she started planning her Halloween costume.  She is my child after all. 

 

We headed out to our local Easter egg hunt last weekend, and Katherine completely surprised us with her eagerness and determination "on the battlefield."  She is usually very reserved and timid when it comes to big groups of kids fighting over an object, but this year when the horn sounded, she raced forward, filling her basket with eggs at record speed.  We were so stunned that we barely got any photos of her, and we got no video at all. 

This kid was determined to get her eggs, but once her basket was full she proudly backed away and let the other kids gather their own eggs.  Such a good sport. 













I love this time of year, and Katherine's enthusiasm with the holiday makes it all that much better.