First Day's of School

Where o' where did my summer go?  Seems like just yesterday I was waiting for the first day on the lake; and suddenly summer is over and school has begun!  Although I love crisp cool days in North Dakota, I long for just a few more hours of heat.

Last week MaTaya started her first day of THIRD grade.  Can you believe it?  THIRD GRADE!?!  She promptly informed me that after this year, she only has one more year in the Elementary school.  Whoa, slow down a bit will you??  I am nowhere near ready to have a middle school-er!!!

My ALMOST middle schooler:)

All 3 girls dropping Taya off at school

And just today my sweet little Zoe started her first day of Preschool.  Oh my heart aches for my second baby to be small again, and yet I am excited for her to experience the joy that is school!  After I took my hundredth picture, she looked at me and with the sweetest face said, "I think that's enough, don't you mom?"  And turned and ran to her little friends.  So with a slight smile on my face and a tear (or 20) in my eyes; I turned a left my all-too-grown up 4 year old...on her own...at school.

Miss Zofia with her teacher-Mrs. Nelson

The Filler's version of Easter

So, the months just keep moving along and I feel as though I am so stuck in the day to day happenings of life; that I don't take a moment to let anyone else in.  I am opening the doors and letting you all inside our family Easter gatherings.  My mom was a Filler, so this is my extended family on her side...they/we are all a little on the crazy side but that is what I love about family!

We always play games of some sort at Filler family holidays.  This year we played "Minute to Win it" type games.  It was a blast and quite hilarious.  Here is a sneak peak~

These 2 nut jobs are my parents! 

In case you ever want to play here's a quick run down of the game:

Place baseball inside one toe of pantyhose.

Place 8 full water bottles in lines on either side of the players (4 on each side)

Place pantyhose over player(s) head and attempt to knock down the bottles faster than all other family members!

I can't believe I am posting this picture of myself playing the game, but it's only fair to show you that I am as CRAZY as the rest of the fam.

We also do "normal" things like the Easter egg hunt....

And dying eggs! 

But we tie die our eggs for a fun twist :)

And of course we LOVE to cook and EAT!!!!! 

(here is my very own little "lunch lady")

Hope you enjoyed this post as much as we enjoyed our Easter!

Long time NO blog!

Has it really been MONTHS since my last blog post? Where did I go you ask? Nowhere! I think the crazy day to day life, while raising 3 kids might have had something to do with it, but I don't actually have a good excuse:)

Since I last posted we have had Halloween, Christmas, New Year's, and many exciting regular days at the Dostal House. Lets start with Halloween.

The girls had plans to all go as vampires, but last minute (literally 3 days before Halloween) miss Zoe decided she wanted to be the little Mermaid-Aerial. So thank goodness for online stores, we received her "new" costume the day before Halloween! All of the girls had a great time trick or treating (we mostly spend the evening running from one relatives house to another, trying to give all of our family a chance to see them in their costumes before they "melt down" and the FUN of going door to door turns into a job. Here is a pic of all 3 girls prior to leaving the house

Although MaTaya looks a bit on the scary side, it wasn't that scary in person:)

I am going to work on updating the blog and getting through Christmas, dance recitals, and much more over the course of the next few days. (I keep promising that and haven't had a chance to follow through, but that is my hope!)