Deep Thoughts with Luke

(This was a conversation that I want to remember so I wanted to get it written down as quickly as possible while it was still fairly fresh in my head.)


In the car afterschool today:

Luke: We had prayer service today, but it was dark and we looked at pictures. We can go to church on Good Monday (he meant Friday) and look at pictures and when we are done we can kiss the statue of Jesus.

Me: Oh so you looked at the Stations of the Cross in church?

Luke: Yes

(quiet)

Luke: Mommy, will you die?

Me: Yes, I will. Everybody dies, but we will live a long time yet and spend lots of time together.

Luke: You will die?

Me: Yes, but not for a long time when I am very old.

Luke: When you are 100?

Me: Wouldn’t that be cool if I was 100 years old? That would be a pretty great life.

Luke: (laughing)Daddy will die because he is way older than us.

Me: (laughing) Maybe, but he will be around for a long time still.

(pause)

Luke: Will you come back?

Me: No, but I will be in heaven waiting for you.

Luke: I will go to heaven?

Me: You will, but not for a very long time.

Luke: Why won’t you come back?

Me: When you die, you go to heaven to see Jesus and God and the all of the angels and it is so beautiful.

Luke: What is it Mommy? What did you say?

Me: (I repeated myself.)

Luke: Where will we live there?

Me: Oh, I bet they have some pretty neat houses in heaven.
(pause)

Luke: You know the good superheroes get rid of the villains.

Me to myself: I guess our conversation about heaven and dying is over.

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I immediately got a terrible feeling in my stomach when Luke asked if I was going to die. I wasn’t expecting this conversation and how sad for a little boy to think about his mommy not being here. But then it made me smile to have this conversation with Luke. I shouldn’t be surprised that he was asking these questions. He is very inquisitive and it is the Easter season. He is learning at school and from Wally & I, through Easter books we have been reading, that Jesus died for us and then came back. I am sure there is some confusion since he knows Jesus died and came back, but then I said I wouldn’t be coming back. I just followed his lead though and did not give him more information than he was asking for or could process.

Hopefully I answered his questions in a way that lets him know I am not going anywhere anytime soon, but when we do die, there is a special place for us (so long as we deserve it, right?).

What I do know for sure, though, is that Wally and I have a very special little boy.

Chocolate Love

As I mentioned in the previous post, we made brownies on Sunday.  The kids like to help stir and of course lick the bowl and spoon.  Everything was cute and sweet and everybody was clothed when we first started!








But then clothes started coming off (don't worry we were the only ones eating these brownies so we shared our germs!). 





































And then clothes had to come off because of chocolate faces like this!



And then things started to get a little crazy! 





Luke decided he was done - either he is a very sweet brother and decided to let his sister have the rest or he had his chocolate fix for the day or he decided it was more fun to watch her than partake anymore himself.

Now is the time in the post where you will be bombarded with chocolate covered Paige pictures - she was having way too much fun I couldn't stop her!  I just kept snapping away.  I only had my phone at first but finally decided I better grab my camera to capture these chocolate-filled memories!  Enjoy!



Oh yes! The foot went in! Wait until you see the video down below!







She even offered to share with me!









I just love this girl so much! 




She loved every second of it! (and so did I!)

The Weekend

We had a good last weekend before baseball season officially kicks off.  Games are supposed to start this week although the weather isn't looking too promising!

Friday night Luke was in the mood to cook and wanted to wear this apron. 



He didn't seem to mind the pink, but we may need to consider getting him his own apron!

I headed out to my first Bunco night in nearly a year and came home a winner - woo woo!

Saturday morning was full of gymnastics for Luke, practice for Wally and a little running around with the kids. After practice, Wally and the team was heading over to Coach DeHaan's house for some brunch so we met them there. Luke thought it was hilarious to have waffles for lunch!

We watched one of the boys do a few card tricks (which Luke tried to replicate tonight!)...

Paige found some Barbies to play with...

And then it was time to dance!

The Zukowski kids are not afraid to dance in front of nearly 25 teenage boys!



There may or may not have been a dance off between the two coaches [but I am not allowed to talk about that ;)].

After the get together, I headed out to a little shopping and we ended the night with some pizza, more dancing, and baths!

Today we headed to church (ugh - church!  My kids and church are not good these days!) and to see the Easter Bunny. We thought maybe Paige had come around on the dressed-up character front, but that was definitely not the case.

Here was her face when she saw the bunny.



She just stared at him for awhile, but then he waved to her...OMG...you would have thought the world ended. She was crying and saying "No, No!". Poor girl!
   
Luke of course went right on up and took a seat. He cracks me up though because he just sits there - he doesn't talk to the bunny, he just sits there kind of awkwardly - ha!






Wally attempted to put Paige on the bunny's lap, but she was not having it and really I don't think we could have peeled her off of Wally if we wanted to. But then it was time go and she was all like, "bye bye" and waving. That was the best part of her bunny visit!







After visiting the bunny we headed home where we celebrated St. Patty's Day a little bit.



I made a reuben bake and we baked some brownies that we added a special little green touch to.

 

The brownie baking started like this:


And ended like this:

An entire post is worthy of a chocolate covered baby!

And now the kids are in bed and I am about 20 minutes away from bedtime myself!

Have a great week!

Phone Dump

Get ready for a massive phone dump!  Some of these pictures go back as far as almost a month.

Our new routine is winding down with a little Sprout tv before bed. Around 7 we head up to mommy's & daddy's room and cuddle in the bed together. It has actually been really nice because the kids are able to wind down, we all get some snuggle time, and everyone knows when bedtime is (after a particular song or show).



On a Saturday night a few weeks ago, we headed to a local pizza place after church. To our surprise, a balloon artist arrived to entertain us! He was a 16 year old who has been doing this since he was 9 years old. He did the best work I've ever seen as far as "balloon artistry" goes. When we left, Luke told us he was going to be a balloon artist when he grows up :)

Paige received a pretty flower!



And Luke got an awesome giraffe - his favorite zoo animal!



One Sunday morning, Paige was all about her light up princess shoes.



That afternoon we headed to Barnes & Noble where we picked up a few new books!



Miss Paige is finally getting the hang of "saying cheese" for the camera!



And this little boy gets more and more handsome by the day (if that is even possible!).



There is at least one time a day where my heart just melts watching these two together! I am sure they won't always like each other, but I sure do know that they love each other!





Our snow day last week started like this:



And ended like this:

Saturday morning grocery shopping sure can be exhausting!

Paige perked up later that day though when we headed to my Aunt Heidi's for the twin's birthday party. We were able to see sweet Miss Fiona! I said "Say Cheese!" and she said "Cheeeee" - I swear she did Stacey! :)



She got some loving from Great Grandpa!



Reading time!
























The fun continued that night for all of us. My dad stayed at our house and watched the kids while Wally and I headed out for the night. Our plan was dinner and bowling, but after 6 failed attempts (3 by phone, 3 in person) to find some open lanes (earlier than 11 PM), we found ourselves at a heated driving range with a bar. And I am not joking when I say this was Wally's dream date come true! I would be lying if I said I didn't enjoy myself too!





With baseball season underway, bathtime has become Mommy time most nights - which means, bath pictures!







And to wrap up this phone dump, here are a few from last night!





And by the way, it is 7 AM on Thursday morning and both my kids are still sleeping - what?!?!  That never happens.  Unfortunately though, I think it is because all of us are getting nasty colds (again).  :(