Love this boy!

1.  "What are you doing?"  "Just pretending to be asleep."

2.  "Oh, there is a bug up there on the ceiling.  I'll get it."  Gets chair and tissue. Stands on chair and reaches.  "I can't reach it."

3.  He LOVES to read his super hero books.  I LOVE to find him reading his super hero books.

4.  Another artist in the house.

5.  "Its an alien on a potty."

Oh, and did you know he's four?!  More to come on that!!

Love him!!

Valentine's Day

1.  I love that they will sort the clearance Christmas MMs for Valentine's/St. Patrick's Day.  :)

2.  My valentines in their holiday ware

3.  Baking and decorating cookies.  (Grace was SO intentional about cutting her cookies - she would put the cutters on first to make sure they fit the best without wasting dough!)

4.  To self:  "Boy, we've used a lot of sprinkles already.  I wonder where it all went.... Oh.  There it is."

5.  Brownies for Dad, puppies for the kiddos and flowers for me! 

6.  We had a fancy dinner with cloth napkins and place mats, and candles.  I guess I didn't get a picture, but Grace loved helping to set it up!

PERFECT!

February Date Night

We continue to enjoy our date night swaps with the cousins.  :)

Pasta, decorating cookies, and a movie.  Now THAT'S a nest!! 

Random February Phone Fun

Grandma picking out her new "add a line" cell phone.  She chose the one highly recommended for senior citizens or novice texters.  :)

 Picked up a few things from Wal.Mart

 A Mucky Moose at Story Time!!

 Shopping with Grandma.  :)



Yummmm!

My favorite:  garlic grilled ham, tomato, and mozarrella!!

Snow Days

Built in snow days in a mild winter are GREAT!!  Spent the morning at the YMCA.  :)

Princess Party!

One of Grace's classmates hosted a princess party for all the little girls in class.  :)  You'll notice her first choice in outfit before the wardrobe change.  Hair and nails, then off to dance and  play!  She really enjoyed the big pillow at the end of the party too!  (I have a cute video of Grace "dancing" but can't get it to turn.) (**also, I want to remember.... Grace was in tears at one point, and when asked what was wrong she said, "Child's Name Here" has been mean to me all morning!"  Me:  "Which one is she?  You want me to push her down?"  Grace didn't find this funny, but I suggested she try and stay away from her, and I'd keep an eye out.  The little girl who was hosting the party looked at me after she noticed Grace crying, like "what is wrong with her?!" but then went on to be SUPER sweet to Grace by playing with her and making sure she was ok.  Broke my heart to see Grace hurt, but then fixed it all up when the little one was super sweet to her!!  Turns out "Child's Name Here" is a problem that the two other moms I was sitting with knew all about!! Good grief AT AGE 5?!?!)

With the ease of taking pictures on my iPhone, it makes my posts all out of order on the blog.  I've decided I'm ok with it, knowing that sometime in February is when all this stuff happened.  :)  The picture files are all dated, so if I needed the exact dates, I could find them,  I guess. 

Preschool Skills

Zip, Button, Snap, Tie,

can you guess "Who am I?" !!

(Sorry - couldn't resist the rhyme.... Seuss still on the brain.) 

:)

Magic!

 Our girl loves to put on a good show!  "Abbra Cadabra, Doozy Kadoo - POOF!" 



Tea Party!

Grace was invited to her cousin's tea party birthday celebration.  :)  So cute!

The frame picture was a game where others were supposed to try and make you smile. She did a great job!!

Exercise

We take our exercise very seriously....

Running stairs at the farm.  :)  (I think they threw in some laps around the house as well!)

My Mornings with The Boy

Lovin' the new table at the Prayer House and loving the carmel apple ciders at Modoc's!