We continue to get hammered with snow and ice and freezing temps. Miraculously we have only missed three or four days of school with a bunch of two hour delays thrown in. We are very grateful for the giant hill in our front driveway - still lots of desire to get outside and go sledding even in the freezing temps... When we aren't sledding or in school we are doing a lot of this:
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| Our first attempt at SCRABBLE. |
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| The finale board! |
As Ben is reading up a storm, we felt it was time for the kids to learn how to play scrabble. They did a pretty good job. We definitely helped place the words they had come up with, but all in all a great first effort on everyone's part!
More sledding! The kiddos are the lump on one small sled in the center of the pic! HAHAHA!
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| I'm at the bottom of the hill blocking them from going into the street. That's GOOD parenting! |
Mo Willam had a birthday so we went to his "party" at the library. Lots of crafts and Mo stories with our pals.
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| And all Mom knew was the pigeon stories. Wowsa, a whole new world has opened up. Naked Mole Rats, anyone??? |
Found this the other day - further proof that Ben worships the ground Em walks on and will do anything she asks him to. He is dressed is all her clothes with her pullup on his head. (Yes, she is still in pullups... Meanwhile Ben has been diaper / pull up free for THREE YEARS... Figure that out.)
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| I love my sister... |
Ben is awesome at mixing board games and coming up with his own rules / objectives. We are so freakin' in love with this kid!
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| No, my table does not ALWAYS look like this... Oh, wait, YES, it does. *sigh* |
Minion Monopoly = Friday happy hour!! No complaints here.
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| We are all equally good. Don't challenge the Batter Bunch! |
Every Monday night Em has indoor lacrosse. I've gotten smart and brought the soccer ball the past few times and Ben plays with his pal, Sammy while the girls do their drills.
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| No, Ben, you CANNOT touch the ball with your hands!!! |
We are continuing to enjoy "family swim" on Wednesday evenings in the elementary school pool. The kids were finally brave enough to hit the deep end without me in the water with them last week. My goal tomorrow night is to get them to jump into the deep end verses just clinging to the wall. Wish me luck!
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| Summer, please!! |
The PTA had our annual "Olympic" event with the teachers and parents - purple vs white - our school colors. Ben spent the ENTIRE 90 minutes eating a small bag of sour patch kids - completely torturing himself by nibbling on them little by little and being soured out with each bite. I was hoping for the sour face but I caught this instead.
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| We do love the BFF, Samuel! |
Speaking of BFFs... This is Emma's new BFF. Meet Dandelion. She has been saving her money for weeks now (she earns a quarter every day for making her bed and keeping her room clean) to purchase "Sweetykins." When she had enough ($5.99), we hit up the toy store. One look at Dandelion and poor Sweetykins was forgotten. At first I hated these stuffed animal waste of money toys... BUT, she PLAYS with them - like, you know, makes up elaborate stories and stuff. Hours will go by with her in her room with these dang Beanie Boos. Best six bucks ever!
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| Lighten up, mama! I'm cute! |
