So fast...

Today is presidents day, which of course means yet another day for my kids to NOT go to school.  We spent the morning pretty much relaxing as it was snowing a bit, then went out to do a little shopping and for ice cream.  Tyler asked why we were going out for ice cream as we walked into the shop since it's cold out, I said it's because we are sick of winter, so this day forward we will pretend it is summer, and that includes going out for ice cream!

This morning before we left Juliana spent time on Skype talking to her cousin Erin (and sometimes Grant).

And Tyler made his own breakfast, his specialty is scrambled eggs and toast.  He does it all himself and I might add does a very good job!

Just another reminder that my babies are growing up so fast.

Mornings...

Mornings around here can either be completely crazy with me running around barking orders at kids who move way to slow to get ready for school in time.  And other mornings the kids decide they want to listen and do all the things they are supposed to do (oh how I love those mornings), and they have extra time to do things.  Yesterday morning they played Legos at the island while finishing up their breakfast.  I love to watch them when they are getting along so great, it can really warm a mothers heart.

They can't all be great ideas...

Yesterday was Valentine's Day!  Every year I cook some kind of cupcakes covered in little heart sprinkles, but this year with a vacation on the horizon (that includes getting into a bikini, in public) I decided against the baked treats.  We always get the kids little gifts, this year we got them each a new shirt, chocolates, and cards.  They both had parties in their classrooms and got way to much candy.  Anyhow, last night I was cooking dinner and started to feel guilty about not making any special treats for them.  So as I was mashing the potato's I got what seemed like a brilliant idea at the time to put red food coloring into them, for Valentine's Day of course.  I should of thought about it more, because to me they looked like I had cut my finger open when I was mashing them.  Just not appetizing at all.  Next time I'll just stick to putting a little in their milk to make it pink!

Football and cupcakes.

Now there are two things that you don't always hear together, cupcakes and football!  Last Sunday was the Superbowl.  The kids were very excited as we were going to a superbowl party at their friends house.  As always I went with a lot of food, I sometimes drive myself crazy with how much I decide to cook for events, but it's what I do.  I am always trying new recipes, I made carrot raisin cupcakes with cream cheese frosting! I thought they were delicious, and I will definitely be making them again.  Even the kids all liked them (well Juliana only liked the frosting, but that still counts for something).

Ground hog day!

Have you ever seen that movie, where it was ground hog day over and over and over... that's how it has been around here.  One snow storm after another, after another, after... you get the picture!  Today actually is ground hog day!  The ground hog did NOT see his shadow.  Now I am not one that believes in superstitions or anything like that, but this year I choose to believe that there will be an early spring.  Yesterday the kids did not have school (surprise, surprise), luckily I hit the craft store the day before so we had some projects.

This morning we woke up to an ice storm, I am telling you, the fun never stops around here!  I must admit, the ice is beautiful, that doesn't make me like it anymore, but it's fun to take pictures of.

And finally, Charlotte has been loving all the snow, she loves to run around and bury her head in it, it's fun to watch since Lucy has never had any desire to run in snow... or run at all.

Icicles oh my...

With all the snow this winter we've also gotten a lot of icicles.  The kids love to break them and pretend they are popsicles.  I like to take pictures of them.

Flashback

I was looking through some old pictures today with tears in my eyes.  It's amazing how fast kids grow up and how fast time goes by.  I have spent just about every waking moment with my kids (except when they are in school) and especially when they were younger.  I'll never look back and wish I spent more time with them.  Here is a picture I found from May 2005, I am going to try to post some flashback pictures every week, someday I want my kids to have this blog to look back on and have their memories preserved.

AGAIN!!!

I can't even count how much school the kids have missed this winter.  This week alone they had a delayed start on Tuesday, an early dismissal on Wednesday, and no school today!  Anyway, it seemed like a perfect time to take some updated pictures of them.  I love so many I couldn't choose which to show, so there will be many...

Yet another weather day off from school...

I feel like my kids never go to school.  This school year has been insane.  It all started at the beginning of the year when the afternoon before the first day of school, the school flooded!  They didn't start until the following week.  Now we've had such horrible weather this winter they keep getting days off.  It's not going to be fun sending them off to school all summer, and frankly we are all getting bored cooped up all the time.  Today the kids never got out of their pajamas and spent most of the day on the couch (they even had their lunch there).  They watched a movie, tv, and played wii most of the day.

After hours and hours of this I thought we should put on our creative hats and do something together.  Since Valentines Day is right around the corner and we don't have any decorations, we made one.

It was a nice relaxing day ending in creativity.  Lets just hope this is the last snow day for awhile!