~ Caring Kid - Trustworthiness ~

Addy was selected in her class as this month's Caring Kid for the character word Trustworthiness. She was soooo excited to be honored in the morning assembly and was thrilled about receiving a caring kid dog tag necklace to show off her achievement. We are super proud of her!



We also snuck in a few quick hugs from Jaidyn before she had to return to class from the assembly.

~ Clogged Toilets ~

We had a nice, friendly visit with the plumber bright and early at 7:30 this morning as we had not only one, but two of the toilets in our house became clogged this week. Thankfully, we still had one working so we didn't have to make constant runs up to Casey's to use the bathroom. Hoping to avoid a service call fee and after several attempts to fix the problem including several bouts of Drano and plunging along with Wes using a snake specific for toilets and then getting it stuck we decided a professional needed to be called in. I was gone to a meeting last night and had several texts from Wes telling me I was going to kill him and to bring beer home. Getting the snake stuck really worked him over. And after about 20 minutes of work from the plumber this morning, we found out who the culprit of the problem was(this picture shows how guilty he was as he kept hiding his face)...

and apparently he enjoys watching his afternoon snack carton take a swirl around the toilet as each stool had one clogging the pipe.


The girls had their cheer and dance performance during the halftime of an elementary basketball game. And the two of them were quite entertaining as neither are very shy or afraid to shake what their Mama gave them.



Addy showing off the hat she made in celebration of George Washington's birthday this week.

Reid knows that the remote is off limits but it still doesn't stop him from getting it in his hands. I did catch him this week grabbing it off the side table and attempt to change the channel. Ha!



Spaghetti for dinner!



I can remember when the other three enjoyed dressing up in hats. Reid has started taking a liking to them and thought it was pretty darn cool to wear his Dad's hat backwards and cocked sideways during dinner.

Love Snow is In The Air

Sunday evening, just a small snow storm approaching...okay, maybe not a storm, but it did bring enough sleety snow to cancel school the next day and have a late start on Valentine's Day.

Levi had a nice little Valentine's party at preschool with class Valentine's and fun games.





Pin the heart on the big heart. Levi had no idea how to play this game as after he was spun around he just threw his heart on the ground. He did a pretty good job after being led over to the heart board.



Yummy cookie decorating!

I was able to attend a small play that Jaidyn's reading group put on about Jack and the Beanstalk. She played both the Ogre and the Mother and had made sock puppets to go along with her readings.


It was also her day to be the teacher's assistant, so I saw this writing on the marker board in the rug center area.

~ Sock Hop Valentine's Party ~

Just a quick picture post...usually not much of a Valentine's Day fan, but this year has been quite enjoyable with the kids. We had a couple of fun nights at the kitchen table addressing Valentine's, making Valentine boxes, and watching Youtube's Grease dance videos so that the girls would be able to get in to character for their 50's themed Valentine's Day at school. Hopefully, they didn't bust out any of John Travolta's hip rolls and thrusts they witnessed at school. Nana helped make the girls attire and I think they looked just pretty darn cute! Thankfully I had some sweet friends that took some pictures of the girls at school today since I had to miss their parties due to having to take the van in to get it fixed from being rear ended last weekend. Addy brought home the sweetest hand plaque she made in art class for us, which I just LOVE!! Levi's preschool party is next week and I think he is looking forward to it especially after he saw all the Valentine's candy loot the girls brought home today. Jaidyn and I are running in a Valentine's themed 5K tomorrow morning. I am looking forward to spending the morning with her, but could do without the single digit temps in the forecast. It could be a long cold morning, but hopefully a motivator to run it fast and get back indoors. :)




























The next Danny and Sandy??
or






ETA:
Jaidyn and I survived the single digit temps with winds making it feel like it was below zero to run in the Run For The Girls Valentine Rockin 5K. Throughout the race she was stripping her cold weather mask and gloves as she started to get a little too warm, so I got to carry all her extras along with her big pink wad of gum that she decided she no longer wanted to chew about 30 seconds in. Jaidyn ran a PR with a time just below 32 minutes and she received a 1st Place Gold (chocolate medal for Valentine's Day) Medal. For Jaidyn, receiving the 1st place medal and chance to eat THREE Krispy Kreme doughnuts made all the pain from the cold and running instantly subside. I loved getting to spend the morning with her!

Whirlwind Weekend

Whew! What a whirlwind of a weekend! All the decorating & cooking for a Fat Friday Mexican Fiesta Bunco Night at church, Reid's 1st Birthday Party, Annie Musical and Super Bowl Party. It almost made me feel super young and full of energy having a party each day...almost. But then I ran in to a HUGE wall this afternoon and was doing my best to get Reid to take a nap as Levi was already snoozing on the couch to give me a chance to shut my eyes just for a little bit. With the exception of our van getting rear-ended on the way to Bunco, a glass dish explosion filled with the contents of the main dish for Reid's birthday lunch, and a sick birthday boy I consider the weekend to be a success.




The look on his face sums up the way he felt all weekend. :(


I won't go in to the details of this picture but for those who attended, they know! Just think of food flavored with Marlboro Lights??? :)










Just the looks on my kids faces goes to show that there is never a dull moment at our house...always crazy!




We let all the kids have a candle in their cupcakes so Reid would receive plenty of birthday wishes!






Reid felt horrible all day and had absolutely no interest in digging in to his own personal cake. Poor guy!




He later changed his mind and did daintily pick the frosting off the cupcake to eat.





Dinner out at one of our favorite local Mexican restaurants.


Jaidyn received Annie Musical tickets from Papa and Nana for her birthday and the show was this past weekend. We all loved it!! Even Papa really liked it considering he was missing the pregame of the Super Bowl to see it.

These pictures were from a week or so ago. I was called to pick up Addy early from school because she wasn't feeling well. But her "sickness" was short lived as shortly after we got home she was off playing with Levi. She and Levi opened a restaurant and I had a lovely visit getting to order off their menu consisting of pizza, peanut butter and jelly, and a cheeseburger. Anyone notice the thing Addy has attached to her shirt? She informed it was a tie like the ones she has seen waitresses wear. She cut it out of notebook and attached it to her shirt with Scotch Tape. And Addy talked Levi into wearing the chef hat, but once he saw me smiling at him trying not to laugh he pulled it right off.