A February day at the park

 

The weekend after Valentines Day it happened to be a nice weather.  Sonya & I decided to take the kids to the park to soak up the sun.  There haven't been too many days where its warm enough to be outside for too long.  The kids had a BLAST playing with each other and its always nice to get a girl chat in with Sonya.

Valentine's Day party

 Harper favorite center- the blocks

The girls woke up on Valentine's morning with a few surprises at the kitchen table.  I was in the shower when Harper woke up.  She came running into the bathroom super duper excited about the gifts.  She truly couldn't believe eyes and continued to verbalize her excitement and disbelief all  morning. Liv was excited too when she came to the kitchen but mostly about the chocolate;) .  I spent the morning attending Harper's Valentines Party in her classroom. It was so fun to be in her element and observing her with friends/teachers.  They sang us a couple songs, we decorated a heart cookie, and each kid passed out Valentine cards to the classmates.  I am thankful my work is flexible so I can be there for these kinds of things. 

So much fun...

Sledding 2013

 

These pictures put a huge smile on my face.  We had an amazing time sledding the other weekend.  The weather was perfect, the neighbor elementary hill (that I grew up sledding on) was empty, and we ALL had a blast doing this simple activity.  Who knew sledding was so much fun even as an adult?!  The g-rents bought sleds awhile back in preparation for the perfect day, and perfect it was!!!  "The good life," that's where I'm at, and good is an understatement:)

1st time at the movie theater...

We were home in Omaha the other weekend so  I checked amoms website and saw free movies for families at one of our local theaters up the street.  They were showing Madagascar 3.  We haven't really advanced to "big girl" movies yet but we decided to try it out anyway.  If nothing else it's free so we can leave if it gets too scary or too long.  We grabbed some popcorn and slushies and enjoyed an hour of the experience.  The theater was packed with kids and families.  Liv LOVED the popcorn and nearly ate the entire bag.  With the credits being so long they started to get antsy at the one hour mark.  There was also a scary animal control lady that Harper wasn't a fan of and so she ended up in my lap toward the end.  We decided to duck out early but had a great time while it lasted!