1st Half of February

The first half of February introduced a lot of new things to our family. We went to our first school sock hop, got a guinea pig, went ice fishing, supported a schoolmate at a charity dinner, George completed his first swim class and so on....

 Alan took the kids ice fishing with his cousins and they all had a great time!

 George was drawing while I made dinner, 

except he wasn't he was doing math?!?!?!

 Awww

 Caroline's school hosted an Olympics Opening Ceremony

Of course, she chose China as her country :)

 George won one of the raffles from the charity dinner

No spa days or Seabags for Mom, but he won a great piece of

art from Rob the custodian for the playroom :P

 George got his first certificate and has moved

on to the next level swim class!

 George's cool jelly fish he made at school

Disney planning, again...

 George stealing my Vday bunny :P

 Happy Valentine's Day!

Meet Butterscotch

Caroline has been wanting a guinea pig for a few years now. We've had little notes left for us on the tablet, in our desks, etc. She has pleaded and asked her grandparents and this year she wrote her persuasive essay on getting a guinea pig. We caved just before she brought that home :) We figured turning eight years old was kind of a big milestone becoming more mature and ready to handle her own pet. We had seen the cutest bunny in the entire world and had hoped to change her mind with him or even a cat, but she walked into that store and saw Butterscotch and was in love. She has pleaded for guinea pigs at other places, but this was the first she could hold and get attached to. We had wanted to wait until after our April vacation but we figured why go through more heartbreak. So, meet Butterscotch! While she was hoping for a girl guinea pig since she had more names picked up, she immediately came up with his name and it was love at first site :)

 We ordered a cage, not two kids!

 Phew, the cage was inside the box so we stuck these guys in it :P

Butterscotch loves grapes, strawberries, carrots, and lettuce

KCS Sock Hop!

Caroline's school holds a Sock Hop every winter and this year we finally made it. Oh my goodness, it was so much fun. Caroline loved getting dressed up and her skirt had quite the spin factor, but George turned out to be quite the social butterfly, befriending every kid and totally becoming the life of the party! We can't wait for next year!

 Listening to the Hoola Hoop contest rules

 Watch towards the end, George loved doing the Conga line and every time they did it he was paired with different kids. It was hysterical. He just moved along the line. Caroline is the second to last in her very best "Sandy from Grease" look

The kids were given raffle tickets and Caroline won a jump rope 

and George so wanted to be called. Right before we left he was and Mr. Woodcock, the PE teacher and host, saw it was him and said, "This little guy has been waiting all night and coming up to me and asking if his ticket was a winner" It was so cute, George hopped right up on stage to claim his prize!

 

End of January

The end of January the grind of the new year was officially beginning. Caroline was finishing off her physical therapy for her elbow and George was cruising through swimming lessons. Caroline's play rehearsal were ramping up and finishing up Girl Scout cookie sales.

 We attempted to go for a walk at KCT, but the kids started whinning

about 5 minutes after this picture : )

 So, we went home and the kids made snowmen in the

backyard instead!

George stayed out longer than Caroline.

She came in and the three of us played Monopoly Jr.

and when we looked out the window

George was rolling the biggest snowball ever!

He was a little tired :)

 Caroline's orange cast drawing at her surgeons

We thought this would be the last appointment, but he 

wants to see her one last time in two months 

to make sure she has full range of motion.

 A little pre-PT Friday morning treat

 She reads everywhere! This was waiting for PT to start. 

This was Harry Potter book 1 but now she is on to book 2

 The kids and Alan went to Target to use some Christmas 

gift card money and bought Nerf guns :P

Another Snow Day!

The Wednesday following MLK Jr. day we got another snow storm and another 6 inches. Can't complain too much about the accumulation since we lost a lot of it over the past weekend. BUT, it meant a snow day for the kids, after just having Monday off, and other snow days, and early release Wednesday and Xmas break. Yup, another day off ha!

Caroline's poodle skirt for her school's

Sock Hop arrived

Making Slime!

Jan ~ The First Half

First half of January was pretty good. We didn't have a whole lot planned and we kept it that way! Between holidays, snow days, and half days though it's been difficult to get into the swing of things again.

 New Year and these kids are gonna do a lot

more in the kitchen by themselves :)

Up first, banana bread with mom only helping

with the oven.

 George "helping" Daddy

 Why not start the year off with a blizzard?

 George did not like the blizzard food choice of chilli

but he was bribed with some brownies, he ate his and Caroline gobbled

hers once brownies were on the table :)

 George's fork tine puffer fish, the best in the class, 

no really :)

 Jenga time!

We've had either this disgusting nonsense or snow so far

Cookie time!

 Caroline was at Brownie's so George

had to help make meatloaf

(which turns out is his new favorite meal!?!)

Ya know, enjoying the paper and a bagel before

we start our Saturday 

 Pool time!

 Then off to the library to see Caroline's class

book that was featured :)

We have a beautiful gallery by Miss Caroline that was featured 

over the MLK Jr. holiday