Play Date

We had a play date with cousin Ben on Thursday. It was just warm enough for us to consider getting out to a park.  We all had to keep moving in order to stay warm enough but it was really nice to be outside.  My boys had so much fun.

Valentine's Party

Levi's preschool class had a party on Wednesday to celebrate Valentine's Day. He was very excited about it.

Here is the cute mail truck he made to collect his Valentines in.

So many cute notes and special treats. 

Cousins

Total sweethearts. 

We missed you, Ky and Kosse!

A Pair

It was fun to watch Milo and Alison together.

Remember when they were this tiny?

Happy Birthday, Marji

We got to celebrate my delightful mother-in-law's birthday this weekend. There were cupcakes and cute kids aplenty.

Lucas and the boys made and decorated the dessert.

He's surreptitiously grabbing a taste.

That particular cupcake got LOTS of sprinkles.

Carefully placing the flags.

Group floor puzzle time!

Mia's pulling up on everything and everyone now.

Alison is already anticipating her birthday in April.

It showtime.

I LOVE this picture so much.

Great team effort!

Milo did not care for the frosting so he ate his share of the sprinkles out of a bowl.

Mia just had her first birthday so she knows how eating cake is done.

Can't wait to meet baby Charlie in May!

Creativity

The boys wanted to make a craft they saw in their latest Hi-Five magazine.  First they decorated some coffee filters with washable markers.

Then spritzed them with water to make the colors run.  Spray bottles are the best.

During Milo's naptime one afternoon last week, Levi and I painted with some watercolors.

I love the stuff he comes up with.

We used his paintings to decorate a couple of gifts.

This is Milo's work.  I'm not as excited about this creation as he did it with crayon on his bedroom wall...

Weekend

It was so nice to spend time with my Mom and Dad last week.  It hadn't been terribly long since Christmas but I was really missing them. 

As usual, we all got treated to lots of goodies and fun. On Saturday night we went bowling together and on Sunday we had a superbowl party. What made our superbowl party so unusual and wonderful was that during it,Nana took all 5 kids to Target to pick out a toy. The remaining adults got to eat party food in relative quiet. ahhhh.

Ruby asked me to take a picture of her and Milo sweetly posing.  Then Ben came and photobombed the scene making it even more awesome.

The big boys reading during a house-wide rest time.

Ruby and Papa during quiet time.

Things got a little dicey when my Bialetti espresso pot broke. Joel improvised and brewed some coffee using various pieces he found in the kitchen.

My little model.

The boys soaked up lots of reading time.

I absolutely love it when my mom laughs this hard. The boys are both squeezing limes to make juice for reasons that escape now me.

Bedtime snuggles.  Milo is modelling one pair of his new PIDERMAN jammies.

And here's the other pair!

Picture Time

Nana and Papa have been here visiting. So much fun. On Saturday they took the kids to get their pictures taken. Cuteness abounded.