Slim Sledding

There was very little snow for us in Meridian this winter, but we made the best with what we had. Brad couldn't make it, as we went in the middle of a work day before the snow had a chance to melt completely. We tried out Kleiner Park's sledding hill, which wasn't spectacular, but the kids had fun -- even though they were partly just sledding on grass... 

 I took Luke down the hill with me where the bigger kids were sledding, and he didn't appreciate the speed much at all, so he and I stuck to the smaller end of the hill, which he thoroughly enjoyed.

February 2019

February Fun

Another season of basketball done! They both made some baskets and improved their ball handling skills, defense, and had a lot of fun! 

 The kids loved holding and petting Grandpa Bill's cat Furball. They're trying to convince me again on a cat. Not gonna happen, but love that they can get a cat fix elsewhere!

     

We got Brad another toy for his birthday. We started with aiming at the kids' Valentine balloons at the end of the hallway, and then moved on to a few friendly fires on each other. Always grateful for another year with this awesome husband/father in our family -- even if he doesn't like celebrating birthdays.   

 It was fire safety day at Luke's library group, so the firefighters came and showed the kids their fire suits and fire truck. Luke got in for a picture, but spent the rest of the time finding slushy snow piles and puddles to splash in.

      

 February 2019

One year older!

Happy 11th birthday Emma!! Love my sweet, snugly, intelligent, and caring daughter and the beautiful young lady she is becoming! Lego's are still "the big thing," and even though I'm running out of room to put them, we couldn't pass up a Harry Potter Lego set! Apparently "squishie's" are a thing, too, so we rounded up a few of those. 

 Strawberry swirl cheesecake was her treat of choice for the second year in a row. No complaints here. Yum! And the Lego building begins. 

 Bedroom streamers! 

Emma wanted to have a game-themed birthday with pizza at home, so she pulled out some of her favorite games, and we added in some minute-to-win-it games. 

 Moving M&M's from one place to another with a straw, getting an oreo on your forehead into your mouth without hands, picking up rigatoni noodles with a spaghetti noodle in your mouth -- no hands, bucket head, hula hoops rolled to catch water bottles, etc. She didn't want to try some of the funny ones for fear of embarrassment -- maybe next time. They all seemed to have a good time and left with candy trophy's and smiles.   

 

 

 February 2019