Story Time and Sleeping

I take Livy to story time at the library every Thursday.  The story time is great and she LOVES it!  They sing songs, read books, and then they always do some type of art project.  She was working on a Birthday cake in the pics below.  After story time, she does some puzzles and then picks out some books and DVDs.  Livy is just now getting into books and is really enjoying them.  We usually end up leaving all the books in the car and that is her entertainment while we drive all over the place. 

Madison loves reading.  She is really into the Junie B. Jones books right now.  I get her a couple of them when Livy and I go to the library each week.  I told her should could read for a little bit before she went to bed and this is how I found her. 

I thought this was hilarious……..very lady like!!

I took this pic b/c she had a little bit of drool action happening.  Both of these pics are Livy sleeping in our bed, which was becoming quite the habit.  Livy had always been awesome at going to bed on her own and not fighting us about it.  And then that all changed when we moved back.  I think it was a combination of moving and changing from a crib to a big girl bed.  The past 6 months have been her staying up late watching cartoons and usually crashing in our bed!  Last week I decided it was time for her structured bed time again and amazingly she has done GREAT!!  She knows that when Maddy goes to bed, so does she.  We read a few books and then she goes right to sleep.  It makes my evening so much more enjoyable and relaxing and gives me time to do things…….like blogging!

SNOW AGAIN………

I can’t believe we got snow again!! Madison is going to be in school until July!!  Everyone was really talking up this snow storm coming and it definitely lived up to the hype!  Snow days are a nice time to get caught up on things.  I have taken the time to start on a school Excel project that is supposed to take 15 hours to complete. I was able to get a good jump on it.  I was also able to catch up on my DVR:)  I can’t believe how many shows I had to sit there and watch, but I took one for the team so I could delete them and free up some space!   Madison and Olivia have gotten to catch up on sleep(oh yeah, me too).  Micha had spent the days working from home.  Apparently his job doesn’t stop, it must be done.  Now it is almost 5:00 pm on Thursday and I am getting out of this house! We are going out to dinner b/c I am TIRED of cooking! We’ll see if I can convince Micha that we NEED to go to Target. That would just make the night complete!!  Hopefully this is the last of the snow this year, 65 degree weather is in the forecast for next week!! 

 

Livy fell asleep after the first round of snow fun. She took a 3 hour nap!! It was quite Heavenly:)

We got about 7 1/2 inches!!

  We put a bowl out so we could make snow ice cream.  Madison loved it!

Livy eating her ice cream topless! Don’t judge her, she is proud of her body!!

Super Bowl Party

  We hosted a Super Bowl Party this year.  Micha made chicken, steak, and shrimp fajitas. And they were YUMMY!  We just got a new grill so he had  to break it in!  The guys watched the game, the girls talked, and the kids played.  There were 14 kids at our house, which sounds really scary, but they were all GREAT!  Toys scattered everywhere was the extent of the damage.          

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is probably the happiest I have seen Matthew.  He is a little OBSESSED with Star Wars, so when the Darth Vader commercial came on during the super bowl, he was more than ecstatic.

Matthew and Isacc playing.

Jex and Thomas playing the Wii in Maddy’s room.Melanie, Madison, and Stella  Averi making one of her silly faces.

This is my new friend Tessa!  We totally bonded during the Super Bowl. She is too precious.

Just some pics

 Livy did her makeup for the day.  She got very up set when I had to wipe it off.

 I LOVE when the girls play together............... It is a rare occurrence these days.

I came in my room and she was asleep on my floor and using her puppy as a pillow. So sweet!

This is definitely Livy at her sweetest!!

Maddy's Award

Madison received an award at school for "Independent Reader" in her class. She was so excited to be getting a trophy. She just kept saying, "I can't believe I am getting my very first trophy!"  Madison has really excelled in reading this year. I am so happy that she enjoys reading(not sure where she gets that from).

Snow Days!

 The girls wanted to go out as soon as it started sticking!

This was a couple of hours after it started snowing.

Liv staying warm after the first round of snow fun!

 This is a Snow Day staple!! Gotta have your Cocomotion.  We went through several batches of hot chocolate(Thanks Mom!)

 Madison's attempt at a snow man :) We will just call it a snow blob.  Good try.  I gave her hershey kisses for the eyes and Winston ate them!

Snow Angel

And this is how your kids end up after a long fun day of playing in the snow!

Snow days was one of the things I MISSED about Arkansas!  Life keeps going in Utah when it snows and I really didn't care for that.  Snow days are some of the best memories a child can have.  I can still remember snow days from when I was little.  We would be parked in front of the T.V. just waiting for "Lakeside Schools Closed" to flash at the bottom of the screen(Now you can get an instant text).  And once it did, it was celebration time.  We would all put on as many layers as we could get on, round up mismatched gloves and hats, and head out to play.  We had a couple of acres to explore and even a pond that froze over a time or two.  We played until we couldn't feel our fingers and toes.  Snow days were such a special and rare treat for us!  

The past couple of days were perfect!!  We played games, stayed warm by the fire, drank hot chocolate, and ate way too much!  I was also able to rearrange the girl's rooms, paint Madison's bed, and organize/eliminate toys.  Now I will enjoy my last week before school starts for me and the stress piles up again   

Madison's 7th Birthday!!

 Opening presents

 So I told the Cookie Company I wanted Ballerina Slippers......... Looks like flip flops!!  Micha picked up the cake, otherwise I would have made them redo it!  I mean, we are big fans of flip flops, but not on a b-day cake!

 The kids didn't seem to care what was on the cake!

 Madison wanted to have a sleepover for her birthday this year and naively I said Yes!  She had about 12 friends over on Friday night and 4 spent the night.  The party itself was fun but very crazy(and a little too long).  The girls that spent the night went to bed at 1:30 and up by 7:30!! I was absolutely exhausted!!  Micha and I decided we are done with sleepovers!!  Madison loved her party and was so happy to spend her special day with so many of her friends and family!  I can't believe that she is 7!! Madison still loves being the center of attention.  She loves going to school and learning.  She has become an excellent little reader.  She is in her 3rd year of dance and loves it. We LOVE you Maddy Cakes!!