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Thursday, February 4, 2010

Snow Day!

A couple weeks ago we woke up one Saturday morning, looked out the window and KNEW we had to cancel everything we had planned that morning, 'cuz we were having a SNOW DAY! So, we got everyone all geared up...

And headed outside!

Little Jackson was "perma-grin" the WHOLE time! This was really his first snow day!

Joseph was Mr. Snowball - he is such a tease and couldn't wait to get the perfect "hit" on the least suspecting victim!

We (er.. um, THEY) had to make snow angels!

"Oh yeah! Oh yeah!"

"Once there was a snowman, snowman, snowman....."

Looks pretty good!!!

Then it was time for sledding!!! John borrowed my Dad's tractor (the 4-wheeler is a bit too fast for their first time street sledding) and it was PERFECT!!!

I loved hearing the kids giggle and laugh constantly as John pulled them all around the neighborhood! They had SO MUCH fun!!! They seriously couldn't stop laughing.

Winner!!!

Congratulations to Joseph on winning his class Spelling Bee!!! Now it's on to the school Spelling Bee! G-O J-O-S-E-P-H!!!!

Joseph will be testing for the Accelerated Learning program at school later this month. We are so proud of him for working so hard in school - even though it's so hard when you're such a "yellow" personality and you'd much rather be making everyone laugh all the time - he does SUCH a great job in school! We love you bud!!!!

(This is his "Hurry up, Mom!" smile. He was anxious to get to the bus, but I just had to get this picture before he left for school!) Ü

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Discovery Gateway

WARNING: This could possibly be the MOST pictures ever posted to a single blog post in the history of blogging... but seriously, have you BEEN to Discovery Gateway? It's, like, totally seriously so super fun!!! We got a free family pass that had to be used by December 31st. So, what did we do? We went on December 31st! We only had a couple hours, because we had parties to attend, (of course!) but the time we had was SO. MUCH. FUN!!! (the pictures are somehow in reverse order of what I wanted them to be... it's too late, I'm tired and want to go to bed... so, you'll just have to scroll through them ALL to see all the fun and cuteness of my kiddos!) Ü

Typical Mahlia makes friends WHEREVER she goes! She made a friend making towers! I had to intercede when they wanted to put the stool on top of the bench to keep the tower growing!

So showed off her thinking skills by grabbing any bench or stool she could find to keep adding to her tower.

Joseph was showing off his math/engineering skills! I think he would have done this all night had we not interrupted him to go to the next level of the museum. It was a system of wheels. So, you turn one and they all slowly start turning... it was really cool and he loved it!

John LOVES this kind of stuff.... building, creating and being with his favorite people!

It brought out the best in my kids. They worked so well together!

They had a cute little market where you could get your groceries then take them to the cash register. Very fun!

Another one of Joseph's favorites! He LOVES climbing!

Jackson loved riding the pony! I think he loved it so much because it was FAKE! Ü

Mahlia planting her garden.

What's not to love about playing in the water in DECEMBER?

Mahlia, home from the market and stocking the fridge! She could play Mommy all day long! (well, actually, she already does! Just ask Jackson!!!!)

Christmas 2009

Just a little glimpse into one of the BEST Christmas's EVER! We had such a wonderful Christmas. It was very low-key with not too much of the holiday hustle and bustle that tends to take away from what Christmas is supposed to be about. We had so much fun, we played and laughed, spent time with our family and friends and just enjoyed each other. We really "broke-in" the new house with lots of holiday hosting!

Baking cookies