February 2017

Ack!  I haven't posted since Jan., so this will be a long post!

2/2--After school fun at the dino museum

2/3--100th day of kindergarten!! Their teacher had several fun activities for them to do and I got to go and help out.

2/9--It's over 60 degrees today so the girls and I enjoyed the outside part of the Curiosity Museum and now we're playing inside. It felt great to be outside!!

2/14--Valentine's Day!
To start off the day, I got up early (a true show of love!) to make heart shaped cinnamon rolls, along with a banana and pink milk, before school.

They had a class party at school. As room mom, here's what I planned for the party:
*Snacks: You're Awesome Sauce apple sauce pouch, You're All That & a Bag of CHIPS, I'm a SUCKER for you, Valentine juice box, and a bag of candy.
*Activities: Cupid's Arrow Toss, Valentine bookmarks craft, Candy Hearts Relay, Don't Eat Pete, and Musical Hearts, and they each put the Valentines they brought in the other students' valentine bag that they decorated in class that morning (they were so cute).

Putting their valentine's in the other students' valentine bags:

Musical Hearts:

Cupid's Arrow Toss:

Making valentine bookmarks:

Candy Hearts Relay:

All the valentine bags they decorated in class that morning:

Avery won her group's Candy Hearts Relay:

Don't Eat Pete!:

After eating their snacks before going home, the teacher gave the twins the gift (a Valentine owl) from me and Jared that I purchased on teacher conference night and the PTA delivered to the classroom:

They came home from school with so many valentines and stuff from their class party! Plus, they got plush owls and a box of chocolates from me and Jared. Sugar overload!

Class valentines:

Plush owl and box of chocolates from Mommy and Daddy:

One of the valentines was slime:

That night: Avery lost her third bottom tooth tonight. She was scared she was gonna swallow it, so she asked me to pull it with floss. Even though she asked me to do it, I still had to do a lot of coaxing and she was crying for Makenna to hold her hand; Makenna was having a hard time staying by her side because she was scared she was gonna puke, ha ha. She was right there, comforting her, when it came out, though. I didn't even have to pull it, it came out as I was trying to get the floss around it. Now the tooth fairy needs to remember to come! :D And I need to talk Makenna into letting me get her top teeth out; she's gonna end up swallowing them any day now!

2/16--Family dinner out at Culver's, yum!

2/20--Hair full of leaves after playing on the trampoline.

2/21--The girls set up a restaurant in their playroom. Pretty funny if you look closely. :)

2 pterodactyls eating bugs and stuff

Dinos eating lettuce

Ponies eating lettuce 

Two Daisy's eating bread and drinking soda

A group of Minnie's eating cheese and drinking soda

Dinos (herbivores) eating lettuce

Dinos (herbivores) eating asparagus

Kitty drinking milk

 

Probably the most funny one--Carnivore dinos eating animals, ha ha!! Look in their mouths! :D

2/18--We spent Saturday visiting both of Jared's grandpas and the girls got to play with some cousins, including three who were down from ID. :) The twins gave both grandpas birthday cards, since one will be 90 next month and the other turned 87 that day (we also had cupcakes with all the family that was at his house). And the girls got to see their birthmom. :)

At Grandpa Ted's:
They loved playing with this marble run:

Makenna liked playing with the Lincoln Logs:

The girls gave Grandpa Ted birthday cards they made--he'll be 90 in March!

At Grandpa Lingmann's:
The twins also gave Grandpa Lingmann birthday cards they made and we had cupcakes with family :

2/19--They got these suckers (like Ring Pops but with lips) from their substitute Primary teachers today:

2/21--She lost another tooth (while eating an Oreo) tonight, ha ha. That's two in a week. The tooth fairy just visited. I'm thankful for heavy sleepers.

2/23--Jared took the girls to the dinosaur museum:

2/25--The twins had a great time staying past their bedtime at their bff's house playing and having dinner while I got to watch the LSU baseball game in peace. Then, I let them stay up even longer when they got home. It took them about a minute to fall asleep once they got in bed. I told them they can't wake me up too early in the morning if I let them stay up late. Yeah, we'll see how that goes...

2/27--On the way home from church, Avery asked what we were gonna have for lunch and I teased her that we were fasting for the rest of the day. She asked me what fasting is (sometimes I wonder if she ever pays attention to anything) and I told her it's when we don't eat a couple of meals and we pray for something. She then asked, "What do you pray about, being hungry??"
Bahaha! I was cracking UP!

2/28--Their cousin, Kelly, sent these really cute plush puppies to them via Grandma.  They love them!

That night, we had a Mardi Gras dinner at Kiki's. I brought shrimp and corn soup and she made homemade French bread and king cakes (one apple filled and one pecan praline cream cheese). It was all so good!! Makenna got the baby. :D

2nd half of January 2017

1/17--Pecan praline & cream cheese KING CAKE for dessert tonight, made by someone here who grew up in La.!'

I brought a few pieces of the king cake to Kiki's family a couple of nights later.

Parent woes: Makenna hasn't eaten dinner for probably close to two weeks. She eats breakfast, lunch, and snacks just fine but keeps saying she's not hungry for dinner, just doesn't feel like eating. I'm sure it's just a phase or something. **As of today (1/22), she's still doing this.

1/18--Their dance recital was at the beginning of December and I just got their portraits.

1/19--Jared and the twins went and bought new sleds today (because Jared broke Avery's a couple of weeks ago, ha ha) and they tried them out as it was snowing this afternoon. The new, more sturdy sled only lasted 4 or 5 times down the hill with Jared taking turns riding with the girls on his lap. Another one bites the dust. I guess he needs a metal sled. :) The girls sure love playing out in the snow!

1/20--I just went to check on the girls and saw Avery licking snowballs. I hope there's no real yellow snow in there! 😅

I just told the girls that they're going to their friend, Jason's, house while Jared and I go to his company party and Avery said, "Oooooh, Mommy, that sounds fun!!" [She was talking about the co. party.] The way she said it was so cute, excited, and sweet.

1/21--The girls were very excited that we got several more inches of snow.

It makes me happy to hear my kids tell their friend, "Good job!" when she beats them at Just Dance. :)

1/22--Snapchat fun, Avery :)

And Makenna:

The twins are playing Mario Kart and I just heard Avery say, "Hey, get out of my way! I'm trying to drive here!" Future road rager! :P

1/25--I have two sickies home from school today. Of course, they're sick on gymnastics and dance day; I just love paying for classes they're not gonna be at. I hope my poor babies feel better soon.

Oreo just started getting up on the entertainment center to watch shows more closely. Right now, it's Finding Nemo; last night, it was a nature show. It's cute but he's in the way. :)

Playing fetch with Oreo. He jumps up on my desk and drops this little My Little Pony Santa hat right by me, then waits until I throw it and runs and gets it and brings it back! He usually does it with his favorite pink pom pom but he must have misplaced it. It's so funny!

1/27--Third sick day home from school in a row for the twins. :(

Makenna had a fever on and off for at least three days and Avery had a slight fever for a day or two.  They were both coughing, Avery complained of a sore throat and Makenna complained about her ears hurting one day; they were both a little lethargic, too.  They didn't even ask once to go play out in the snow, so you know they weren't feeling well!

I was a tiny bit ill Friday and Saturday and the girls were still coughing Sunday morning, so I stayed home from church with them while Jared went and taught his Primary lesson.  They were feeling much better by that evening, so they were able to go back to school on Monday.  It's nice to have them well again!  Also, Katie and Colleen are staying with us again this week, so I'm really glad the girls are better so we can enjoy having them around. :)