MR POTATO HEAD NIGHT

Joey was battling the stomach flu, so instead of our nightly bed cuddles, we played some "tato head" in the loft.   Dylan and I played for a while and then Juliette joined us.  Everyone played well...I am not sure why, but I am not complaining!

'Tato selfie

She named him Mr Nick (one of her teachers last year)

They played SO well together...it was awesome!

Working hard

ALL PARTIED OUT

The conversation after her friend Maddy's birthday party today...

Juliette: "Mom, do we have to take a nap when we get home?"

Me: "Do you want to?"

Juliette: "No."

Picture was taken approx 5 minutes later :-)  My favorite part is the sucker in her hand...

STYLE

Can you believe she dressed herself this morning?!?  The girl has her own style.  I was actually really excited because when she came up to me with all her clothes, she whispered, "mom, I am wearing a turtleneck!" (she knows I like turtlenecks...) 

The biggest benefit to her "style" is the non-matching socks...saves me time when folding laundry!

MY HAT

Bath time with Dylan tonight...he puts washcloth on top of his head, "look at my hat, mom"

That's the exciting stuff that goes on at this house...

DON'T TOUCH MY STUFF, GOT IT?

I am doing softball clinics on Wednesday nights, so Joey has the kids solo for the night.  He said Dylan was really into saying, "don't touch my stuff.  got it?"  So he tried to get some of it on video...this isn't as intense as he usually is, but still cute...

GYMNASTICS

Don't hold your breath for 2028...

Thanks to my friend from college (Lynn), Juliette has a free session of gymnastics!  We tried gymnastics at age 3-4, but she was not really into sitting still, or having 10 kids in a small space and a lot of waiting.

This class only has 4 kids, which is super nice and a lot more equipment in the "little kid gym".  The cool part was to see Juliette be vocal and confident and TRY things she couldn't do on the first try WITHOUT getting mad/frustrated.  SO SO SO great to see as she usually has a tougher time with this (hmm..wonder where that came from).

MONDAY MAMMA MARGARITA

I love grade school. 

I even use the present tense when talking about it because it was so awesome.  I probably peaked in 8th grade and LOVE LOVE LOVE all my grade school experiences...teachers, the actual learning, FRIENDS!  I just feel like that group of people was special.  The wonder of the internet and facebook allowed for some of those friendships to be rekindled- and it's like no time has passed.  Since September, a group of us having a standing date the first Monday of the month.  Sometimes everyone comes, sometimes people miss a month, but so far we've done it every month and had a great time talking husbands, kids, schools, and the need to make a full weekend out of this!

So, thank you, dearest old friends, for bringing me back to one of my favorite times in life.  So glad we have reconnected and looking forward to the years to come! <3 p="">
Wow, that got sappy! :-)

NO MORE LESSONS FOR MAMMA!

Dylan passed into Baby Backfloat 4 in swimming. 


Translation: I DON'T HAVE TO BE IN THE POOL ANYMORE!! 

I do love spending time with my children, but LOVE not having to get in the pool in the middle of the winter.  I also love watching him be a BIG boy...which is kind of his thing right now.

SLEDDING

Our morning play date got cancelled, and it was warm (30 degree), so we headed out to go sledding! This is the first time we have all gone as a family and it was really fun!  Dylan didn't last as long, but Juliette was up for some more runs after Dylan and dad went to warm up in the car!  These are the only pics on my phone...need to grab some cute ones from my camera!  Happy Winter!

Bundled up and ready to go!

in the car...best i could do!

Dylan and Dad trekking up the hill

cheese

the girls

she's really into being 5 1/2

last run with daddy

Such a cutie!

HALF BIRTHDAY

Yeah, we celebrate!  Who doesn't love a half birthday?!?  Juliette was VERY excited about turning five and a half.  She enjoyed getting bigger and wondering what she could do now that she was five and half.  Dylan enjoyed singing Happy Half Birthday to her!

p.s. is it weird that she actually feels older to me? :-)