February Favorites

My favorite Project Life pictures this month are definitely the ones from our sledding adventures at the Junior High School. I got the best snow pictures of Tyler, which I already know will make the cut for my 2015 calendar. I already shared those though, so these pictures are the next best.

 

I took Kyle to the park and we fed the ducks, but the funny part about this picture is that I caught him in mid-jump. That silly boy jumps all the time, everywhere we go. You'd think he was part kangaroo.

Then over on the playground equipment he insisted on doing everything himself. That's how you know he's turned into a big boy.

And what a helper! Kyle loves helping me in the kitchen, especially when we're using the popcorn popper or the salad spinner.

With 11 inches of snow in the backyard I thought we'd be able to make a giant snowman, but the texture was so crumbly that I was only able to manage a short little guy.

Both boys were pleased as punch with their ball pit creation, despite my direct warning to "leave those gosh darn balls in the garage and stop making a mess in the living room".

Indoor recess at school. Tyler's teacher emailed this picture to me and I love it!

This was Tyler's attempt at making a snowman. The texture of the snow, as I mentioned before, was completely unsuitable and what he ended up with was more of a snow tower.

Coco Bear and Max had to get up in the windowsill to get a better look at the snow and of the birds outside.

Something about watching me do Seated Concentration Curls says to Coco...let me get in Mama's lap and give her a hug. Um...okay. Now move Coco, I still have to do the other arm.
 

Carmelita never bothers me while I'm trying to do my workout, but she does love story time. So whether I'm reading to Tyler or to Kyle, she's right in the thick of it, practically tumbling into the books in order to get a good belly rub.

The big news here: I cut my hair and literally nobody noticed. I only get my hair cut once a year, so when multiple inches suddenly go missing, you'd think somebody would notice. Nope.

Valentine's Day

With half of the household away at school and work, it was just Kyle and I by ourselves for most of the day.

 

For dinner I made a Chicken Mulligatawny Soup in the slow cooker. The recipe came from my Cooks Country magazine and had the flavors of coconut and curry, which I love. It was SO good!

I didn't even expect to see Rick at all on Valentine's Day such he leaves for work before I get up and doesn't usually come home until after 10:00 at night, but he surprised everyone and came home right before dinner. Then a little while later a flower arrangement was delivered from a floral shop downtown. I think he meant for the flowers to be delivered earlier in the day when he was still at work, but hey.

He also brought home a yummy box of chocolates.

On Saturday we had our Valentine's date night, left the kids with a sitter and went to Creekside West for dinner. It was still really busy for the day after Valentine's Day with wedding parties, birthday parties...you name it. We waited 90 minutes before our food was served, but it was really good, so I don't know how much I can complain. I had the Coconut Lime Halibut.

Rick got the Gorgonzola Steak with green beans and mashed potatoes.

Afterwards we went to see The Monuments Men, which I enjoyed and was surprised to find it had such poor reviews...only a 6.5 on IMDb and a 1 1/2 stars on Rotten Tomatoes.

Weekend Sledding

Between the 4 or 5 inches of snow we got on Friday and the 6 or so inches yesterday, it's safe to say the groundhog was telling the truth about having six more weeks of winter. Lucky for us the sun came out today and the temperature wasn't too bad, so we headed over to the Junior High School where they have the most perfect hills for sledding.

It was a little crowded, but that's always the case on days like this. There was still plenty of room for everyone.
 

Tyler was kind of rusty on his first trip down the hill, crashing at the bottom, but after he remembered how to use his feet as breaks, he started having a great time.

Kyle still doesn't love the snow, especially when it flies in his face, but I think he still had a good time. He was probably more interested in building a snowman than anything else.

We stayed out for a good 90 minutes, but then both boys started asking to leave, so we packed up our sleds and went home to warm up our toes, ears and fingers. Kyle was so exhausted that he fell asleep on the ride home. Ha! I guess we'll have to build that snowman tomorrow.

Fruit Valentines

It was snowing all day yesterday so it was the perfect day to stay inside and help Tyler with his Valentines. I prefer homemade Valentines rather than the kind you buy from the store and this year I came across a cute idea using Runts.

 

I bought several boxes of Runts for $1 each at Walgreen's and then set the boys to work dividing them by color. Turns out that there are always more banana flavor than anything else in each box. That was great news for Tyler since that's his favorite flavor anyway.

 

Then we bagged them and stapled on a topper that had a coordinating corny fruit phrase to go with each color, such as "You are really grape" and "Orange you glad we're friends?". I was able to download and print these for free, so it was just a matter of cutting them out.

I'm so happy with the finished product! Let's just hope Tyler's classmates enjoy banana runts just as much as he does.