Happy St Patty's

Molly and her friend, Hannah, went with Travis to a daddy/daughter St Patricks day party at church.

While Charlee and Dillon hung out under the dinning room table.

GG

Molly had a Faith In God Program this evening where she got to honor someone she admires. She picked her GG Molly for being so giving and caring. We really are so blessed to have GG in our lives. She is such an amazing woman and she really is so nurturing and giving.
Thank you GG for all the love you show to our family.

My Little Penguin

Dillon was NOT happy on this day. They were asked to wear black pants and white shirts so I had him wear black pants and a white shirt. The problem was that the only black pants I had were corduroy pants or "church" pants as Dillon says. And the only white shirt I had was a polo shirt. Dillon doesn't like any shirts that have buttons on them. So the morning started off really not well. He was convinced that all the other kids at his school would be laughing at him. I finally convinced my poor sobbing little 1st grader to catch the bus by promising him that I would bring him something to change into after the assembly. In retrospect it really wasn't worth it. Especially when I see the girl in the red dress standing next to him. He was miserable and barely even sang a word. Poor little penguin Dillon. :(

Don't Do It

Dillon really wanted an ant farm. So Grammy, complying with his wishes, got him one for Christmas. We sent away for the ants to put in the farm and they arrived in a tube in the mail, just like we anticipated. We dumped them in the farm and after some time they began to dig, just like we anticipated. They made a few tunnels and started storing all the dead ant bodies in one corner (not all the ants survived the trip in the mail) and then buried them with the green stuff they were living in. What we didn't anticipate was all the nasty mold that would develop all over the ant bodies as they sat there and rotted away in that nasty green stuff. It got to the point were I wanted to vomit every time I passed the ant farm. I was just praying everyday that the rest of those ants would kick the can so I could toss the whole thing out and be done with it all. By the time the last ant met his death (no doubt from mold spores) nearly one third of the whole farm was all fungused out. Do NOT do the ant farm thing!

Snow of 2011

Snow in Olympia happens about once a year. The kids were excited because for them it was a welcomed addition to their winter that reminded them of what had been their home for the past five years in Cleveland. They might be the only kids in the neighborhood that have full snowsuits and snow boots. So they spent the evening building forts and the next day we hit the hills for some sledding. It's good to know that this stuff is only going to be around for a few days, however I think I would take a couple months of snow to ten months of rain.

Sun + Parks = :)

There are a lot of beautiful parks around here. Today was one of the rare days of blue sky's and sunshine, so we thought we would take advantage of it and visit a few. Among them was the Tumwater Falls, the Puget Sound beach, and "Charlie's Park."
By that point we were so cold I don't think we were making it another minute.








There is nothing more satisfying to me than the look of pure happiness on a child's face. I love it.

Valentines

I played some Valentines games at home with Charlee and some of her friends while...


Dillon had a fun Valentines party at school with grandma there to help out.



We went to Grandma and Papa's house during the week and they showered us with Valentine goodies (these kids are so spoiled!) and...



One Valentines evening I made the kids favorite dinner. Orange chicken with rice, broccoli, and egg roles. We love our day of love.



And this little girl loves her grandma.