Happy Birthday #3!



Today is Clint's birthday so the kids and I did what we could to make it special.  I baked muffins in the morning (mostly because I was unprepared due to the snow storm this week) which the kids refused to eat. 



And then we had to scurry around for gifts, cake, signs, etc. the rest of the day.  Then we anxiously waited for Clint to come home:

And finally time for dinner and, most importantly, cake!!!



Happy Birthday Clint!  You are a wonderful husband and dad!!!

On Snowy Days we......

Play here:

 

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And do this:



And this:

And finally, I give up and we do this:

Movie Day!!!

I am not complaining, I would much rather be inside on these snowy, cold days then having to be out running around.  However, it gets a little tricky when the kids start getting cabin fever :)  Luckily, we did get to swimming lessons Tuesday morning for Wade's final class of this session.  He has improved so much!  He even used the kick bar to float around by himself.  It's amazing to see him develop self-confidence in the water.  And here's his report card.  He still has to stay in the same class, but I think that's probably normal at 3 years old. 



Good Job Wade!



We're Gonna Party Like It's Your Birthday....

Because January and February are filled with birthdays, we had another fun night out celebrating some.  It's rare that we get out much and to have gone two nights in a row, whew, is a lot of excitement for us.  Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa for letting the kids spend the night with them so we could have some fun with our friends! 

We started the night at the Iowa Energy game where Jenny's Superstars performed.  I have never been to an Energy game and the game itself, well, it was OK.  But it was still fun..something different to do.  After that we met up with some friends at some downtown establishments and had some fun.  There is a reason we  don't do that very often :)

Our group...it was fun!

I imposed on Jenny's Birthday celebration...I don't think I'll make it out again for a long time!!! 

SURPRISE!!!!

There was a surprise party brewing up last night...and it happened!  Last night we went to celebrate (a bit early) Leigh's birthday with a surprise party that Shawn planned.  I must say, he did a good job and she was very surprised!  Her reaction was priceless...you know the, what..wait..I know that person...oh and that person...oh $!@(*&($&!  It was great!  And even more surprising for her was that her Mom and Brother made the 8 hour drive from Minnesota to be there too!!  She saw them last (after standing in front of them for about 2 minutes) and was even more surprised!  I must say, I love surprises! 

I am still trying to figure out my new camera so most of my pictures turned out bad.  Hmm, maybe I should read the directions sometime.  Anyways, here's a few. 

We wish Leigh a very Happy Birthday!!!!

Painted Toenails

Miss Alia let me paint her toenails the other day and she was pretty excited to show them off.  She was very interested when I was taking polish off my nails and I was impressed she sat still long enough for me to paint them!  They will probably be pink the rest of the winter..not sure she will let me take it off :) 

Also, yesterday we got to play outside finally!  The kids had to be all bundled up still especially since they have to walk through every inch of snow around, but they had a good time.  I managed to get my van vacuumed out too! 

Here's another funny picture I found.  Alia eating her muffins, having juice and most importantly, sitting with her Tinkerbell light. She loves that thing!

And last, last night we attended Wade's "conferences" at school.  Apparently he's a pretty good kid.  That's always nice to hear that your hard work in raising good kids is paying off...so far anyways :)  We are proud of him and all the good comments he received from his teacher!

Have a great day!  We're off to play with some friends today! 

Happy Birthday!!

Today is Aunt Jenny's Birthday!  Wade and Alia send out a big Happy Birthday to her...we hope she has a great day!

Feature Film

The weekend has once again flown by!  That tends to happen during tax season when I am gone most of Saturday.  So far, it's been a good one though.  Friday night's "feature film" for movie night was Shrek - Forever After.  This was our first viewing so Wade sat still as a rock paying close attention and Alia sat with us for most of it as well.  It was a great movie night.  At our house, most people know that it's now a tradition that on Friday we order pizza, make popcorn, let the kids have soda pop (diet, caffeine free of course) and watch a movie.  It's super fun since Wade has really gotten in to watching movies. Some of "our" (well, Wade's) favorites include Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Ice Age, Toy Story, Shrek, Monsters Inc., etc.  All the animated films...they are the best!

Saturday while I was working the kids spent some time at Grandma and Grandpa's in Ames and Clint went and bought a new truck.  A pretty exciting thing for him, he's really been wanting a truck forever and now he's got the one that he's always wanted!  I'm also excited, hopefully I'll get to drive it sometime because it's super cool!  Then we ran errands last night, ate Buffalo Wild Wings, and then watched the basketball game and Matt and Jenny came over.  It's always great to have company! 

So, today hopefully will be spent cleaning the house a bit and hanging at home with the kids.  It's too cold outside to be running around.  I'm looking forward to the warmer temperatures this week so maybe we can go outside and get some fresh air!! 

Happy Sunday and Have a good week!