February Fun

I'm glad I got this extra day to catch up on my blog....I've been slacking big time.  We've had a lot of pretty days so maybe that can be my excuse.  We went to visit my parents at the end of January since my dad turned the big 6-0 on the 29th.  Poor guy ended up washing our vehicles.  Lance helped him of course and I vacuumed and cleaned the insides while mom entertained the little guys.  I really love a clean car...too bad we live on a dirt road.  And y'all it was so clean and shiny a lady at my work asked if I got a new car!  Dad needs to open up a detailing business.

We played outside after naps since it was too nice to be inside.

The first week of February was hitting the 100th day of school and haircuts.  Landon always passes out after haircuts and when in vehicles (like his momma).

Not Bennett...he hardly ever sleeps in a car.

That weekend we worked on Valentine's for our class parties.

On the 9th Landon lost his other front tooth at school so he got a fancy tooth necklace.  I guess he twisted it and pulled it out at lunch....bet that was pretty.

And then the next day Bennett got bonked in the eye during their jumpy house time.  Brooke said it wasn't bad but by the end of the day it looked worse.  Poor kiddo!

Lance attended Landon's valentine party at school.  It's hard for me to slip away unless I get a sub and I have a party in my class to run.

Bennett had a sweet poem and picture for us.

We got the boys a few things for valentines and here they are in their new jackets.

I told Lance I wanted a necklace and he said he wanted boots so we did our own shopping!

At BLAST some of our class has been going up on stage to sing.  

We've been practicing baseball since that will be starting soon.

This past weekend we celebrated Bennett's 4th birthday.  He wanted to bowl so we did that Friday night.

Then went to dinner with the Benton's.  We went to Yoshis and we had to wait for a cook for almost 30 minutes.  As soon as he got started the fire alarm got pulled.  It was so loud and stayed on for about 10 minutes.  It was a bizarre dinner for sure.

Saturday was Bennett's actual birthday so we opened and played with our gifts.  It was another awesome weekend to be outside.

I enjoyed watching from my anniversary present.  They are bigger chairs but for me it's a good size.  Plus the table comes in handy.

And the boys have really enjoyed the bath toys from aunt Brooke.

Well now it is Dr. Seuss week so lots of dress up days.  Having boys makes dress up days pretty easy...they don't want to be all decked out.  March is spring break (also doing my advocare challenge), judge cheer tryouts, and my birthday.  We've only got 59 more school days....so let the countdown continue.

Snow Days

Well...I was really hoping to make it through the school year without using any of our snow days but that's not gonna happen.  We ended up getting some freezing rain, sleet, snow-ish mix on Tuesday night and a little more Wednesday night.  

So we've been home and making the most of our snow days.  Wednesday morning the boys wanted to go outside as soon as they woke up.  I convinced them to wait for it to warm up a bit and then we only stayed out for a short time.  

I told them I'd make the hot chocolate if they'd go in and thankfully they were ready! 

We warmed up by the fire in our fancy chairs.  I promise I'm searching for nice chairs for by the fireplace but it's hard to find what I want (when I don't even know what I want).  

Lance did an awesome job on the fireplace and now it's my turn to decorate around it.

I used my new crockpot I got for Christmas to make us some meatballs.  I love this crockpot because it has an automatic stirring attachment.  I haven't used it much because I'm trying to learn this thing.  It gets super hot and I'd be scared to leave the house with it going right now.  

Thursday's snow day was super lazy.  Bennett started a very low fever so I got out my Thieves oil and kept them inside.  By that evening his fever was up and we had a pretty rough night.  So I was definitely praying for another snow day and finally around 9 PM we got the call.  Thank you!  Friday morning we got up and waited for the sun to start melting some of the ice.  We just used 4WD on our road but by the main highway we were fine.

Little guy still had a red throat so we have to do a new antibiotic and steroid (which he hates taking and even made himself throw up this morning).  We got our mess, lunch, and headed home to nap.

Now we are just resting this weekend and hoping to get everyone well before Monday.  

And here are some pictures I meant to share earlier.  The boys before church one Sunday.

Bennett went with me to Walmart last week and apparently he snapped a few pictures for me.

Bennett got to hold the Bible for blast and he was so proud.