Feb 24

Andrew was out of town this week, so I tried to keep us busy in the evenings.

Tonight, we stopped at Krispy Kreme to use some Valentine's coupons

the kids had for free donuts.  Yummy.

Feb 23

Wednesday is library day.

We turn in our books,

pick out new ones,

Pam meets us there to take Brandon to scouts,

and then the girls spend some time in the art studio.

Tonight the activity was kapla blocks.

We made some pretty cool structures.

Feb 22

Caroline and I have free days on Tuesdays this semester.

Most weeks she asks to go to the science center.

That's exactly what we did today.

Got this cool shot of the lemurs.

Feb 20

It was a perfect play-in-the-backyard afternoon.

After we took our quiet time, we rode scooters

and bikes, roller skated, drew with sidewalk chalk.

The boys played basketball.

Andrew threw down some mean dunks.

Feb 19

Look at those curls bounce!

Love that cute, crazy hair.

Feb 18

Ugly Sweater Party!

A bunch of the ladies from the Greensboro Stake have

been getting together for GNO's every couple of months.

Loved the theme this time.

Shelley and I thought we had some ugly sweaters,

until we saw what the rest of the ladies had found.

Feb 17

My turn to teach joy school.

We went outside to blow bubbles afterward.

I LOVE that the weather is warming up enough to do this.

Feb 16

I took the kids down to Bicentennial Gardens to practice using my camera.

They were good little models for me.

This is one of my favorite shots.

Love the depth of field you can get with SLR's.

Feb 15

Our tax refund arrived.  Sweet!

Andrew let me splurge and get a dSLR.

Yippee!

I decided on the Nikon D3100

and I LOVE it.

Feb 14

Lamest Valentine's Day Ever.

Poor Andrew is still sick.

So I took the kids out to Wendy's and Chuck E Cheese's.

I felt like a loser.

But the kids had fun!

Feb 13

Andrew is sick.

He had to miss church today.

With the flu.  Yuck.

The kids collected every blanket in the house

and piled them on him to help with the chills.

So sweet.

Feb 12

Every year, the kids' school has a Valentine's Dance.

It's a parent-child date.

Fun!

This year, Whitney and Andrew got all dressed up.

They looked great!

And they tore up the dance floor together.

Brandon and I went with a casual look.

He ran around with Cole most of the time.

Except for the two line danced they danced with me.  :)

Feb 11

A brisk afternoon at the park.

Brandon is such a great big brother to Care Bear.

She LOVED having him push her on the swing.

Weeeee!

Feb 10

Tonight at dinner, Caroline found a double carrot that looked like a pair of pants.  

We thought it was hilarious.

Feb 9

Caroline's first real haircut!

She has been fighting me in the mornings because

she hates having her hair combed.

So I told her it was time for a cut.

I didn't realize she would want me to do it.

We chopped about two inches off.

Feb 8

B had his 2nd quarter awards ceremony today.

He made A honor roll, read the most minutes,

and even had perfect attendance.

You are awesome, B-train!

Feb 7

Care Bear is in a puzzle phase right now.

All day.  Every day.  Puzzles galore.

And she's good at them.

Feb 6

I serve in the nursery at church right now.

This week we were excited to welcome SJ.

Such a cutie.  And also a climber.

Feb 5

Family dinner at Poblano's.  Yum.

Caroline wanted to sit in the queen chair.

"Because I'm a queen."

Feb 4

Brandon practicing his free throws.

I think the Tar Heels 3-2 this season, plus one tie game.

Feb 3

Go Dolphins!

Feb 2

Brandon's self-portrait.  I love it when he spikes his hair up just a bit in the front.

Feb 1

Caroline's favorite pastime:  puzzles!  We spend time almost every day putting them together and she is good.