Scenes from February

In an attempt to make good memories for my kids, we're trying to find new and fun ways to celebrate the days as they pass.

These are the Valentines that Guy made for his class. I am immensely proud to say that after helping me sew three, he proceeded to sew eighteen without my help. They're brown paper hearts with candy inside.

Pink heart pancakes for Valentine's Day breakfast!

Valentine candies from Grandma, and 3-D sidewalk chalk from Josh and I for a Valentine's Day gift. Guy was SO EXCITED to use the 3-D chalk that he insisted we take it to the bus stop that morning so he could draw on the sidewalk before going to school.

Axel's favorite way to eat a doughnut. Look, ma, no hands! Also, to the right you'll see three snake tongue shapes missing from that craft foam. For Chinese New Year's Eve the boys helped me decorate and sew stuffed animal snakes.

Axel attempts using chopsticks.

Leo uses the tried and true finger method.

Guy managed with his chopsticks very well once Josh showed him how to manage. We had a fun Chinese take-out dinner to round our our fun day at home celebrating the coming of the Chinese Year of the Snake.

A blog!

A blog, a blog! 

So, I don't have any pictures from January, so here are a few from November. Guy has had two awards at school. One for being the responsible student in his class, which is where this picture comes in. You can see his little face on the left hand side, he's sitting closer to the stage on the floor. He's at the feet of the kid wearing a dark sweatshirt with white words across the front.

And we've had a nice fun family tradition of Friday night being pizza and movie night. Sometimes it's just the kids watching Power Rangers or Kipper or SpongeBob. Other nights we'll all join in and watch a film together. The boys love knowing they get pizza EVERY FRIDAY OH MY GOODNESS! I like having something fun for them at the end of the week, and fun for Josh and I too, whether or not we join them. This particular evening we watched Madagascar 3, which Josh and I and the boys all loved.