Some spring football - our weather has been amazing this year and the boys have gotten much more outdoor time that usual for winter.

My table is finished!

I can't seem to locate my "before" picture of the table. It started as a white laminate table with white tiles on the outside (the table belonged to Donna's mom, Phyllis, back when Donna was young, then to the Hogan house, then to us!). Linc and I removed the white tiles & retiled with these awesome brown ones - Sean ended up grouting it for me, not sure if I was every going to have the confidence to do it! I'm pretty happy with it for our back patio.

Linc & Molls

Lincoln and Molly have had play dates for the past year & we have a little play date pattern that includes play dough & a walk to the pond with some Crystal Light (we had it the first time and Molly always says - "How about a drink to take?") and some time with Ms. Kitty. Linc sure is going to miss his buddy Molly when she moves this summer.

Yikes! It has been almost a month - sorry Grandma for no pics! Can't believe I haven't had an email reminder.

These are a few pictures from our church family playdate with the Ketelsleger's last month - glad Carter and Karston became good buddies because Linc & I each gained a friend in Kayla & April! I don't see Sean and Mark wanting their picture taken together just yet but maybe one day they will be that close too!

My Valentine's

Linc wanted breakfast cupcakes for Valentines - complete with a candle! Too bad the candle melted in the hot muffin. Carter wanted the special red gel for school - his teacher said when she saw him from across the room she thought he was bleeding! His party went great - kind of like being a home room mom! We played musical chairs, moved candy hearts with chopsticks and decorated cookies - the kids had a great time & were hyped up on sugar by the time they headed home. Our little valentines got some Ninjago legos for Valentine's day - nothing says love like a little lego race which I lost - damn things, one wrong move can ruin the whole thing but I must say being a mom of boys has given me the will to try!

All About Me!

Carter had his turn at All About Me this week. He was pretty excited to get to do his poster which he shared with his class - one little girl told me yesterday at the party "I really liked Carter's All About Me poster" I'm not certain but she might have been the one who in Carter's words was "in love with me but I'm not in love with her" at the beginning of the year!

In case you can't read from the picture

I am 6 years old

My favorite color is red

My favorite animal is a cheetah

My favorite food is chicken

This is Me, This is my Family

My favorite place to go is Iowa (then we had to list what we did there - Ride Razor, Farm with Grandpa, Play with Cousins, Play with Red Dog)

When I Grow Up I Want to Be In the Army

My favorite thing to do is Go to My Friends Houses

If I had One Wish I'd Wish for - My Own iPod

Snow!

We got some snow - everyone in this house said (whined really - well the little people at least) "we aren't going to get any snow this year" and I kept saying we would the first week in February like the last two years - well I was a week off but we got some snow although it was weaker than expected! I was a bit disappointed I was certain we'd have a snow day and could lounge but instead it was all melted before school was even out! So only the small fry got to play in it!