drawing of our family

S drew this cute picture of our family today. She loves drawing hearts lately. She also likes drawing our family with 2 babies, one boy and one girl, because she can't decide whether she'd rather have a baby brother or a baby sister so she decided we just need one of each! (I'm sure the fact that we know 2 families who've had twins recently with one boy and one girl has had some affect on her, too 😉) She said the hearts are to show how much we would love the babies in our family. She's definitely right about that. We would LOVE any baby who came to our family a lot, lot, lot! Such a sweetie! 

Valentine's Day and other goings on

We had a good Valentine's day around our house. S helped me make sugar cookies and then we decorated them for FHE. I bought a silicone heart mold last year and we made our own peanut butter cups in them. They were pretty easy and quite delicious! S had her first Valentine's party at preschool and I think I was actually more excited about it than she was (even after the party). I tried out making a heart in her hair and it worked pretty well. We took some Valentines around to her friends and then to the grandparents.

S's hair with a heart

Nathan and I had a progressive dinner with some friends in our neighborhood and had a fun evening visiting and eating. We also went out to eat at a thai restaurant one day for lunch and we finished off the celebration by going to a play last night. The play was, as even Nathan said, whacky. And I've been sick, but I wanted to go so I did and I hope I didn't spread my germs too much. I tried to keep track of them ;). 

Us at the progressive dinner

 We had another fun FHE recently. But it didn't start out fun. S was in charge of the activity and she wanted to go roller skating, but that didn't really work because it was getting late when we started. As we talked about other options she really liked the idea of going to the gym and playing with balls. We tried the church, but you really can't get in on Mondays. So we got our treat, but S wasn't deterred from her goal of playing ball and she wasn't going to be happy with any other alternatives and she let us know. I thought we should try our local rec center and, sure enough, they allowed free play in the gym that evening. So we shot some baskets. Nathan and I played horse. Then we played some dodgeball and all in all had a fun time together. I was glad it turned out so well and was something different to do. It's fun having S help with FHE. You just never know what she's going to do!

...and she dunks it!!!

You might not have heard about her,
but this is Princess Vader. I hear she's in
the next movie--lol!

Mickey Mouse al a play-doh!