Thursday, March 14, 2024

February 2024

My eldest child turned 9 this month! As you saw in the January 2024 post, we celebrated her birthday a bit early at Kalahari Waterpark. But, we still celebrated on her birthday too! 


 

Since it's just us, I bought this tiny cake. Then, I turned the "6" candle upside down! haha!

Nova had a friend over for her birthday (which fell on a Wednesday.) Here they're showing off the cute cows that Auntie Brecky sent. Thanks!!

A beautifully wrapped gift from Grandpa Lynn! It was a music box....so lovely. Nova loves it.

Here we are at Peachwood Park, enjoying one of the unseasonably warm days in February!

On a not-so-warm day, we went to the Zoo! Lynn came too, here's proof. We had a great time.

For her birthday, we pierced Nova's ears! And, I was surprised to find that my ears are still pierced, though I hadn't worn earrings in about 11 years (since my wedding!)

Lynx continues to love soccer (hence the jersey) and LEGOs! He's getting really good (and usurping my living room floor).

Ears are PIERCED!! 



Nova signed up for softball! So we found one of the gloves that Kaia handed down to us years ago. 

Monthly, my buddy Katie and I get together to catch up. During this visit, we got surprisingly beautiful drinks, so we figured we should chronicle it for the future! 

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

January 2024

 January 2024 started out great, and was great in the middle and ended great! We took the family to Kalahari to celebrate Nova's birthday the last week of January.





She got this amazing shake! 

And so did Lynx! They were delicious.


At the beginning of the month, I went to Minnesota to be with friends! I have surprisingly few pictures from the weekend, but in a word, it was awesome. 

I've decided the kids need to learn Chinese. So they take online Chinese classes on Saturday evenings. On Wednesday afternoons, they watch the recordings of the classes....with these delicious ice cream treats as the bribe.

Nova has been LOVING LEGOs so my parents sent us $$$ to support this fun habit! THANK YOU!

And here's a picture of Lynn. hahahah! 

Lynx LOVESSSS LEGOs! 


IT SNOWED!! The neighbors all got together to have a great time in the snow. My kids spent over 6 hours in the snow on both of the snow days this January. 

Lynx shoveled our driveway (without being asked) then went to two neighbors' homes to shovel for them too.

Nova and I went on a walk and she was as creative and hilarious as ever.

And cute!! 

I've had so many fun adventures with these beautiful friends! 

And, January is a wrap!! 




Saturday, January 20, 2024

Christmas 2023

Christmas 2023 was a BLAST! The kids got most of the gifts that they wanted, and Lynn and I did too! :) 


Their faces when they came down the stairs to see what Santa had brought! Here's a video of the same! 


 
One of the gifts Santa brought are these fancy new swim bags!

Nova made us a picnic lunch! Yum!

Lynx spent a LOT of time putting together LEGO sets. 



I continue to have a lot of hair. :) 


Post-Christmas mess! 

Of course, the night before all the fun, we had to make cookies for Santa! Santa likes lots of frosting, apparently.

Santa also sends them a video each year! Here's a video of them watching it. 

Happy Holidays to everyone!