Snow, Lots of Snow

Philly got some pretty impressive snow storms this year. A few weeks ago they broke records with a huge snow storm that actually brought thunder and completely closed down the city. It. was. awesome! I got Glenn home for two blissful days and we did a lot of cooking, eating and playing in the snow. The kids have such a blast outside in the snow, if only it weren't so cold!

It's been a lot of fun, but now I'm getting ready for some sunshine and not coming inside with wet pants everyday! Bring on the spring!

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Card Club

As soon as January started, I got a little desperate to keep myself busy as much as possible. January through March are probably my hardest months, and more I have to do the better. So I thought it would be fun to start up a card club. I was thrilled at how many girls were also interested (12!), and at the end of the month we got some adorable Valentine's cards out of it. This month's theme is birthday and I can't wait to see how they turn out!

My Star Chart

I've been doing a star chart for Jayda for quite a while now, and figured it was time I make one for Skyler too. Jayda enjoyed being a part of the process of making it up for him and giving him his first sticker. Later that day Jayda came up with this piece of paper and told me it was my star chart for every time I do the dishes. I love these kids!

A Visit from the Simonsons

Last Friday my friend/sister Heather called wondering about a weekend together. Jaron was most likely going to be called into work, and being a Philly would be a great excuse to not have to go it. Plus, it was a great excuse to spend the weekend together!


They got in fairly late Friday night, and all the kids bunked down in the room together. They all did surprisingly well considering six kids in one room. I think having their oldest, Emmy, there to crack the whip helped! The next morning we had a great breakfast. Check out those pancakes, aren't they cute! My mom got those pancake molds for my kids for Christmas, and they love them. A word to the wise though, if you get them, be sure to spray them well, AND get them nice and hot before pouring your batter in them. You'll be glad you did.




We loaded up and went took off to the aquarium. I just love the aquarium, I can't even tell you how many times I've been there, but I never get sick of it. The kids adore that place too, and they were all so well behaved.












Afterwards, we went to Chuck E. Cheese for some lunch and games. It was really busy, but so fun and the kids had a blast. Skyler, who I spent the majority of my time with, was so funny. He was so addicted to putting coins in the slots to make the games start, that he wasn't interested in doing anything else, including eat. He even went as far as to search your person for tokens when you weren't moving fast enough for him! Crazy kid.


After a few hours and pizza and games, we took our tuckered kids home. With the roads being bad, they ended up staying another night, and taking off the next morning, which meant celebrating with some Chinese food! It was a great weekend.

My Daughter the Chef

When I suggested to Jayda that we make banana bread together, she ran off, and came back five minutes later looking like this. She doesn't do anything small.

I am rather thrilled though, she seems to have taken on a genuine interest in food. She loves to watch cooking shows with me, and almost every morning now, I'm greeted with an open cookbook and a request for a yummy dish she found. It's been so gratifying for both of us to do something we both really like together!

Jayda's Hair

For the longest time, I would attempt to do Jayda's hair, and three minutes later she would take it out, so I gave up and quit doing her hair, for quite a while. Now she's older, growing out her bangs, and much more interested in being beautiful, so she's always asking me to do her hair. Unfortunately, given as doing hair has never been a natural talent of mine, and I never really practiced, it's been a tough learning curve. So far this has been the most extravagant hairstyle I can do so far, and I'll be honest, I copied it from Cambrie's hair! So, if all the sudden Jayda starts to look a bit like your daughter, rest assured, it's because I copied you!