February 2014

I was shocked when I arrived to pick Makayla up after school to see her walking into the building. I quickly parked and trotted in to see what was going on. The neighbor boy that we carpool with had been horsing around and bonked his head into my daughter's mouth and one front tooth had fallen out. Thankfully, one had been loose, though, so I comforted her and took her home. About 2 hours later we were eating dinner at a pizza place and her other front tooth came out with a bite of her pizza. Holy cow, I have never heard of losing both front teeth in the same day!! So thanks to Ande (the boy) this happened. At least they were baby teeth. To make it even crazier, she lost a third tooth in the top middle about a week later.

Makayla is so cute, she made the tooth fairy a sweet card to go with her teeth in the baggie and slipped it under her pillow.

Sterling got to go with his preschool class to Clark Planetarium. His special leader was Megan this time. Lincoln and I tagged along too.

The neighborhood preschool is still going well. I taught the letter V and #20 this month. We painted with vegetables, made a vase with flowers, and played with a violin.

Scott's birthday was February 12th. My parents took us to dinner at La Cocina (Scott's favorite Mexican restaurant) and that was nice of them.

On Scott's real birthday he chose to go to Famous Dave's, his favorite overall place to eat. We then finished celebrating at Nickelmania. We definately love arcades!

Scott was excited to get this green fog machine for his main gift. It creates fog using baby oil.

Lincoln has started potty training, well when I say that, I mean barely. I wish he would use the toilet regularly, but he will only willingly go in the morning and night. I would love to be done with diapers right now, but he is not on the same page as my wishes.

For Valentine's Day we gave the kids a glow-in-the-dark book and a box of chocolates. Scott and I gave each other chocolates, gummies, cards, and Kisstixx. Those are chapsticks that have fun flavors, two to a package, like fire & ice and strawberry & chocolate. We also watched "You've Got Mail."

We made fondue for Valentine's dinner. We made a cheddar cheese one, a swiss cheese one, and a chocolate one. And we had everything you could think of to dip in it. I loved how it turned out and I want to make it a yearly tradition!

Sterling had fun at his class, Makayla too!

I took the kids swimming a few times.

We started a new allowance program for our kids. They can earn $2.00 a week by keeping their goals. When they fall short, they cross out a nickel. I pay them on Saturdays. Then we erase the chart and start over. They can buy things at the store with money they have earned. It seems to be working so far.

The kids saved their money and bought these scooters! They were on clearance at WalMart, so that was cool that they could buy something with their own money.

Sterling thinks he needs a new car every time we go to the store. I think not! But now he has his own money to buy one if he chooses.

We visited Grandma Diane and she helped the kids make a craft.

We had to to go Clark one more time and catch the new moon movie before our passes expired.

The Safe Kids Fair was pretty cool! I would recommend going, it's a free event.

Look at the size of these tumbleweeds that keep blowing into our yard from the high school!

We also celebrated Makayla's 7th birthday! She is the a joy to have in our lives. See her birthday post for the festivities!

I love my crazy kids!