Happy 2nd Birthday Abby!

I wrote a letter to baby girl over at The Chirping Moms today.  Click here to read!

Abby, Age 2

Favorite Food:  pasta, mac & cheese, candy, milk

Favorite Book:  Little People books, books with babies, baby animal books

Favorite Show:  Paw Patrol, Elmo, Mickey Mouse

Favorite Toys:  Whatever her brothers play with:)

Favorite Outfit:  Her Elmo pajamas & her brother's pajamas

Favorite Snuggles:  Pink blankey & her baba (pacifier)

Favorite Drink: Milk

Favorite Things to Do:  Anything:)  She's pretty happy all the time!

Loves:  Playing with her family, playing outside, being out & about around town

Does Not Like:  Going to bed or being around the vacumn

Happy Birthday Baby Girl!  We love you!

Our February in Review!

February has come and gone (and half of March too)!  February was a snow-filled month.  I think we spent A LOT of time at home.  We have had 10 snow days this year (many this month), plus several late starts so that means lots of time at home.  Together, as a family.  Sometimes these are good times & sometimes these moments are completely exhausting!  

We spent a lot of our time doing this...

Housebound, toys strewn about the house, & time to break out the movies.

But we did manage to get out and enjoy the snow...

 Half marathon training continued.  And somehow I got talked into this crazy adventure.  Walking across icy rocks to run.  I think I may have gone crazy...

Chris had another birthday celebration!  

 Valentine's Day came and went with these cuties...

 Snow days also mean baking and more baking...

 We finally hit 100 days of school!

This month was filled with lots of fun moments at home.  We played many games, watched many movies, & have played with every toy we own!  We did manage to get out for some fun events:  Stop Hunger Now! meal packaging for Chris and Aiden, our favorite weekly swim lessons!, birthday parties, necessary mom's night outs for me:), Valentine parties at school & a fun visit from my friend Cassi!  We are definitely looking forward to some nicer weather and lots more adventures this spring!

Mr. Aiden Rogers

Anyone that knows Aiden knows that he LOVES school.  He wants to be a teacher when he grows up & already has his own little play school at home.  Almost every day, besides Tuesdays (swim lessons day) or days when we may have a playdate or the gym scheduled in the afternoon, he arrives home and plays school.  And not just for a few minutes...his school can seriously take over two hours.  It's crazy!  He LOVES to play school & has such a huge imagination.  I was cleaning his room out last week & came across all these papers stuffed in a drawer underneath his bed.  Before I threw them away, I had to take pictures & document just for our own family memories.  These are all pictures from Aiden's little school (kindergarten year).  

It's math time...

His students even get little tickets...

Doing some art...

Writing books...

Music time...

Language arts...

(You can see the bottom student didn't do as well as the top!  He even grades the papers!)

Birthday celebrations...

And his students even have take home folders...

I think he has 5 or 6 students:  Bin, Foo, Cases, Semmy, & at least one more.  He does morning meetings, brain breaks including Zumba, calendar, & so much more.  He just loves his school time so much & it's kind of like his wind down time from the busy school day.  He really plays the whole play school independently upstairs, with occasional visits from his brother & sister.  So here's to my school-loving six year old.  Let's just hope his love for school continues in the years to come!