Winter has begun

and it's MARCH!

Our first huge snowstorm hit us at the beginning of the week

and I am HAPPY about it.

I love snow,

and this winter has been snow-less.

So bring it on mother nature!

While Jerod blew out our driveway & the neighbors,

we played!

Breck kept watching Jerod and saying "vacuum"

it was funny,

but not all that surprising since he is obsessed with vacuums!

I think I had more fun helping the kids build forts using a rectangle plastic container...

it was the most perfect snow!

Cal made a peep hole for their snowball fight...smart! 

Until his sister threw a snowball right into the hole and got snow in his eye :)

He quickly covered up the hole!

Then we made a snowman!

We decorated it with orange chalk for a nose (we only had mini carrots)

dried flowers/plants for eyes

and rocks for a mouth!

They were proud of their little snowman!

The weather was amazing and we spent over an hour and a half outside playing!

I might have had more fun then they did...really!

I could have winter

ALL the time!

(don't boo me please)

*I was a little bummed to see that on Thursday after school some dummy kid came by and knocked over our snowman...NOT nice.

This little boy loved playing outside,

and slept like an angel that night!

Weekend in Mankato

Last weekend we made our (usually semi annual) trip to Mankato to visit our

good friends and growing family

The Selly's!

It had been sinceWatercade since we have seen them...WAY to long.

Liana is now a big girl who will be ONE the day before Mr. B's second birthday!

They played so nice..most of the time when B wasn't acting jealous and wouldn't share his mom or dad with a couple snuggles from Liana.

During our visit we ate at Dino's Pizza.

AMAZING pizza & appitizers

and they gave the kids dough to play with while they waited,

plus they let you color on the table cloth.

We brought the kids to the Kids/Baby Expo and got tons of free stuff & a petting zoo for the kids.

Did a bit of shopping...oh how I miss having the mall near by,

but I guess I have saved a ton of money since we have moved :)

Ate at LeeAnn Chin,

ALWAYS amazing.

Let the kids play at the indoor playground at the mall for being such

good kids while we dragged them all around on Saturday!

Enjoyed a wonderful steak & chicken dinner,

along with a million other meals, snacks, treats.

(pretty sure we didn't stop eating all weekend)

And best of all the company of GOOD friends!

Like always,

it was hard to say goodbye

but we promised we wouldn't let almost a year

go by without seeing eachother again.

My weekend was so cool....

Breck had to wear shades!

This weekend was fabulous!

Dinner.....at the new Mexican restaurant Señora's (5 *'s)

Weather.....an amazing 40 degrees in February

Wintercade.... fishing tournament with friends and a "date" with my hubby for the afternoon

Hockey.....Breck went to his cousin Jordon's hockey game with gma Nina while we fishing, then Sunday we watched his other cousin Calvin play

Lazy.....Sunday afternoon and evening!

Yippee for Friday...

WHO doesn't like Friday's?!

We

DO!

Times

A

Thousand!

We spend our Friday mornings at the Litchfield Library attending story time with Mrs. Pease.

She does an awesome job!

(Anyone can attend & it's free)

We hang out with our buddies,

dance and spin a little,

then sing and play instruments along with Mrs. Pease playing her guitar.

"Story time" is a bit difficult for us at this age...

the ants in our pants get the best of us!

Afterwards we usually stay and play for a bit with friends

and mom's get a chance to chit chat too!

The toys at the library are MUCH more fun then at home! 

Today we were lucky to have an awesome mom,

who brings her awesome camera,

to take pictures of her awesome kids,

because she is just so awesome  like that (and I'm not),

that snuck in a couple pictures of Breck for ME!

I think they are so cute...

and now think I need a better camera :)

Hmmm..my birthday and our anniversary IS coming up!

Happy Friday!

Have a wonderful "SPRING like" weekend.

My Valentine!

Lover's day started off with a something special for my little guy!

A BUBBLE BATH

with extra

BUBBLES!

It was all fun & giggles until I blew bubbles and they landed on his face :)

This bubble bath was special because

a). we had a bath for FUN vs. because we needed one

b). we took it in the morning instead of at night like we usually do

Then I surprised him with a big read balloon!

To match his cute red shirt :)

I dropped him off at daycare for his Valentines party, along with his special treats for his friends!

Lips & Mustaches

Isn't that funny?! And cute?!

After work Jerod & I gave Breck his Valentines gift....

A FISH!

He just LOVES fishy fishy

and gives him lots of kisses!

We asked Breck what to call him...

he said "sucker"

and "bubbles"

{we think because he took a buble bath that morning}

ha!ha!

For our special Valentines dinner

we had our favorite

wild rice soup,

homemade bread,

and a glass of

White Zin!

{one glass and I was feelin' a little zippy}

While we had our little dinner date...

Breck watched some Mick"a" and rocked on his horse!

{this lasted about 10 minutes}

Since it was a long day,

we were all in bed early!

Oh' my how Valentine's Day has changed,

for the better!

Having my two boys....lucky me!

My new best friend...

PINTEREST.

Need I say more.

LOVE everything.

Have a wish list/to do list a mile long.

Is very time consuming. (my laundry has taken the hit from it)

But sometimes WE need a break from everyday life and if this is MY out for an hour?!

Window LOVE

My sis, mom, and I got these old windows and have had fun decorating them for the season's & holiday's!

This is my newest, favorite one yet!

Used our Cricut to cut out letters, birds, hearts!

LOVELY February Countdown

I hung this on our wall to count down the days and leave sweet treats inside!

I found the number templates online,

laminated them with contact paper/cupboard liners,

cut out,

added magnet,

and placed on a small cupcake tin!

HANDSOME art

I used scrapbook paper to trace Breck's hand,

then cut out hearts in different sizes in red & pink.

VIOLA,

Valentine's art from my lil' Valentine.

Intresting topic.......

*Warning*

This is the wonderful topic of potty training & poo eek. sorry.

So lately Breck has had some bad diapers, which I assume is from his two year molars coming in. Along with runny nose, cough,  and cranky.

So baths have been given a lot lately to sooth his little tooshy.

I don't mind baths because he PLAYS till he is a prune,

and I usually sit there and play, or sometimes read my book.

Story #1

*Ga-ross mommy moment*

I was reading my book WHILE paying attention to the little fish in the water...

When I looked up

he had something

in his hands,

something errr

brown.

YUP, he went potty in the bath!

first time doing this and first time mom,

I didn't know what to do!!

I screamed a little, laughed a little, then freaked out.

YUCK, YUCK, YUCK.

Story #2

*Fun for the bath*

We got these awesome water crayons from the Selly's for Halloween

and just pulled them out to play with!

(see the message behind Breck...miss you Selly's)

I like these because they wash right off....and maybe it's a reason to give my bath a little scrub anyways!

And Breck had a blast scribbling on the walls...

let's just hope he doesn't get any ideas for our living room walls now :)

We also had fun drawing on Mr. B!

He drew on his belly and I drew on his face to look like a super hero!

Pretty cute. And fun.

Story #3

*Proud moment turned into nightmare*

So this morning Breck asked to use the potty,

so like usual we stripped him naked and placed him on the pot.

After a few minutes,

HE WENT POTTY (#2)

Yeah, proud mommy...

we clapped, danced, washed hands (a favorite thing to do)!

As we were going to his room to get dressed for the day

Breck ran the opposite way into the living room....

and

squatted down,

and took a poo

on living room floor.

Ugggg....not such a proud mommy moment.

Guess it's time for ANOTHER bath :)

Thanks for listening.

And the adventure continues!