Lake Geneva Ice Festival

In February we went to the ice sculpting festival in Lake Geneva, WI. The sun was out so the snow/ice was melting and some of the sculptures had collapsed by the time we got there. We had a lot of fun anyway and enjoyed walking around the quaint streets. It was still quite chilly with the wind so we only went to a few shops then ate at a little mexican restaurant.

Lochlan is in front of the magician and Anika and Celtin are in front of a dragon fly on a leaf.

Superbowl....

I am not really a huge Superbowl fan but I do enjoy getting together with friends. Our friends invited us over to their magnificent house to watch the game and eat homemade pizza. Yummy! The kids ran around and played while the men and many of the women enjoyed to game. I personally only watched maybe 2 minutes; I couldn't tell you who was playing or who won but I had a great time anyway.

Happy Birthday Monkey!

Lochlan celebrated his birthday last month. He turned 1 on the 1st. At his 12 month appointment he was 20 lbs 12 ounces and 29.5 inches tall. He shared his birthday with the Superbowl this year so we had a little party for him before church. I made him a #1 cake with m&m's (one of his favorite treats). He was not a big fan of the frosting and preferred the m&m's plain.

• He has picked up several words (some of them are: peek a boo, sissy, Anika, brother, uh oh, Koda, thank you, bye, night night, cheese) He jabbers constantly and throws huge tantrums when things don't go his way.


• He loves to climb up on anything and everything including out counter height table. (It makes me so nervous because he has fallen a few times but he will not let you help him or hold him steady)


• He has figured out how to open doors (the downside to door levers instead of knobs)


• He loves taking showers (stomps and yells to hear his own echo), playing the wii (preferably with the orange remote), chasing his sibling, walking the dog (he tries to whistle and pats his leg for him to come)

He is such a joy to our family. Thanks to Carli, Ryan and Hayden for helping make his day special. Thanks to Grandma for the awesome gifts, he really enjoys them and knew immediately what they were for.

Seahorses

Anika did a school project on Seahorses. We made seahorses out of melted beads and used salt dough, pipe cleaners, and foam for plants, rock and coral. She wrote a very good report and learned a lot of fascinating things about Seahorses. For instance, did you know male Seahorses carry the babies until they are born. That would be awesome! She practiced her report several times so that she would be ready for her oral presentation. I wish I could have seen the actual report but I know she did a wonderful job.

100th Day of School

Celtin celebrated his 100th day of school (a really big day for kindergartners) and he had to do a project where he glued 100 of something on a poster. After giving it some thought he decided to paint a monster and glue on 100 googly eyes. He did an awesome job!

FHE Treats

Celtin was in charge of FHE treats a little while back and he decided that since it was so cold (-30 degrees) we should have hot chocolate and make chocolate dipped spoons. The kids had fun dipping and decorating the spoons and making our chocolate pizza. We stuck them in the freezer to setup and after the lesson we all enjoyed stirring them into our hot chocolate. It was a great idea and a perfect treat for the cold temps. Lochlan enjoyed his dipped spoon without hot chocolate...notice the pool of chocolate under his chin in the second picture.

11 and Counting

Adam and I celebrated our anniversary back in January. Adam got a new TV and I got a new credenza for the TV to sit on. :) The kids were so excited to help Adam put it together. Adam does not particularly enjoy ready to assemble furniture but he is a good sport and let the kids help a lot. Celtin loved it and stayed next to Adam the entire time doing whatever he could. Anika helped for a while then lost interest and Lochlan just wanted to climb on everything. Adam and I went to a nice dinner at Gridley's to celebrate while Carli and Ryan watched the kids. Here is to 11 more crazy years together! Love you babe.