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last week, Grace was a ballerina princess

and she danced a whole lot.

carter enjoyed the performance from the couch. 

he thinks he is big stuff hanging out on the couch.

we went to the library.

grace loved finding books and reading them.

carter loved pulling tons of books from the shelves and sitting at the little table and chairs.

grace loves to swing.

carter loves to swing.

they both love to play together (especially outside).

Dr. Seuss' Birthday

March 2nd is such a fun day...it's Dr. Seuss' birthday!  I celebrated ALL day long!  First, at school with my kindergarten class and then at home with my family.  Grace was sooo excited about the special day!  We celebrated in a simple way this year. (Check out last year's celebration here.)  We had green eggs and ham for dinner.

And One Fish, Two Fish Jello for "zert."

Then, we made OOBLECK to play with!  This stuff is super weird and fun to play with!  We mixed 1/2 cup cornstarch, 1/4 cup water, and green food color together.  It is both a liquid and a solid depending on the pressure you apply to it!

SuPeR WeiRD!!!

I have green fingers... 

...my thoughts are in rhyme...

...I'm exhausted!

"Today was good.  Today was fun.  Tomorrow is another one."

~Dr. Seuss

lately.

nothing exciting has been going on around here lately.  carter has had a double ear infection, croup, and the flu (even with a flu shot) and he has so kindly shared the flu with me!  grace, hopefully, won't get it because she had a flu shot and is on tamiflu now.  i am praying that john somehow is immune to this nasty flu; 'cause i really don't want him to get it!  it stinks!

even with all the yucky stuff his body was dealing with, carter still found energy to play.  his new favorite toy is this lovely "pearl" necklace that grace got for her birthday.  (tripp, wanna play?)

john told grace to get dressed because he was gonna take her to get some yogurt and this is what dressed looks like to her. a rockstar...'cause you gotta look perfect.  where, oh, where did this come from?  we don't use the word "rockstar" in our house.  we don't even listen to "rockstar" music!  where do kids learn such things?!?

peace out.

i'm going to bed!

bowling

Last weekend, we celebrated Andrew's 7th birthday at the bowling alley!  I love this boy so much and I can't believe that he is 7 years old now!  Crazy!

This was Grace and Carter's first time to go bowling and they both had a great time!  Grace wanted to do it all by herself and she did pretty good...she got a spare!

...waiting and watching...

Carter LOVED the bowling balls!  He actually picked up a few of the bowling balls!

He wasn't going to let the big kids have all the fun!  Carter took it upon himself to make sure he got a chance to bowl too!

We had a fun time and used up a lot of energy! Both kids fell asleep in the car on the way home and it was only 7:30!!!

Valentine's Day 2012

This year, we kinda celebrated Valentine's like we did last year.  We just hung out and celebrated as a family!  John prepared a "fancy" candlelight dinner of heart shaped pizza. 

Grace got all dressed up for dinner.

And Carter was just happy!

The kids had a couple of treats at their seat.

We all opened our Valentine's cards.

Then, we played a couple of games.

Then, the kids went on a scavenger hunt...

...and found a little gift.

Grace was so very excited to get a notebook!  The rest of the night, she wanted to write notes to everyone she knew.

Carter got a new bag that he needed.  I was so tired of carrying around a huge diaper bag!

And he was thrilled hated it!

We played with the self-timer on my camera before bedtime.

XOXO

Happy Valentine's Day!