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Whew!  This week was busy and I don't even have much to show for it!  Here are the few pics from my phone that I took...

We celebrated the Chinese New Year...kinda.  American style.  We ate dinner at Panda Express and attempted using chopsticks.

My fortune wasn't bad, but becoming a professional athlete doesn't seem like something that I'm too interested in.  Maybe John will include me in his...I could use a vacay!

We got to celebrate with Andrew at his birthday party!  I can't believe that he is eight years old.  Time flies!!!

Grace was begging to make a Valentine craft.  So, we made this.  I kinda love it!  She also made a bunch that became cards for all the grandparents.

I found Grace passed out asleep on top of her yearbook.  It was opened to the teacher page. Sweet!  She LOVES her teacher!  I wonder if any kids have ever fallen asleep on top of my yearbook photo?!?

I got a few Valentine cards from my sweet kindergartners including this awesome handmade one with something other than chocolate attached to it. 

John, Grace, and Carter gave me these beautiful roses!  Awwww!

I also got my February charm in the mail.  Exciting!

Grace and Carter were reading "Wacky Wednesday" together and this is how it sounded...

"Carter, is that wacky?"

"Yes, that's WHACK!"

Funny.  They are really loving this book...I feel a wacky Wednesday coming on very soon.  It may even be WHACK.

My plans for this weekend are to rest, "get my hair did" by my sister, get Carter's wild mess of hair tamed (good luck, Beth), go to the library, the grocery store, and church, and rest some more.  Then next week, I'm going to get caught up on some blog posts...Carter's birthday party and Valentine's stuff (even though you won't care about it this far after the events).  Oh well!

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Once again, here are my phone pics from this week.

These mugs really make me want to like coffee!  Sometimes, I think about faking it.  Ya know, like drinking my Mountain Dew from a coffee cup.

Max the Monkey came home from school with Grace and got to spend the weekend with us...he liked cheese quesadillas from Moe's just as much as my two monkeys!

Grace and Max were excited to go to church together.

After church, we had to stop by the grocery store and get some bananas for our guest.  Grace was determined to get Max some to eat!

We watched the Super Bowl at Mimi and Poppa's...fun, fun, fun!

She was cheering for the Baltimore "Raisins!"

Why do the contents of Grace's purse look just like mine?  She has more money than me though!

Ever since Grace dressed like a 100 year old, she keeps these "glasses" by her bed at night and puts them on first thing in the morning.

Carter is a minivan zombie!

(Only on Wednesday nights while we wait on Grace.)

Carter has been doing ok sleeping and staying in his big boy bed.  He has done even better once he began snuggling with his night light. Ha!  "It's a car truck!"

I had parent teacher conferences and they all went very well.  Thank goodness!

The whole reading thing is really beginning to click with Grace.  Even though, I've watched/taught 100+ kids how to read and it's always exciting, it is WAY more exciting watching your own kid learn to read!  She falls asleep every night reading.

Have a fun weekend!!!

100 year old cutie

I know that you thought all the dress up days were over.  So did I!  But...Friday afternoon, I got the note in Grace's folder that today was the 100th day of school and the kids could dress up like 100 year olds.  Grace is all about dressing up, so here we go again!

LOVE!!!

This cracks me up!  She is a cutie!  She had lots of fun with all these dress up days and I feel quite accomplished as well...a happy girl and 7 costumes in 6 school days!

Now, onto Valentine cards and crafts and parties!

whew!!!

We are in TROUBLE!

Carter Man has figured out how to get out of his bed.  He has been getting out rather consistently for about 2 weeks now.  I kept hoping he would forget about climbing out, but he didn't!  Wishful thinking...I know!  The first couple of nights, he would just open and close his door and climb back in bed.  I guess he just wanted us to know he could get out.  Then, we'd find him sitting on the couch.  He'd just look at us and say, "what?"  One night, he ended up in Grace's room with them both giggling.

Now, I know that this will not keep him from getting out of bed, but, hopefully, it will keep him from breaking an arm or cracking his ribs.  We John, with a little assistance, converted his crib to a toddler bed.  Honestly, I am a little scared about what our future now holds!  I have a feeling that our nights may last a little later, our mornings come a little earlier, and those very needed afternoon naps go by much faster.  But, maybe not...maybe, he will surprise us all!

He was very excited about his big boy bed and he looks so cute in it!

I love this wild dude so much!!!

And, so far, he has stayed in his bed.  I am a little shocked and I'm holding my breath that this is not a fluke!

One night down.

5,840+ more to go.

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These are the last 2 weeks of my instagrams...don't worry, I didn't take a lot of pics.

Tuesday nights used to be my favorite night of the week.  I already miss the Bravermans!  I watched the season finale with some leftover Oreos from Carter's party.  Both were sooo good!  And, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the show returns next season!

While cooking dinner, this little face popped up beside me and said, "want help?"  Sweet boy!

Grace and Carter played the "Momma, Watch This" show for hours.

I got this in the mail.  Whatcha think?  Should I apply?  Ha!

We painted with watercolors.

I couldn't stop taking pictures of her on Military Day.  She was just too stinkin' cute!

And, Carter stole the fries!