Random Feb 2015

Hannah at 1. She loves squinting her eyes right now.

For the Blue and Gold Banquet, the theme was 'Litter to Glitter.' The Cub Scouts were supposed to make a cake to represent the theme. Caden, who is not a fan of cake, decided to make a recycling bin made from rice krispie treats filled with chocolate chip cookies.

He won the 'anti-cake' award.

Remember the eagles I mentioned that were hanging out in the huge tree near our home? Here are some pictures of some of the birds.

Caden

Hannah

In second grade, the teachers ask the parents to make a poster size valentine card for your second grader. Here is the poster I made for Caden.

Crazy-Yes, he can be a little silly and goofy at times but that is what we love about him. He always makes us laugh.
Adventurous-Caden is always up for a challenge. He especially loves rock climbing.
Determination-When Caden puts his mind to something, he keeps working at it until he gets it right. He is amazing at Karate and reading because of his determination.
Everyone's Friend. Caden is one of the nicest people you will meet. He is kind to everyone and has a way of making everyone feel special.
Nice & Kind-He loves his family so much! He is just amazing. He just has to look as his little sister (Hannah) and she is laughing and smiling. We are so glad he is a part of our family. We love him SOOOOO much!

The front

Why does eating have to be such a messy affair?

Hannah loves 'singing' into the microphone on Ava's Christmas present from Grandma and Grandpa Jones.

Sometimes you just need a little nap.

Getting ready to open a package from Grandma and Grandpa Jones.

Hannah was so tired but it was such a terrible time to be sleeping (5pm- too late for a nap, too early for bed). Ken tried to get her walking around to wake her up but sleep won out.

Kailyn and Jordan played basketball this year. Ken worked a lot of weekends so I was left most weeks running the 2 of them to their games, with other kids in tow. Unfortunately, this meant I didn't get any pictures other than this random one of Kailyn.

Kailyn is kneeling on the floor (on the right) waiting to go in and play.

Chase and Ava wanted to blow some bubbles, so they went out in the snow. They had so much fun. They were laughing, jumping and spinning around. Love seeing my kids so happy and playing together.

Ava painting her nails with her nail polish she got for her birthday. Did you notice her Elsa hair and her Frozen necklace and little bag?

Caden eating some popcorn and reading a book (I think he has the Percy Jackson books memorized)

Jordan trying to convince me she needs her bangs trimmed.

Trying to finish my book for book club. (Picture courtesy of one of my kids)

Chase is often getting or making things at school and he always asks me to take a picture of it. So here you go Chase, here is a picture of your cookie you got from school.

I had this rainbow making square that I used for preschool. Hannah thought it was great.

Random pictures of Hannah.

After school, the boys were playing in the snow and were so excited to show me their karate moves. They would get blocks of ice and then chop them in half with their hands. Pretty impressive boys!

Caden showing the block he chopped in half.

Chase trying to find a piece to chop.

Setting it up to chop.

Caden getting ready to show off his skills.

Chase's piece he chopped in half.

Caden in action

Hannah following in Kailyn's footsteps.

Hannah you know you can push that shopping cart? You don't have to carry it everywhere.

Ava thought her dinner needed a little salt. Not sure where she got this idea since we don't even normally have salt on the table. Yeah she used like a tablespoon. I unfortunately missed the ordeal but the girls were able to capture her reaction. Don't think she will be doing that again anytime soon.

We took a preschool field trip to an ice cream shop in February. The kids loved it!, especially the ice cream at the end (even though it was freezing outside)

The owner showing how to make waffle cones. Ava told everyone she did not want to make one because she might burn herself.

Kailyn's friend/locker buddy, Anna, had her birthday in February, so Kailyn decorated their locker and brought cupcakes to school (Anna's favorite dessert).

Anna loved her locker.