New Year!

We started the new year with Kasper's 10th birthday! Double digits! Kasper asked for breakfast for all meals, a Treatzza Pizza and an outside adventure. 

Rob and Marlo did some sledding.

On January 5, Rob turned 41! He requested pie. 

 

The biggest news this week was Marlo got a haircut! She was finally ready so I made an appointment! As soon as we walked in, she whispered she had made a big mistake and she wasn't ready, but she persevered and after the cut said she wanted to get her hair cut every day because she loved it! 

 

9" cut off!

It's still long but it seems so short! She loves it so much and it doesn't snarl anymore so she can wear it down. After it was cut, the baby curl came back! 

Doesn't she look older!?

But fear not, she still grabs all the cardboard boxes and makes things out of them. In this instance, a bed resembling Garfield's.

Here's to 2021! It's already been quite the ride 10 days in but there's nowhere to go but up, right?

Year end

I missed a week so I'll start today with wrapping up our 2020. 

The kids had school through the 23rd. As I had been mentioning, we isolated for 2 weeks before Christmas so we could spend the holiday with our families. Tuesday afternoon we were at the park for recess and Marlo threw a stick that of course hit Kasper square in the face. I saw it happen, saw blood rushing from his face and was pretty certian we were going to have to ruin our isolation and go see a Dr. for stitches or a broken nose and all our hard work would be for nothing. It was a dark 30 seconds for me. Thankfully it was just a bloody nose and he was totally fine. It was shocking, honestly, that that amount of blood was harmless.

   

So we made it! We weren't planning to leave until after dinner on Wednesday but a blizzard was expected midday so we got up, did all our last minute packing and hit the road right after breakfast! We got to St. Cloud right as the snow and wind picked up. Perfect timing.

It was AMAZING to spend Christmas with family. I think we all forgot there was even a pandemic out there as we holed up in my parents' house for a few days. I hadn't seen my nieces in so long! The cousins had so much fun together. 

It ended up being a full-blown blizzard! Rob and Kappy braved the wind for awhile, just to say they did it -- until the subzero windchills chased them back inside.

 

The only photo we got of the kid gift madness. Marlo wanted lots of white printer paper for Christmas and she got what she asked for! We can look forward to piles of art and paper crafts in 2021. 

 

 Big kids who had the best Christmas ever. 

Tried to get a cousin picture. 

This is the best we got. Though I love them all because they will always remind me of Christmas 2020. 

Uncle Tim brought his Oculus. 

After a few days at my parent's house, we went over to Grandma Sandra's! We even got to do a socially-distanced garage hang with Grandpa Steve and Carol. 

(Kasper got a pogo stick that's been pretty popular)  

Marlo LOVES to help.

Marlo REEEEAAAALLLLLLLLYYYYYYY wanted a stuffed animal sleeping bag called a Happy Napper for Christmas. It's a little sleeping bag/pillow combo she saw on YouTube or something. She got one for Christmas but it was the small size and she didn't fit in it. I'm not exaggerating when I say she cried for hours about it being too small and the animal she really wanted (the ladybug) not being available in the big size. Anyway, we were able to get a cat Happy Napper ordered for delivery when we got home Tuesday and I don't think she's been out of it yet. 

What ladybug? She slept on the floor of her room for the rest of 2020. Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season.  New Years' to come! 

TEN