Skiing!

It was a typical week which is always a good thing these days! It was very cold most of the week but things are looking up and with 40's in the forecast, it's basically Spring. 

Marlo got a start on her Christmas list. 

 

She's going to be disappointed. 

Kasper took a month off of tae kwon do as a reward for getting his black belt. He needed a break from it especially after working so hard for the test. He now does classes with a sword which makes me nervous. 

 

Rob took the kids out skiing today! They brought Kasper's friend Charlie so the boys could ski together while Rob focused on carrying Marlo up and down the bunny hill. 

According to Rob she actually started to get it by the end! 

The boys are bombing down the hills somewhere in the background, going off jumps and having a great day. Kasper is really a good skier. Marlo will be hot on his heels!

And with that we start another week! Hope everyone had a great weekend! 

Colder snap

It was a COLD week here. If it got above 0, it's not coming to mind. Tonight the low is forecast to be -22. Yuck. 

Our week was school, work and staying inside. The kids had their school Valentine's Day parties on Friday and they were so excited about them. Kasper wasn't allowed to bring food of any kind. Marlo was. I learned this after I bought about 4 lbs of heart shaped suckers. The Valentine's took me less time than store bought because there was no writing and I think they turned out super cute. 

Rob took himself and Kasper for haircuts yesterday then picked up the kids' skis! We decided to encourage ourselves to get them out on the slopes by getting them their own skis. Kasper particularly LOVES skiing.

 

Thanks to the awful weather, we treated ourselves to the new Mario video game which can be played with 4 players. We put some miles on that baby yesterday and today as we sat by the fire and played. I even made popcorn from kernels which was a great excitement. 

Oh. Here's one from today. Fire, pjs all day, breakfast at 10 am then leftover pancakes the rest of the day. Check. Happy Valentine's Day! 

 

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Cold snap

We got through January without a real cold snap but for the next week here it's going to be downright frigid. 

This week we went to school and work all week. We are thankful every day the kids get to go to school. They really thrive being there. Now that all the grades are back at the elementary school, the morning drop off line was unreasonable so the kids went back on the bus starting Wednesday! It's been fun seeing all of our bus stop friends after almost a year! The gang is all there and grew by 2 more kids - one of which is in Kasper's class!

Marlo got into Minecraft this week. While I don't know the true goal of the game, I'm pretty sure it's not to find and capture all the animals you can, fall in love with them, give them names, and cram them into your house as pets until eventually they run off and get lost in caves or fall off cliffs and die and you cry real tears and feel very sad. 

Then she lost her second tooth! She's at 100% for losing her teeth at home! Rob pulled this one out too. (Kasper is at 16%. We did the math.) 

 

This weekend it has been super cold (-18 this morning) so we just stayed home and watched screens, played games, sat in front of fires and ate food. I decided to try to make the kid's valentines this year and I think they turned out so cute! I have a little more tweaking so their faces aren't covered. 

A little Marlo-heavy this week! We'll have to get Kasper in front of the camera instead of the TV a bit more this week. 

Hope everyone had a great weekend! 

Bye January

It's hard to believe it will be February tomorrow. The days are long but the months are short. 

The kids were home most of the week while the teachers recombined schools and classrooms. I'm crossing my fingers we've had our last distance learning day behind us. 

Kasper had 3 teeth pulled and a cavity filled this week. This poor kid has a long road ahead of him in the mouth department. We should start saving for braces now. 

 

On Fridays we eat pizza and watch a movie in the sunroom. The kids always sit like this. Why? Because they can?

We forced the children to get some fresh air and exercise. No one could keep up with Papa -- Marlo said her legs ran out of batteries.

It'll be back to almost normal tomorrow -- both kids back at the same school! Finally! Hope everyone had a great weekend. 

Lazy

 We had a normal, lazy week this week! The kids went to school, I went to work, Rob had the quiet house to himself to make all the important phone calls he could hope for. 

We had exactly zero plans this weekend. We slept in, enjoyed the snow, ate meals at weird time. 

Today we got outside to enjoy the sunshine. It was a beautiful day! This week will be our last wonky week for awhile (fingers crossed) as the kids will be home for most of it while 4th and 5th grades are moved from the high school back to their home schools. Next week the kids will both be at the same school! Kasper is really looking forward to it if for no other reason than the 40 minute later start. 

Of course the most fun part was the plow pile in the parking lot.

 

Kasper is getting 2-3 of those teeth pulled this week! 

Hope you all had a great weekend!

Black belt!

We had a pretty normal distance learning week this week. The kids start back at school again tomorrow so it was a little hard to stay focused, but we did it! 

Marlo, of course, did some creating. 

 

She made a pencil out of paper. And a real pencil. And a huge eraser. Also, I completely gave up after new years and I think the kids wore their pjs every single day. You (hopefully) only have pandemic forced distance learning once in your life. Why not wear pjs. 

The biggest news this weekend is that Kasper tested for his black belt in tae kwon do! It has been a 4 year journey and we are so proud of him for keeping with it! Black belt tests are done four times a year and are usually a big deal but with the pandemic, the kids tested in small groups of four and couldn't touch each other when doing their self defense moves. Even though it was scaled way, way down, it was still a very special day and with the small group, the instructors had the time to say really nice, personal things to each kid. 

It's back to school tomorrow and the kids are excited! I think Rob is less excited about the 7:30 am drop offs in the morning. Starting in February, both kids will be back at the same school!  And with 8:15 drop-offs!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!