Making the Best of Winter

I am falling to the bottom of Gretchen's list so that is always my signal to post.  We have been enjoying winter so far.  We have hosted a D6 and had Lori and her family over for dinner.

 Lori, her Luke and baby 2 inside.

Eva got to go snow tubing with the neighbor girls.  It is so cute to see her trudging through the drifts to make it over to the nieghbor's house.

 Here we are sledding at Hartland South.  We sledded until all the mittens came off and became full of snow.  It made me consider buying $25 mittens for the kids but I couldn't quite do it when I was at REI on Friday.

The first time we came to this sledding hill was with our nephews 9 years ago.  We did not own sleds so we had them use our snowboards.

Snow and slick snowpants are a great combo for speed.

 Eva didn't want to go down first, so here Luke is clearning the snow for her.

A day in the life part two

Book time.

 Phonics time.

 Letter C practice.

 Counting beads.

Floors are cleaned weekly however the entry needed special attention.

 Last placement of furniture after carpet cleaning.

 Letter work.

 Last day of bible study for the week.

Waiting for Luke.

 Yeay, Luke is home from school.

After school snack, Friday is popcorn day.

 Letter of the week.

 Luke always reads beary good reader right away.

 Hang up back pack, check.

Off to mommy's work.

 Time to ride the glass elevators.

Four hundred pound weight, Luke's favorite.

 One pound weight check.

 Pick up forgotten french toast.

 Dinner, Seasoned Tilapia, potatoes, peas and carrots, and assorted fruit.  Say memory verses and wait for Daddy! 

These days are precious and I can't imagine what I would do without them.  It is sure a confidence booster to record the best part of your day and forget about the "time outs" and discipline issues.  It was also much more fun to tell Dave about my day with pictures rather than words.  So if you need to feel better about your day, post about it.  If you need to laugh at your bad day, post about it. 

A day in the life

My friend Marlaina has been recording her first days as a stay at home mom.  She is what my family would call a "whirlwind wife."  Her days are so productive and interesting.  I thought it would be fun to record just one day so here is part of our day from about 10:00am and after.

Make salad for funeral, check.

 Braid Eva's hair, check.

 Hugs and kisses at breakfast.

 Bag packed for day, check.

 Deliver meal to church.

 Call for alterations, check.

 Play brain stimulating music during road trip for Eva.

 Drug screen, check.

Before gas station.

 After gas station.

 Shopping for Casey's birthday present at Target.

 Purchased Lego lantern at REI. 

 Purchased solar system picture and night light for Casey.

 Nap, check.

 Before car wash.

The three dollar power sprayer worked great.  I was so proud of my car for about 12 hours until it was salty again.  I also had to vaccume the crumbs and salt from the car.

 Date night, check.

 Lunch, check.

 Get Luke's kindergarten reward ready on table.