Birthdays at School

 The boys got to celebrate their birthday at school before Spring Break let out! Luckily, they were scheduled for the same day, one right after the other! Perfect timing! Grant requested Fudgesicles (we have a pretty limited list of options we are allowed to bring), so it worked out I got to do his room first! He had Jalen help him pass out and while everyone munched away, he got go do the birthday dance by Koo Koo Kangaroo and then go to the front and have everyone sing to him. I love this picture I got of him getting his groove on!! I got videos but no still shots of him celebrating! Third graders don't get crowns anymore ;-(

After Grant's class, I headed down to Wyatt's class! Funny story, one of the aides that was in Grant's class was heading down to Wyatt's class and she was so confused why I was doing another birthday celebration in 1st grade. She just couldn't believe they had the same birthday!! Sometimes I forget how amazing it really is!!

Wyatt was waiting for me with his crown and big smile on his face!! He requested Starburst FaveReds and Starburst FaveRed jelly beans. All the kids were very happy with his choice!! He had Turner help him pass out of his candy and then everyone sang to him. He sat there so sheepish and giggling, but smiling ear to ear!! 

Springfield Meet, Part II

Wyatt was super pumped for his meet! He puts on that uniform and he just oozes swagger! It's so cute! I can't get enough of this little fella and dressed and ready to compete. My heart always starts racing as soon as they line up and sing the national anthem. It was a long meet with ALOT of boys competing! Wyatt had his struggles and didn't place near as high as he had in the past, but he didn't care and neither did we! It was a fun little getaway, new experience for the team, and an opportunity to learn and grow as a gymnast!!! That's what matters!

This is his warrior pose- to psych himself up to perform!!

Springfield Meet, Part I

Since moving up to Level 5 this season, we knew this season would probably include an out of town meet. We found out it would be in Springfield and that made Wyatt super happy because he knew there was a Moe's there!!!!! I was super excited too! Originally, we thought Levi wasn't going to be in town for it, so Grant was planning to stay home and it would be just me and Wyatt on a little road trip, but when Levi found out he'd be in town, we made it a little family overnight!!

It had been a REALLY long time since the boys had stayed at a hotel, so they were excited to spend the night and enjoy the hotel amenities, ahem- the pool!!! Their eyes were huge when we walked into the hotel- it was really fancy! 

We got checked into our room, did a quick change, and headed to the pool. Since there was a HUGE gymnastics meet going on, there were a lot of kids at the hotel, so the pool was super busy! These guys aren't used to public pools and didn't do too well with the crowd, so we dried off and headed to Moe's. It was soooooooooooo yummy!!!! The trip to Moe's alone was worth the trip!!!

Since we ate an early enough dinner, we made it back to the hotel as most everyone else was heading out to dinner, so we had virtually the whole pool to ourselves, plus a few of Wyatt's teammates.

Then it was time to rest up because there was a big meet happening the next day!!!!

February Photos

 100th Day Wyatt- Old Man glasses- Grant's favorite snack

Mama snuggles- Exercise buff- Muscle Men

Mimi & PawPaw- LEGO Builders- Snowy Watcher

Wyatt Pancakces- Grant's Toothy- Cousin Craziness

Shaving Cream Sunday- The Brother Game- Ice Snow watching

Crazy Pre-Meet Wyatt- Handy Grant- Fort Builders

Valentine's Day!

I can't even believe Levi was actually around for Valentine's Day. I mean, its not like we make a big deal about holidays like this, but it was nice knowing that he was here to spend the day with me. And to make things even more exciting, Grant got to spend the day with us as well! He had been sick for a few days and wasn't fully 24 hour fever free to send to school, so he got to spend the day with us! We spent the morning getting new military ID's- mine was about to expire and since Grant is almost 10, he needed one too! Can't believe I have an almost-10 year old!! {{sigh}}

Since that adventure didn't take near as long as we imagined it would, we took a trip to the mall so Grant could stuff his BAB shark he ordered a few weeks prior. Oh how he still loves his furry friends!   We took a spin around a few stores and we were done with the mall.

 Our plans were to go on a date to Outback for dinner, but since we were right by there AND we were starving, we just decided to have our date for lunch, with Grant as our chaperone :) Conveniently, he was able to document our date, which we probably wouldn't have had otherwise! Two actual pictures with Levi! Never happens!

After lunch, I headed up to school for the Valentine's parties! I am room mom for Grant's class, so it was weird partying without him there, but we still had fun! I also managed to get down to Wyatt's for a little bit too. I love that little boy!!

Once we got home, we went through their Valentine boxes. They checked out all their goodies! So many yummy candies and goodies! I thought their boxes were so cute this year! They were very creative!

 Since we had a huge lunch, Levi and I weren't wanting any dinner, so I used that as an opportunity to make the boys a special dinner! 

Heart shaped food is always more delicious!

It was a special day spent with my special fellas!!! 

Lots of Love

We've always enjoyed February because its a good time to focus on LOVE! Not that we don't everyday, but its always fun to go above and beyond our normal talks! We've always made a big deal of the 14 days leading up to Valentine's Day and the boys get giddy when I pull out the February decor box!! This month was a little different, as we had a lot of germs invade our house and Levi was gone, so we didn't get to do ALL the things we usually would, but we still made the most of it!

We set up our little mailbox station! Typically, I'd leave a tiny treat and a note in their mailbox each day for when they came home from school. I always found special notes in my mailbox once in a while too!

This was our bin of all the love letters written over the few weeks! So sweet!

One of their very favorite traditions is our candy countdown and 1 Corinthians study. Each day, we'd take a line from 1 Cor 13:4-8a and talk about what it means in our daily lives. The boys will act out good examples and bad examples- oh that was their very favorite!! Munching on candy while they did it made it even that much better. They always tell me this is their favorite part of Valentine's Day! I love that they love learning about love :)

Happy Valentines Day!

Happy Valentine's Day from my little love bugs!!!

 And of course, some outtakes, because you know it took me about 100 pictures to get these 3 good ones!

Snowy Winter Day!

We got a little unexpected snow this afternoon! We had a chance of flurries so when the flurries began, we didn't expect it to last long. But pretty soon, those flurries turned to flakes, and those flakes, doubled in size and before we knew it, we were in a full blown snow storm. And it was gorgeous!!!! When all said and done, we had about 2-3" of fluffy white snow!! A beautiful wintery day!

January Photos

Let's just pretend its January, ok?!?! 

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 Winter Break Skating with Buddies- Dino cousins- New WHITE shelves!!!

New shades- Snowy Day- Lego Maniac

Garage hockey- COLD mornings- God's masterpiece

Cutie Millie- Handsome Grant- Dapper Wyatt

Big KU fan- Brothers!!- Virtue for Grant

Skeeball addict- Basketball Saturday- New Master TV room