February recap

We began February the same way we ended January; with 2 little sick kids.  Andrew and Daniel were going through a severe case of mega virus which put them down for a couple of weeks. Runny noses, coughing and red eyes, they also couldn’t keep anything down and just wanted their mommy 24/7. My sleeping arrangements for over 2 weeks were: sleep on Andrew’s bed until 2 am which was when Daniel woke up and then I had to go to sleep on the couch with him.

 

Andrew’s poor eyes were so read and he just wanted to get on Andrew’s swing and rock himself to sleep all day long.

 

 

Feb 8^th

Million minutes

Julia’s school had a challenge to read a million minutes within 90 days. That goal was achieved in January and as their reward they were given a free entry to the Layton Fun Center. Andrew and Daniel took turns taking naps and Josh and Julia loved riding their scooters and climbing on the pirate ship and bouncy houses.

Valentine’s day.

I didn’t take any pictures this year. Julia and josh had fun writing cards to their friends. Julia was all about glitter and animal stickers and Josh wanted cars and toy story.

Joshua had lots of fun at school that day. He got to exchange valentines and decorate cookies.

Julia was so thrilled to get cards from her friends but a little disappointed about the school’s new no candy rule. She got some cute stickers and erasers though.

Spencer surprised the night before with a shrimp cocktail platter which we ate together as we watched our favorite show.

I was glad to have spent this day with the people who I LOVE the most in the world.

February 19^th

Fire station field trip

Joshua had another field trip. We went to the Syracuse fire station. Julia didn’t have school so she got to come along. Last year the fire department had this really weird video which was meant to teach the kids about fire safety but ended up giving Josh nightmares for 2 weeks. I was so relieved to see that they change that and actually had Disney create a safety video.

 

 Andrew was in heaven looking around every corner and following the firefighters wherever they went. Once we were on the garage he took off and decided to inspect those fire engines by himself.

This is our cute bunch of joy school kids.

 

On the following days I just went nuts trying to organize Julia’s birthday party. Our theme this year was Fancy Nancy.

Her birthday was on a Tuesday, so we ended up celebrating on Saturday with friends and cousins. This girl had a 4-day birthday bash.

The Party:

We invited 8 girls total to our house and Spencer took the boys away so that I can do girly stuff without exposing the boys to it.
We put make up on, make some fancy hats and purses, made some paper fans too. We tried to be fancy by walking properly, I had the girls balance a tea cup on a dish as they walked up and down the hallway.

The girls made a fancy ice cream sundae and even got to drink some sparkling cider out of a fancy cup.

Julia loved having her friends over, she had a blast. This was her biggest party ever.

The boys showed up five minutes before the party was over. Joshua was so excited to come inside the house until he found himself surrounded by girls and retreated to a corner while telling Spencer; “THERE ARE TOO MANY GIRLS IN OUR HOUSE DADDY” his expression was hilarious., I guess is a good thing he only has 1 sister.

Later that evening we had the family party and the cousins were the fanciest of the evening

On Tuesday, for her birthday, I brought Julia her favorite food: a subway sandwich and surprised her at school during lunch time. I loved to see her face all lite up, she had no idea.

Well I don’t know what happened to this month. Between sickness and more sickness it was suddenly over…I am hoping March goes a little slower and better