Almost every weekend in February was rained out, which meant softball games were cancelled and we had to find alternate ideas of things to do inside, which are not plentiful around here! Home Depot craft to the rescue.
So much rain this month!
Group hug!
Every day, Meredith asks when Eleanor can share her room. I’m not sure how Eleanor feels about that.
Samantha had her yearly eye appointment and her eyes are looking good.
Another rainy day project… the twins made a car, complete with steering wheel out of a box and styrofoam.
Post-bath silliness.
Hey, sis.
After four weeks, Amelia got her cast off! Her arm wasn’t completely healed, so she wore a brace we could take on and off for another two weeks. Amelia was so happy that itchy thing was off of her.
Organizing Jake’s coin collection.
The girls were torturing playing peekaboo with Eleanor.
Back at the school’s fundraiser during the fall, I won a silent auction item of a pizza party for Samantha and six of her friends with Miss Holly. We planned it for the half-day before President’s Day weekend and the party was a blast! I thought Miss Holly was just bringing pizza for Samantha, Amelia, and the friends Samantha chose for her party, and thought that was pretty brave. But Miss Holly actually had them MAKE the pizzas. I can barely handle making pizza with our three, let alone eight kindergarteners/preschoolers. Miss Holly is a pro and everything was so organized and ran seamlessly. The kids even made dessert pizzas afterwards. Miss Holly told me that now she understands how Samantha must be at home— Samantha is usually so quiet and reserved at school that her teachers never believe me when I tell them how rambunctious and silly she is at home. At the pizza party, Samantha and her friend, Emily, were dancing like crazy to the music Miss Holly put on and were being super silly. Miss Holly said it was fun to see Samantha come out of her shell!
Amelia felt lucky to be one of the friends Samantha invited to the party.
My friends, Venus and Debi, came to visit Eleanor and she just ate up all the attention.
Eleanor presided over our sushi feast.
Park day with Maple.
On the hunt for poor rollie pollies who would die from the elements, neglected in the cage Meredith put them in.
Unicorn sighting.
Explorers on a voyage around our neighborhood.
Meredith with her rolly pollies and her new dog.
Meredith in her natural habitat– photos from Aunt Sarah when she came to visit.
Giganto-baby.
I came downstairs to find the girls had attacked Eleanor with hairbows.
HELP ME.
Eleanor had been crawling backwards since December and every day, we tried to encourage her forward with no luck. We figured out that some of her footie pajamas were so tight around her chubby thighs that her mobility was restricted! She seemed to do a little bit better naked, but still didn’t crawl for real until a few days after her 8-month birthday.
Typical 4th kid… Eleanor crawled for the first time and no one was around to see it!! Lots of chaos going on in the background, courtesy of the twins. I walked in and thought, “Hey, how did you get over here?!” and then realized she must have crawled!
Lots of love,
