Ellie's Music Program 2013

Ellie has the best music teacher in the world! The annual Picotte program was held on Feb 23rd and let me tell you...it didn't disappoint as usual. Every year I am amazed at how professional the program is. We are very lucky! I didn't take many pictures of the program because I was videotaping but I did get a couple. After the program we went to lunch with a few of Ellie's friends and moms and had a great time. I love seeing Ellie with her sweet little friends from school!

Ann Marie, Ellie, Abbey and Claire at Jimmy Johns

Sledding!

I am not a winter sports fan....AT ALL!! So for me to take the kids the sledding is a big deal! I always feel so bad when I hear about all these kids going sledding when it snows and my poor kids never do because selfishly I don't want to do it! So the guilt got the best of me and since I remember having so much fun sledding down Catlin's hill as a child we took the kids sledding (hoping that it would be the last snow of the season--sadly it wasn't!!) Anyway, we went to an elementary school that is near our house and the kids had a blast. Dave does most of the work and I actually waited in the car for part of the time---it was cold! But I managed to snap a few cute pics of the kids sledding down the big hill:

Jack didn't want to go without dad!

We finally got him on the sled with Ellie--he ended up loving it!

This is the worst part of sledding!!!

Valentine's Day 2013

We had a nice Valentine's Day this year! We started the day with heart-shaped pancakes before school and then off to school for the parties. This year I wasn't able to help as much at the parties because they were both held in the afternoon so I recruited my mom to help! I went to Jack's for a little bit and then my mom ended up staying with him so I could catch the end of Ellie's party. Love being able to to attend their classroom paties--so fun to see all the kids! That night we had our 2nd annual Chinese take-out dinner for our Valentine's Dinner. We decorated the house and make a heart-shaped cake! I used to try to make a special dinner but then it seemed like no one ever likes it/eats so it so why not get something that we know everyone will enjoy! My mom had dinner with us this year and it was nice to get to spend Valentine's Day with her this year! Here are a few pics from our day:

Valentine's Day Breakfast!

Jack's party with Ms Carolyn, Sebastian and Sam

Ellie with her Valentine box as well as her Scientist that she had to study and create!

We got to spend Valentine's Day with Grandma this year!

Our annual heart shaped cake!

My loves!!