We Got Jazz......

Avery's school performance was a JAZZ concert this year!

Mrs. Bianco did another amazing job of getting the kids ready for the performance...

they sounded great.

Annalise will have her performance next month!  Can't wait to see it, too!

They have such a great music teacher....and both of our girls LOVE to sing!

SNOW DAY!!!!!!!!!!

We were sooooo hoping for a SNOW DAY!!!!!

Unfortunately it happened when Mark had to leave town.

He was down in Vancouver....the girls and I were home chillaxin' on a SNOW DAY!!!!

We played with friends....

Drank hot chocolate....

Had a late movie night (once we got the call that school was cancelled on Monday!)

And then played in the snow some more!!!

By the third snow day, most of the snow was gone by the end of the day and we were getting a little cabin fever.  Annalise got herself all dressed up and we went and got some frozen yogurt.  

Gotta love Menchies!!!  The place was empty.  

Bellingham schools were in session, so we had the place to ourselves!

We sure do LOVE our snow days!!!!!!

Girl Scouts World Thinking Day

We have participated in World Thinking Day as a troop before and decided to do it again.  

This year our country of focus was Bangladesh. 

The girls did their research, created a poster, an activity for other girls to do as they circulated through, a snack related to their country and a 

SWAP (Special Whatchamacallits Affectionately Pinned).

We had a great day representing the country of Bangladesh, and it was cool to see all of the other countries represented!  There was even a pretty awesome musical performance highlighting some South American music!

Another Belt Test

Avery is still really enjoying TaeKwonDo....

In fact, she tested for her third belt in February....going for the PURPLE belt.

She did AMAZING and of course passed.....

Nice work Avery!!! :)

Miscellaneous February

We had a busy February with lots of little things going on.....

Our SEAHAWKS were in the Superbowl, so we hosted a little party....

AND THEY WON!!!! WOO HOO!!!!  GO HAWKS!!!

There were also some mellow days....

Avery really got into her rainbow loom and made lots of cool bracelets, charms and other stuff....

And Annalise is always happy to chill and play Barbies or LEGO Friends and eat Cheese-Its....

And Charlie is happy, too.  Now that he's 3 he is beginning to mellow out some.

There was also Valentine's Day.  

Mark helped Avery make a "compliment container" for school.  

She drew a design, he made it on the laser printer at school.  

Turned out super cool...she was very proud taking it in on Valentine's Day!!!

Love these two to pieces!!!!

Annalise has really begun to read and write!  

She sounds EVERYTHING out that she sees and LOVES to write.  

In fact, one day she was just working away at sounding something out.  

She finished and handed this paper to Mark.

She translated for us....."get your taxes done people, and could somebody get me a beer".

What?????  Totally Random.....she cracks us up.

Even Mark had a fun river fishing day before the season closed.

He and some buddies from work went to a friend's property on the Nooksack River and did some fishing.  I know that it does his soul well to be out fishing....so glad he has such awesome fishing right here in our area!!!

And that's only the first half of February.....still more to come!!! :)

Ooh La La Beauty Spa.....

Annalise checked out a Fancy Nancy book from the library on Friday.

She suggested we re-create our own "FANCY NANCY OOH LA LA BEAUTY SPA".

She did all of the set-up (including the "rose petals"....a.k.a. torn pieces of paper)
and then Avery and I indulged her and treated her to a lovely spa day.

It began with the smushed banana facial....

Next was the manicure....

Followed by the foot soak and pedicure....

And the grand finale....yogurt parfaits (yes, those are martini glasses)....

Ooohhhh La La...... :)

A Visit From Arthur

Annalise's Kindergarten class has a traveling Arthur.

This stuffed Arthur gets to visit each Kindergartner's house for a night, then each student is supposed to write about what Arthur did during his visit.

We kept Arthur busy during his stay and took pictures, too.

This is what we sent back to school with Arthur the next day...... 

January 8, 2014

Hi Mrs. Pennylegion’s Class,

I had so much fun going home with Annalise yesterday!

First we went to this place called the YMCA after school program.  We played and played!!!  I made lots of new friends there.

Next we got to Annalise’s house.  We got to watch a show on the iPad!

Then we had a yummy dinner!  It was nachos and salad!

After dinner I helped Annalise with her science homework!  Playing with different kinds of balls is sure fun!

The next thing I knew, it was time for a bath!!!  I got nice and CLEAN!!!

 

We also had a little time to play in Annalise’s room before bed.  I got to take Sadie’s scooter for a spin.  (SAFETY FIRST….Annalise made sure I was wearing a helmet!)

Before we were tucked in bed, we got to read some of my Arthur stories!  I sure love those books!   

Our last thing to do before bed was to feed Annalise’s fish.  They were sure hungry!!!

Finally, Sadie and Sofia (Annalise’s friends) let me have their TOP bunk for the night!  I slept really great!

It was sure a fun night with Annalise!  I can’t wait for my next adventure with another Kindergarten friend!

                                                                                    Love, Arthur