Silly Hat

Cadence decided to try out a new hat today. Yes, they were clean.

We Got Real Snow!

We actually got some real snow today! We were all VERY excited!

Lyric wanted to play, but the two little girls just wanted to eat it.

Cadence stayed out for a little while, but she wasn't too big on the cold!

Daddy and the girls built a snowman.

Of course, we had to make ice cream.

The girls thought it was pretty yummy!

It took Daddy straight back to his childhood.

The girls decided it was pretty fun to fall down.

Story didn't want to wear her mittens, but decided it was kind of hard to play with COLD hands.

Daddy and Lyric ended the afternoon with a snowball fight.

It was a fun, fun day! If only we could have snow everyday:-)

White Chicken Chili

We had another yummy recipe from Eat Better America last night, White Chicken Chili.

It was REALLY good! Cadence and I put 'apacado' on ours.

Valentine's Salt Dough Ornaments

Yesterday afternoon Story and I saw this idea and decided to try it.

We dried them out and plan to paint them today.

It was a busy fun Valentiny day.

Conversation Heart Graphing

We don't do a lot of "schooly" things around here, but when I saw this activity I thought the girls would enjoy it.

We colored the hearts.

When I say 'we' I do mean we. Cadence wasn't really in a coloring mood, so she had me do most of hers.

We then laid out the hearts.

After laying out the hearts we moved them to the graph. Lyric does this all the time with her M&Ms without the paper graph.

Cadence got bored in the middle of it and started watching a squirrel.

She then took over the camera and tried to take a picture of it... she missed.

Of course, we ate lots of the candy!

Tic Tac Toe

I saw this cute Valentine's Tic Tac Toe board and I just had to make it for the girls.

Such a cute and simple idea!

The girls LOVED it!

New Toy

Cadence discovered a new toy tonight. We keep their small plastic animals in a plastic container and tonight while it was empty Cadence found a new use for it. She started out sitting in it with Daddy swinging her back and forth.

She and Daddy then decided it would be more fun to walk around with her in the box.

Story had to have a turn.

Story told Lyric it was fun and she should try it. She got in the box for a second, but quickly realized she was too big! I guess this is an adventure just for the little girls!

New Food

We have been trying to eat a little more healthy around here lately and my hubby is turning into quite the cook!

Last night, he made Tomato- Fennel Soup with Grilled Cheese Croutons. We had never had fennel before, so we were a little apprehensive. In the end, we were glad we tried it! We will definitely be making this again.

Today for lunch he made us White Bean and Spinach Pizza. It was REALLY good! We didn't really know what to expect with beans on a pizza, but we were pleasantly surprised!

We have tried a few recipes from the Eat Better America site and had good results!

Love Hate Relationship With Dora

Cadence was watching Dora today when she realized Daddy and Story were leaving. They were going on a little date to Target, so she couldn't go. She laid in the floor crying and mad!

Dora said, "Who do we ask for help when we don't know which way to go?"

She yelled, "MAP!" then under her breath she said, "Stupid Map."

She kept laying in the floor watching Dora when a few minutes later Dora said, "Say Backpack."

She yelled, "Backpack!" then under her breath, "I hate Backpack."

She was so mad at Daddy and Story she took it out on Dora, but she loves the show too much to just stop watching:-)

And She's Out

Our Little Story Bell has always had the ability to fall asleep anywhere doing anything! She could be eating and fall asleep with a mouthful of food or when she was little she could fall asleep mid-crawl. Last night she got upset with Lyric and climbed on top of their toy box. I went in a few minutes later and she was OUT!

Their toy box is really tall, but luckily I found her before she rolled off or woke up scared to death because she didn't know where she was.