Colt's Second Birthday

Colt got some really great gifts! Everyone was so thoughtful! The train was a really big hit with all the kids. I don't know if the girls thought it was theirs or Colt's but they have officially taken it over ; )

Colt's Party Decorations

On Sunday we had Colt's Second Birthday party. Of course, it was Spider Man : ) Many of the decorations were store-bought, but I decided to make a few:
On the treat bags, I hand made the little spider web tags. I found a Spider man movie font and typed the kids' names on white card stock and then drew webs around each name.

I didn't want to spend the extra money on a birthday banner, so I drew the same font as on the gift box tags on a larger piece of card stock and then did the webs around each letter. I then hand drew the Spider Man heads and threaded the letters and the heads together.

The cake was store bought. It had all the Spider Man characters on it.

We had a wonderful day with friends and family...we are truly blessed with wonderful people in our lives : )

Tobogganing!!

Lastnight we took the girls tobogganing up at Pokagon State Park. We had a great time! The weather wasn't terrible - windy though. We went down twice since the lines were pretty long. 34 MPH the first time, 36 the second. Guess who got to sit in front both times... : )

Hot cocoa at the warming station... YUMMY!

What a Busy Weekend!!

On Wednesday, Grace lost a tooth and received a $2 prize for her treasure from the Tooth Fairy. I tend to forget how excited kids get when they lose teeth.I don't particularly like this picture of her, but she wanted to show off her tooth space. We call this face the "extreme cheese." Thursday we had a day off from school since it was -22 degrees outside. It was a nice surprise to wake up at 5:30am and be able to go back to sleep after dropping Grace off at school for once. It's usually her school that has the day off, not ours.

Saturday was the big second birthday bash for my friend and babysitter, Tara's, little boy and Colt's best friend and wrestling buddy. He had a Spongebob birthday, so of course, my kids were in heaven.

Sunday was Uncle Mark and Aunt Deb's birthday. We celebrated with them at their home up in Stroh."AHHH! Sunday night bathtime!" Grace wanted lots of bubbles, so I gave her lots of bubbles ; ) My Valentine's Day surprise at work. I love lilies and this year, Chris got me a beautiful rose/lily arrangement. I especially like it when he sends them to me at work.

Adventures with Peter Pan

Saturday, we took the kids to the Botanical Conservatory for the Peter Pan exhibit. It was great!! The kids a blast on the life sized pirate ship. There were sections filled with crafts and games, a snack area where the kids could make an edible fairy wand, and the fairy forest with bubbles. Colt especially liked the bubbles : ) I liked the little crocodile that made a tick-tock sound just like the movie. It was a nice way to get out of the mini blizzard that was hitting us in the afternoon.

Blizzard of 2011

Earlier this week we had two days of nothing but pure unabashed snow. Ft. Wayne schools closed for those two days and then had two-hour delays the rest of the week - which is really unlike them! Grace ended up having three snow days. I think we ended up getting somewhere between 10-12 inches total. We also had another blizzard of sorts Saturday morning/afternoon which gave us about 4-5 more inches. So much for all the shoveling I did : )