Valentine's Day

Our valentine's day was low key this year. We were still cooped up from the big snow storm, and I told Bryan not to do anything special. Instead we decided to go out and have a family "date" for dinner. We went and had sushi as a local restaurant. While we were there, Kade got a blank look on his face and said he didn't feel very good. Ella had just gotten over round 2 of the stomach bug so I ran out with him and Bryan got our dinner to go. He never got sick but I was not about to chance him throwing up in the restaurant and ruining everyone's dinner around us. :)

In the end, it all worked out. We came home, put the kids down and Bryan and I were able to enjoy our sushi and have adult conversation without kids interrupting or drinks being spilled. Woohoo!

 

Bryan brought home some chocolates for Kade and I, and this stuffed tiger for his little lady :)

 

Sitting in the minivan, holding a bag to possibly catch throw up. Isn't that what everyone wants on Valentine's Day?? :)

Experiencing our first "Nor'easter"..

We just had biggest snowstorm to hit DC/VA/MD in 4 years! At one point the snow was pouring down so fast, Bryan and I were in shock! We hadn't ever seen snow fall like that before. It was insane, one local meteorologist said it was falling as fast as 3in per hour!  Our area wasn't hit as bad as others, we had probably around a foot of snow once it was over. But areas in central and northern MD had around 2 ft! That is crazy for a 24 hour period! This time the temperatures weren't as cold so we could actually go out and play without freezing. And we finally had good snow to build a snowman!

This was after round 1, we had about 4 more inches later in the day.

 

Poor Frosty got hit with round 2!

 

Kade L-O-V-E-S the snow!!!

 

Ella Claire hates the snow!

 

Kade and I went for a walk through the neighborhood and we stopped to watch a snowplow clear a driveway.

 

He feels right at home!

 

Disney on Ice!

Last week we took the kids downtown to see Disney on Ice. I bought the tickets months ago and naturally the day of the show a huge snow storm was suppose to come through town. Words like "blizzard" and "snowmageddon" were being thrown around on the news but after looking at when it was suppose to hit we decided we would go and at least stay for half, check the weather and just go from there. We took the train in and my biggest fear was the metro closing down and we wouldn't be able to get back to our car!

We made it, bought overly expensive popcorn and watched the first half of the show. I thought the show was fantastic! Kade loved it but being my more reserved child he just sat back and smiled while he watched. Ella on the other hand went nuts! She was yelling and screaming at every character, she was dancing (like big time dancing), she was cheering and clapping for all the characters. She was a flat out HOOT to watch. We were so happy that we decided to go! The kids said they loved it! At intermission we decided to go check outside and sure enough the roads were already coated with snow, so we we decided to pack up and leave. I am sooooo happy we left when we did, our drive home was scary! I was a nervous wreck. But we made it home safely and we were just so happy that we didn't have to waste out tickets!

 

The storm hit two hours early so the roads were already slightly covered when we got back to the car!!

 

Daddy/Daughter Pancake Breakfast

Our church held a pancake breakfast for Dad's and Daughters so of course Bryan had to take his little lady! She thought it was so fun and was really excited about the entire thing!!

Ella Claire goes to the dentist.

The kids had dentist appointments the other day. Kade has already been a few times but this was Ella's first official visit! She was scheduled for a cleaning and I had very little hope. But that little girl surprises me all the time and sat through the enter thing. And not only that she was EXCITED about it!

Heart cakes, board games, and tea parties.

The other day Kade and I decided to make the heart cake that I've seen all over Pinterest. It was super easy, and a fun activity to do with my boy while little sister napped!

 

We have also been playing a lot of board games lately!

Ella has realllllly been in to tea parties lately. We have multiple "tea parties" throughout the day. I decided one night to make some real tea and have a real "tea party". Ella didn't like the tea but she thought this was soooo fun!

 

She added A LOT of sugar. But if you look next to the cup, you can see not all of it made it to the cup. :)

 

Not a fancy tea party by any means but she didn't know the difference!

 

She loves to cheers!

 

A tiny little spill warranted being nakey the rest of the time :)

 

Cabin Fever

I'm not going to lie, January was a looooong month. We had days upon days of wind chills hovering at or below zero with a total of maybe 6-8 inches of snow over the course of the month. We couldn't hardly walk outside because it was just so COLD. I felt like we were never going to get above freezing but we finally did once we hitt February. A funny side story, the first day it warmed up a little Kade asked if we were going to eat lunch outside because it was such a beautiful day. I checked on my phone and it was 38 degrees out. Out perspectives have changed just a little after our freezing cold January!

We have been trying to get out of the house and find ways to burn off energy. But there is only so much you can do!

 

Miguel stopped through town and we were all SOO happy!!!