Snow

We usually have a little bit of snow each year in Arkansas, and I can remember a few times when it has snowed in February before, but not quite this late in the season. But it started snowing about 5:00 pm, and within a couple of hours the houses and the lawns were covered in a blanket of white. Brian even noted that it was enough to make a snowball. It didn't last too long, and the sun came up bright and shiny the next morning and it was gone. I didn't get a chance to capture a picture. Short lived and beautiful, just how I like the snow.

First Signs of Spring

It's coming...as I was driving around I noticed this:

and then this:

and this:

I am so excited for spring. But you have to look quick, because soon it will look like this.

Supermom Central

Ha! You thought I was talking about myself...Hardly!

Supermom Central is having a great giveaway for a super cool Bumbleride Flyer Stroller. Go check it out!

School Is Out

Brian has a long weekend, no school today or Monday, so I planned to do some fun activities to keep them entertained. Today we went to the Discovery Museum. The kids had a good time exploring and learning.

Then we went to the $1 theatre with some friends and saw Madagascar 2: Escape From Africa. They movie was cute and the kids did really well. They sat quietly, ate a large popcorn (by themselves) with only minor incidences, and watched the entire movie. They are definitely growing up.

Simply Lulu

I found this blog that sells cute hair bows and flowers. I just had to buy some for my girls. She is having a giveaway, go check it out.

Great Find

Today was a gorgeous day in Little Rock, so I soon as I picked Brian up from school, I knew we needed to head to the park. My friend Jenna was at the park at a new church, Fellowship Bible. We decided to meet her there and check it out. It was awesome. It had two play areas, one for the little kids and one for the big kids. It had rubber bark, great slides, climbing areas, ride on cars, and a sand area. I didn't take any pictures, but will add some next time we go.

Valentine's Day(s)

We had a busy Valentine's end of the week. I missed posting Danielle's five month milestone picture, but I did take it on the 12th, so here she is 5 months old. She is getting very heavy, it is going to be time to turn in her infant carseat, since she is too big to lug around anymore. But I am not quite ready to give up the convenience yet. She doesn't have the desire to roll over yet, but she is very strong so I think she could if she wanted to.

Emily had her Valentine's Party at school on Thursday. I think she had a good time, and was totally worn out by the time I picked her up.

Brian had is school party on Friday. They did the party during snack time. They had lots of treats, ice cream, cake, and goodies. Then they exchanged Valentine's, and then played outside.

Eddie and I were able to go to dinner and a movie on Friday night. We swapped kids with Jenna, and we watched hers on Saturday. We tried to get a last minute reservation at a place we had not been too, but it was too late, so we ended up going to Cajun's Wharf. We had a great seat by the river, and enjoyed fillet minion and halibut with veggies, and potatoes. It was nice to have a quiet dinner by ourselves (well we did bring Danielle) but she is still easy to take out. Then we saw Taken. We definitely need to continue to have date night at least once a month.

On Saturday, Emily had a birthday party at Gymboree for a friend from school. Can you say more cake and goodies! We are on sugar overload this weekend. I sent Brian and daddy to a Lowe's grow and build workshop. They have them every other Saturday, they are free and the kids get to build a project. Today's project was a Valentine's treasure box. You get safety goggles and an apron too. At the end of the workshop you get a completed badge for your apron. I guess I get to practice up for when Brian is in Cub Scouts. Brian gave me the treasure box for Valentine's Day, how sweet!

We finished up the weekend with another birthday party on Monday night for a friend in Emily's Sunbeam class. It was a pool party at the local YWCA. The whole family came to the pool party, and mommy had to get in the pool for reassurance and to make sure they didn't drown.

The Beach?

Today while Eddie was working on cleaning the garage, and the kids were "helping" they took the beach chairs out to the lawn, put on their sunglasses and acted like they were at the beach. Eddie came to tell me about their adventure, it was so cute we took a picture. They loved it when we went to Destin, Florida last year for Memorial Day, hopefully we will be able to go again soon.

Primary Activity

Today was Emily's first official Primary activity, that she went to as a Sunbeam. She had been to Primary Activities before, because mom and dad serve in the Primary and Brian was going anyway. Today we made Family Home Evening Kit. The lesson was on Temples. They put all the things they needed into a ziplock bag. They had an outline, songs, a scripture, a story, the lesson with pictures, a puzzle, and a game. Then the kids put together chocolate chip cookie mix in a bag for the refreshments.

It was a great idea to help parents to have FHE each week. We have been doing fairly well with our goal this year to have FHE each Monday night.

Another Beautiful January Day

Usually the weather is the coldest in January in Arkansas. But not this year, it has been very pleasant. We got a chance to spend the afternoon at the Little Rock Zoo. It is the perfect size for us to wander through in a few hours. We met our friend Jenna, and her three kids Lexi, Ashton, and Jacqueline there. It was Danielle's first trip to the zoo. We had a great time checking out the chimpanzees, and the silver back gorillas, with their cute baby. The giraffes were licking the window inside their "house", and the huge grizzly bear came right up to the window to say hi. We finished up our visit with the traditional feeding of the fish. It was a perfect day for friends and fun at the zoo.