bunking

We bunked Savannah & Megan's beds shortly after Christmas.
We didn't see them for 3 days.
Enough said.

getting Megan better... in numbers

7 miserable days and nights
6 nightly bedroom visits
5 inquiries; the doctor, nurse, clinic, internet, mom
4 ten dollar bills paid to confirm what we already knew
3 popsicles
2 prescriptions

1 little girl on the mend
A collective sigh of relief.

We're glad you're feeling better Meggie May!

winter warm

Our fun weekend with Shane, Lisa, and 18 inches of new snow! (and it's still falling!)

The snow...

may fall...

but I don't mind at all...

'cause you...

you keep me winter warm!

road trip

We went to visit mom and dad for a week and help out a little since mom had her knee replacement surgery. She looked great and was putting around with her walker when we got there; about 9 o'clock at night! Her therapist had good things to say about her progress and by the time we left she was walking without the walker. WHEW! Mom was "forced" to lay low and relax so we actually got to sit and visit. The cousins had a great time playing together and it was so fun to hear how much Gracie is talking! Sheila and Ryan were great to host us a rock band party. We were definitely the greenies of the group but I must admit it was a lot of fun.

Upon arriving home Meggie and Ava have been fighting tonsillitis. Meg has the worst of it with a double ear infection and panic every time she tries to swallow because her throat is so swollen. She has been sleeping 3 hours in the afternoon and a good 12 hour night; so I know how miserable she must be. We got home and hit the ground running. Back to school, back to music classes, and back to lots of snow!

our version of a snow day

We had such a fun day, I just had to write about it. I host our weekly co-op on Tuesdays. I decided it would be fun to have a game day since most everyone got a new game for Christmas. We started out with some "group" games that I had planned; so we could get some reading and math practice in. Then I fixed a light lunch for the kids, read a story to them, and then they were free to break into groups and play their new games. They did such a great job working together and explaining how to play each of the games. Brett got home from work around 2pm and offered to take all the kids out sledding. He ended up having 4 sleds tied to the back of the ATV and had them out for at least an hour.

We laughed because he looked like one of those pull toys with the mama duck and a sting of babies behind her.

The moms got to visit inside by a warm fire, eat fresh out-of-the-oven chocolate chip cookies, and plan the rest of our school year. It was the perfect beginning to a new semester of homeschooling.

the double-dog dare

Brett and the girls had a fun evening of "I dare you to..." the other night while we were trying to relax in the hot tub (although it never is relaxing with 3 little girls that think it's a swimming pool). It started out with the girls getting too warm and wanting to sit on the edge of the tub to cool off. Then Brett suggested they hop down and put their feet in the snow... and then it snowballed (no pun intended). He had the girls running laps around the yard, sliding down a snow covered slide, and finally sledding down onto the lake and running back up. It became a regular 'ol obstacle course with the participants running around in 20 degree weather and their swimsuits. Brett had to rescue Ava a few times because she wasn't moving as fast as the other two, and Megan kept falling down, completely covering herself in snow on the last round; but everyone kept a good sense of humor and knew when to say "enough is enough". Oh, and no I did not participate and yes my girls officially think I'm a "chicken".

ringing in the new year

*Ate "brunch" at 5:00 pm with our neighbors
*Went sledding & ice skating on the fabulous rink Brett made out front
*Huddled around a bonfire and made s'mores in 12 degree weather
*Toasted the new year with neighbors

*Put kids to bed
*Played Phase 10 (of course I choked when we started keeping score)

*Received mystery phone call from "Studio 54"... in which we heard:
ha...ha....ha....ha...you're missin' the disco man....ha...ha...ha...ha
they just got done playing the Bee Gee's...ha...ha...ha
ooh, a slow song~gotta go... *click*
(thanks Shane, your phone call was the highlight of our night!)

*Changed the sheets on Ava's wet bed (she was so tired; she didn't even flinch)
*Spent the last minute of 2007 kissing the old year out and the new year in...

2008 is going to be great! Happy New Year!