Watch us grow!
This morning, the kids were up early and starting playing right away. They’re so cute with their matching pjs and bed head.
We also made one more trip to Soda Springs for a morning to rides before heading home.
We went straight to the green runs and had a full morning of snowboarding.
Peanut figured out a new way of sliding down the mountain and we laughed the whole way down.
We later met up with Zoe and Maya on the other side and the kids had fun going down the bunny slopes together.
Back at the cabin, Zoe and Maya had arrived and settled in. We had dinner together and then played games before bed.
The kids wore matching Christmas pjs and Janie even read stories to everyone!
It’s New Year’s Eve and Uncle Jimmy and Auntie Eleen threw another party at their house.
The kids were all there and some Pokemon cards were traded that night.
Happy New Year!!
We went to Zoe and Maya’s house for their annual holiday party.
The girls played Pokemon and the littles shared a game on Maya’s tablet.
At the end of the night, the girls worked on organizing the play closet. They ha a lot of work to do!
Janie went to Emma’s birthday party today. It was a spa day for the little ladies. Janie arrived a little late but also didn’t want to do the face masks. She did, however, get her nails painted.
Meanwhile, Peanut took a big nap while she was away.
Sometimes it’s hard being a soccer sibling. You have to sit around for at least 90 minutes while your older sibling is playing soccer. Today, Peanut and Maya entertained themselves with Pokemon cards.
Today, Peanut had no school and Mama was off. Janie had to go to school so we dropped her off and then helped out the teacher by making a bunch of photocopies.
Then, we went to the Oakland Zoo for a Mama and Peanut day of fun!
He was most excited about riding the gondola.
We saw the black bear up close as sh was eating breakfast.
We got to ride the train and found ourselves faced with a potential runaway wallaby at the gate.
Peanut also rode the cars and the plane ride that he’s now tall enough to ride.
On our way home, we met up with Auntie Eleen and Maya (who also had no school today). We had a big spaghetti lunch and then went home for a nap.
At the end of the day, we picked up Janie from AIK and she was so happy to show Peanut around.
We had a small gathering at Uncle Jimmy’s house this evening and the kids did a “performance” on the swing set today.
Today is Janie’s 7th birthday and it happened to fall on a Saturday! So, we celebrated on her actual birthday with Legos, Pokemon, smoked brisket and ribs, and cake.
We hired a group called Bricks4Kids to come and run activities for all the kids.
Mama also decorated the cake with Pokemon.
The kids all gathered around the table and sang “Happy Birthday”.
Janie also got to make the first cut in the cake.
She ended up with lots of presents and Ta called to sing “Happy Birthday” to her too.
What a fun party!
It’s Auntie Eleen’s birthday so we offered to take Zoe and Maya for the afternoon. It later turned out to be a big kid party at Uncle Ian’s house with Dada and Uncle Ian doing all the cooking.
The big girls did some origami and the littles played Street Fighter.
After dinner, all the kids joined in to play Just Dance on the Nintendo Switch.