kids tea party It's February, and that means tea party. Today Emma hosted her 3rd annual tea party. This year Olivia invited some of her friends too. Most of the decorations and food have stayed the
family more ice skating The girls really wanted to take daddy and show him their ice skating skills.... It was way more crowded than on a weekday, but the girls managed to weave their way in and
family happy valentine's day I found out this year that between November and January if you spend $250 at the Mall of America you get 2 wristbands for unlimited rides. By the time I bought a couple
kids ice skating round 2 Emma has 5 days off school. Yes.... 5! I have no idea why I did not plan for that better. We should have gone to Florida, but instead we're enjoying 0 (feels like
kids ice skating I realized the other day that I've never taken Olivia ice skating. Mondays are our free day, so I figured we'd give ice skating a try. You never know how these things will
kids daddy daughter dance Lots of fun things happen in February - tea party, Valentine's Day and the Daddy Daughter dance. Olivia was so excited to go. She talked about it all day long. 💕 Lately Emma hasn't
kids crazy hair day This week Olivia's school is celebrating kindness. Each day has a different theme. Today was crazy hair day.... I could tell Emma was a little jealous of Olivia's cool hair, so I asked
family tubing Today was a warm one. So warm that the weather app on my phone had this picture. 🤷🏼♀️😂 Last year we missed out on tubing. I wasn't going to let that happen again, so
family ice fishing Today was the perfect weather for a family ice fishing event. It's also the first time we've seen the sun in weeks. 😎 One of the nearby cities does this event every year. They
family just us girls Braden had to be in Miami this weekend, so it is just us girls. We started off the morning with rainbow waffles. Today I gave them the option of going ice skating or
kids musical beds Emma has had a fever since Friday. She barely got out of bed all weekend. When the girls are sick I let them sleep in our bed so I can check on them
kids sick day I was just thinking to myself the other day that we've been doing really good with illness at our house. So far no one has been sick yet this winter.... until today. Emma
family beach day It might have been -6 degrees this morning, but that didn't stop Olivia's class from having a beach day at school. 😎
kids back to the grind It was a looooong week. I realized as Christmas break was coming to an end that I'm more of a no routine/no schedule kind of person. I'd much rather let the girls
family happy new year We started 2020 off with a visit to the ER. While we were in Texas Olivia got hit in the toe with the hotel room door. I had a feeling it caught her
family back home We spent our New Year's Eve morning flying home from Texas. On our way to the airport we stopped at a mega Buc-ees. Just like Blue Bell, it's one of the things you
family carmine, tx After the birthday celebration wrapped up we headed to Braden's dad's house for a few days. On our way there we introduced Emma to Sonic's cherry limeade. About 20 minutes away is a
family georgetown, tx We had a 90th birthday party to attend in the evening, which gave us all day to do some exploring. First up... Inner Space Cavern. This place was cool. The tour was a
