January Extras

So, January was a good time.  Minus the week where we survived temps in the negative forty-degree range.  It was all we could do not to pack up our bags and just LEAVE.  Trust me, J and I discussed it.  But mother nature smiled on us and brought us back into positive temperatures and attitudes and we've been enjoying life in this snowy state once again.  Peach got ice skates for Christmas and is surprising us by what a natural she is! 

So much so that we signed her up for skating lessons with our sweet, sweet babysitter.

 

The "American Girl" dolls that the girls asked Santa for have been dressed and re-dressed, taken everywhere, and generally played with enough to justify spending a little more than we normally would have at Christmas time.

Sparkle has gotten brave about the potty....with no regularity, but.....baby steps.  :)

game after game after game after game after game of old maid puts this one her in her happy place.

now if she could just figure out how to HAVE the old maid without being a dead giveaway.

daddy braved the crowds and took all three to a play place while mommy was away with some ladies from church.

firing up the oven for warm cookies on a cold day?

yes, please

Peach has gotten her writing groove on, asking how to spell EVERYTHING and sounding out what she can. she came home from our church's Wednesday night King's Kids with this in her pocket.  

be still my heart.

finally, a pre-school screening for this one where we found out what we already knew:

she's a smartie....and a character.

we had to wait a while in the play room while the teacher finished up with another assessment.

Tulip found this in the dress up bin and asked to wear it to her test.

the teacher was happy to oblige and ended our meeting by saying, "she's the first kid to ever wear a costume to her pre-k screening".

you know us.  we like to blaze the trail.

with that, i believe i can honestly say that I enjoyed January as much as humanly possible and as a reward, i think that spring should just quit delaying the inevitable and GET HERE ALREADY.