Cowboy

In preparation of Cowboy Nick's 3rd birthday, we did our traditional (i.e. last minute, but we've become famous for it) decorate our own wrapping paper. Both kids were dressed as "cowboy" as we could muster, and Kenzie drew the most amazing cowboy on his gift!

a day off...

{from school!} So we took a walk to the park. It was a beautiful warm day but there's still snow on the ground!
Lots of silliness!

The cookie says it all....

{traditional Valentine cookie a la Nana Bieker}

Yeehaw!

Must. eat. the. snow. before. it. melts!

Today, there's still much snow.. but it's expected to be 60+. We got dressed up and headed out for a walk. After a block's worth of "I'm sweating" whining, we came home and discarded all warm layers, except for boots. Had a lovely walk.

...nothing will stop this child from eating snow. Except - a bribe of snow ice cream.

Have you ever tried it?
Surprisingly, tasty!

Tom Girl

Kenzie was walking out of school one day..and standing by the door handing out flyers was a handful of cute high school aged Pom Pom Girls. She was handed a flyer. And, that's all it took to convince her she needed to do the Pom Pom Clinic they were advertising.


So, we signed her up. One night of practice. The next night, they performed at the half-time show of the AHS boys basketball game. Such a cute event. So cute to see her confidence and big wide smile.




The school refers to these girls as the "Tom's." As a family, we had a hard time figuring out what to call the event - Pom-pom, maybe... Tom-tom????? So, we settled on what Rylan called them. "Bum-Bum girls!"

Valentine's!

We've been on snow days for the past two days.. even though we only had ..maybe.. an inch of snow! The temperatures of -20 were enough to seal the deal for schools, apparently. Funny, Kenzie headed back to school today... and it's been snowing albeit a little warmer. We may be in for another day off tomorrow?

So, we tackled our Valentine's during the break and I LOVE how they came out. The outcome makes each of the kids smile too. We took photos of them with hands outstretched. Cut some slits above and below their hand, and inserted a sucker. Done.