365 ~ 2014: Day 59

Enjoying a spot of hot cocoa!

365 ~ 2014: Day 58

February Vacation meet up to see the Lego Movie!

365 ~ 2014: Day 57

Temperatures in the teens won't stop us from getting an icy cold treat!

365 ~ 2014: Day 56

Forgot to take one of all the kids before the two oldest went off to swimming lessons...that is what happens when you are so busy catching up with an old friend!

365 ~ 2014: Day 55

Evan's first time on skis!  His instructor said he had a good time, but did not like to fall.  They even took him on the chair lift!  The hot chocolate break and the magic carpet ride were the big hits of the day!

365 ~ 2014: Day 54

Happy 6th Birthday to Shaun's long time friend Alexis!  I say this every year but I can't believe they were infants when they first met and now they are turning SIX!

365 ~ 2014: Day 53

The big kids all went to Gunstock today for some skiing, leaving me home with the littles.  These two were hilarious together today.  Thanks to their stealth and mad hunting skills they saved me, and all the fairies and creatures from the evil Mega-Monster that lived in our toy room.  I decided to reward their valiant efforts with an ice cream treat!  I don't know what I would have done without them!

365 ~ 2014: Day 52

Kicking off school vacation with Movie Night at the school.

365 ~ 2014: Day 51

Walking home from the bus stop in yesterdays storm.  Snow makes an awesome natural light reflector and any excuse to practice.

365 ~ 2014: Day 50

We had a special guest come visit the boys school today and guess what I left at home!  Go Figure!  Glad I had my phone, but it's just not the same.

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Evan enjoying an ice cream treat at Arnie's during the Family Center/Preschool field trip today!

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More extreme sledding...

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Getting some serious air sledding today!

365 ~ 2014: Day 46

The boys waiting for Disney on Ice to start.  The tickets were a Christmas present from Auntie Kristin and we had a great time!  The boys flipped when they saw Jack Skellington come out and skate to "This is Halloween", with a special appearance from Captain Hook and other Disney villains!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Love is in the air and let me tell you that I love any excuse to celebrate, including the holidays of the Hallmark variety!  For the second year we all got dressed up and had a nice dinner in our dining room.  I'm glad to be making this a new tradition.  The menu this year was pork carnitas with tex-mex rice and pinto beans wrapped in a flour tortilla and pan fried, and it was delicious!  I served it with some chips and salsa, just like you get in the Mexican restaurants!

Pork Carnitas - YUM!

We only had one school celebration (our Family Center party) since we got some major snow yesterday that caused schools to cancel for 2 days.  So unfortunately, the boys were unable to celebrate with their classmates and hand out their special Valentine's but at least we got to celebrate at home.  They loved their box of chocolates and heart shaped lollipop from the local candy store.

The Heart Shaped cake we shared with our Family Center friends!

I always have fun putting together the Valentine cards for the boys.  This year I used a pink back drop and made a Valentin'es Day set.  I always get the boys some kind of dress shirt in the red/pink family and because Evan's still little, I'm always able to get him a cute Valentine's long sleeved tee.  They don't make them in big boy sizes.  Either way they all looked handsome in their card portraits!  This is the 3rd year we have done these cards (after I got the idea from a friend!) and I just love doing them!  And for the record, they are just as easy to put together as some of the store bought ones!!

All You Need is LOVE & LOLLIPOPS!

Evan starting to work on his cards!

David signing his cards!

Shaun did a great job writing all his classmates names!

I just love our fancy dinners.  If you have young kids and you want to do something special on Valentine's Day, get the family dressed up and have dinner at home.  It's lots of fun!  This year we finished the night by watching some highlights of the Olympics with the boys.  They got a kick out of the slope-style skiing and snowboarding.

The boys dressed to the nines and ready for dinner!

Me and my Valentines!

Ready to enjoy "Fancy Dinner"

And now time to relax and share some Candy Shoppe truffles with my #1 Valentine!

365 ~ 2014: Day 45

Do you wanna build a snowman...

365 ~ 2014: Day 44

In case you didn't know...it's snowing!

365 ~ 2014: Day 43

Had a nice visit from my bestie today and the boys had fun sledding.

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It was Friendship Celebration Day at Family Center today!

365 ~ 2014: Day 41

Today was the 100th day of school.  Last week Shaun turned in his 100 Day project (100 Skylander stickers) and today he shows off his 100 Day glasses!

365 ~ 2014: Day 40

Daddy and David headed to the slopes today with friends, Shaun was off on a play date which left me and my littlest buddy to hang out for the day.  After being a good sport, running errands with mom, we headed to Friendly's (his choice!) for a special treat!

365 ~ 2014: Day 39

He told me after they cooked his "make-your-own-pizza" that he was an awesome Chef because his pizza was DE-licious!

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Lunch date with Auntie!

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Even Mom needs to get in the picture sometimes!

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Snow Day!  Even though our snow was light and fluffy, making it impossible to build a snowman, we still had fun sledding.  The sledding conditions improved greatly by late afternoon!

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It was finally warm enough to play outside at Family Center!

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These two became besties over the weekend!

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Daddy and David did a little skiing while Shaun, Evan and I hit the tubing park at Hermon Mountain!

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Snow boot skating at the town made rink!