February 2018

Cello

Mason and I had so much fun at school hearing the songs Levi is learning for his upcoming cello concert.

Puppies and Puzzles
In Mason's opinion, there is nothing better than to have a new puzzle with puppies on it!  Thanks to Grandma for finding it at The Treasure Chest.

We were really impressed that Mason could do a 300 piece puzzle!

Scrapbooking
I used my free time during the months of January and February to catch up on the boys' scrapbooks!

A Big Breakfast
Without fail, Levi's request on Saturday morning is for a big breakfast!  On this particular morning, Dorian had to be dropped off at Dordt for STEMfest so Levi and Nathan had a breakfast date at The Livestock Co. together!  It's clear that he loved every bite of his big breakfast!

I'm thankful that Dorian also loved his day with his friend Ethan at STEMfest!  He made a robot, learned about food science, built a microscope, and played with Ozobots!

The Queen's Cartoonists
When I heard there was a Jazz band coming to Dordt to play along with cartoons, I knew Levi would love it!  It was so fun to watch him sit on the edge of his seat through the whole concert.  Our whole family went and liked it.  We even decided to buy their CD so we could listen to it again at home!

Valentines

Mason did a wonderful job writing his name on 21 valentines for his classmates and teachers!

I loved the flowers from Nathan and the Valentine from Mason!

Chinese New Year
Dorian was invited to join Jaden and his family at the Chinese Restaurant to celebrate the Chinese New Year!  Those 2 are such good friends!

Ceramics
I decided to join a friend and take a ceramics class for 6 weeks on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.  I took Levi with me one Saturday to show him how to use the pottery wheel!  He loved making his own clay bowl.

Snow Fun
Nice snowman Mason!

The boys love it that Mr. Rens plows the snow on our driveway into a huge pile!  Nathan helped Dorian tunnel through it before his 4 day work trip to Washington DC.

Levi was inside with Influenza B and strep throat.  :(  Dorian spent many hours clearing out a room in the snow pile and he couldn't wait to show me how big it was!

The Sound of Music
Kerry blessed us with tickets to see The Sound of Music at the Pavilion in Sioux Falls!  What a fun night out with delicious pizza, good conversations, and a wonderful show!

March is coming
I'm thinking that at least some of my free time in March will be spent decorating and cleaning.  I'm feeling like Spring Fever is setting in!  Thanks Mom for the Magnolia Journal magazines from Texas!

I've been eyeing this plant from Ground Effects and decided I would try having a real plant again...especially since it only needs to be watered monthly!

January 2018

Preschool Poster
Mason did a great job filling out his It's All About Mason poster for preschool.  He is 4 years old.  He lives in Sioux Center, Iowa.  He wants to be a firefighter.  His friends are Madalin and Oliver.  His favorite foods are candy, yogurt, pizza and eggs.  His favorite book is The Lost Puppy.  His favorite color is green.  His pet is Molly.

He shared his poster with his class!
I hope he always knows that God designed him to be just the way that he is!

Sledding
I met Janey, Brady, Addi and Levi Boogerd at the Alton sledding hill one Sunday afternoon.  We had heard it was a fun place to go sledding but we hadn't ever been there before.  The boys loved it!

Air Madness
We had a fun Friday night at Air Madness with the same group of friends!

Dorian and Brady like a good competition!

Jason Visits
We enjoyed having Jason over for a Sunday lunch!

Puzzles
Mason has been loving puzzles and he's done these 48 and 100 piece puzzles over and over many times!

First Time Skiing

Nathan and I took the boys to Great Bear and, after skiing lessons, all 3 of them learned how to ski!!!

We went down a couple of times together while the boys were in lessons!

5th Grade Friday
Dorian joined Brady and his family on a 5th Grade Friday Skiing night at Great Bear.  They were going to take lessons, but as it turned out, Dorian ended up teaching Brady how to ski!

Days at Home
The boys were scheduled to have days off from school on the 22nd and 23rd. But, then a blizzard came through on Monday the 22nd and so it was kind of fun to all be home together.  However, Mason had a  fever and was not feeling well.  Then he passed it on to his brothers and they each missed some school that week.

Preschool Fun
Mason enjoyed having 3 high school basketball players come to talk to his class!

Nice basketball jersey!  Loved seeing that in the hallway when I picked him up!

More Puzzles
Nice work finishing your puzzles boys!!!
Dorian and Levi finished the puzzles we brought back from London and gave to them for Christmas! Way to be persistent!

The M&M puzzle was reversible!

We challenged Mason to trying a 200 piece puzzle and he did it!  All by himself!  Nice work, buddy.

Travel
Nathan had 3 work trips in consecutive weeks.  Jan 3-5 in Washington DC.  Jan 10-12 in San Diego.  Jan 17-18 to Chicago and Washington DC.  It wasn't ideal, but we now have a few more frequent flyer miles saved up!