Chasing the snow!!

So as many of you know...I LOVE SNOW. This winter proved to be less than exciting with the ice and a few inches and that is it. One nor'easter was predicted at the last minute and of course NJ was going to get hit worse than Central PA so we made a last minute run to Haddon Heights to enjoy some snow. I took the chance that Lizzie would have off school and thankfully, at about 11:30, they decided to cancel only PM Kindergarten, phew!! We had fun sledding with Auntie Irv and Calista and even Aunt Liz and Ben made an appearance and played in the snow with us.

The Gang Sledding

Cousin Ben

Hannah with her tongue out

Jackson in the tree

Lizzie in the tree

February

I can't believe it is almost March already. Just to get it off my chest, I am really mad that we did NOT have any good snow this winter!! The kids couldn't even enjoy the one good snow of 3-4 inches because it iced on top and poor Hannah wasn't able to walk in it. Anyway, here are some pictures of what we have been up to this past month.

Lizzie has been accessorizing she did this during naptime one day.

She used some of her Christmas money to purchase a Barbie that came with theses, lovely!!

Jackson and Lizzie

We got piggies in Hannah's hair for the first time.

She loves her doodle pad and to "trace hand" on it.

Jackson

Hat day as we went out on one of the warmer days this month.

One of the snow days

silly Hannah

the kids

another snow day (I think it was the ice day)

Lizzie all bundled up.

Visiting Mom-mom and Pop-pop's

The golf crew:
Joe, Jonathan, David, Derek

Joe teeing off

I got the flu and was really sick last week. My parents came and got me and brought me down to NJ since Joe was away on his golf trip in NC. It was great because I could not have taken care of the kids on Thursday and Friday, I had no energy.

I also got a "promotion" this month. I am now going to be overseeing only the 2 year olds and developing curriculum and programming for them for the fall when we move into our new area. It is very exciting and there is a lot of "top secret" planning going on for a big reveal in the fall.

Hannah is talking like crazy. Some of her phrases: "Jackson did it!" If you ask her if she pooped or if she did something. "Pants fall down." and she then pulls them up." We all love High School Musical and have been listening to the HSM3 soundtrack quite a lot lately. Hannah likes the first song she calls "sixteen" and asks for it as soon as we get in the car. She is a clown and always looking to make us laugh at dinner or when we are all hanging out.

Jackson's sweet spirit is so cute and he offered to help me while I was sick and is very excited to start preschool in the fall. Lately, he has begun to ask for things for his May birthday. We'll have to start a list.

Lizzie is doing well in school and trying to keep her "boy who is a friend" a secret from dad. Connor has sent some love notes home and I had to tell Lizzie she is not allowed to ask boys to get her flowers as she told me she had let Connor know he had to bring some in for her tomorrow. Connor also wrote a paragraph about Lizzie for Valentine's Day. All the kids had to work with the aide at school to describe someone or something they love using adjectives. Lizzie wrote about Lamie and most kids wrote about Mom or Dad or their pets, Connor wrote about Lizzie. funny...

Until next time...

Photo Shoot

I am still working with my new camera to get good, focused pictures. Here is the kids' first photo shoot with me in their Christmas outfits (thank you Mom-Mom and Aunt Dori)!!

yes, that is slobber

Quotes: After sending Lizzie to timeout one day, she was crying and I came in to talk to her after her time was up and she said, "I feel like you are pushing me out of the family!" (drama queen!!)

Hannah has been talking up a storm, full sentences and everything. "Thank you Mama, Thank you Dada" for everything. If she accomplishes something, she says "yes, high five!" And my favorite, "Jackson did it!" (right)

Jackson was crying the other day as we pulled away from dropping Lizzie off at Kindergarten and I asked him what was wrong. He said, "Lizzie forgot to give me a kiss."