Winter Carnival 2016!

Our community-wide Winter Festival was so much fun this year!  Niece and Kalub came over to spend the day with us and we had a lot of fun.  We started with the pancake breakfast with friends from Frozen, then went to gymnastics class and to the Section X basketball playoffs, followed by bounce house fun at school, dinner at the Riverview, and the night parade.  We were all tired out by the end of the day!

While mommy was a bit under the weather all week plenty of fun was had:

Claire pretended to be mommy and take care of me while I was sick.  She took it pretty seriously too, even putting on my PJ's, which wouldn't stay up!  Here she is bringing me a cup of water!

Both girls have been very cautious to be around mommy because they don't want my germs.  When Claire asked "Mommy, will you snuggle with me, but don't breath on me?" I could barely hold back the laughter.  So cute from a 4 year old!  Another day when I asked Stella to come snuggle me she just looked at me funny and I knew what we she was thinking "I'm staying away from you".  Thankfully the girls have stayed healthy this winter!  They've been super sweet with forehead kisses and telling me they hope I feel better soon.

 We visited Mommy's new office on campus and here Stella is checking out the conference room!

Daddy made some tracks in the snow and a sledding hill which the girls enjoyed, Stella more than Claire, who took the opportunity to have some ipad time alone after the chilly play.

Since Mommy was working for part of the week (and on the couch sick some) the girls had a chance to visit Neice's house to visit and play with Kalub while daddy was at practice.

 Basketball season is nearing an end but it's not over yet!  We are all so excited for daddy and his team for winning the Class C title!  The girls and I were really excited to watch the game and are excited they've advanced to regional play.

After nearly two weeks of not feeling well I finally went to the doctor.  I was going for a routine visit but was happy to have my cold checked out.  Our physician suspects I have walking pneumonia and gave me some antibiotics, which make me feel really nauseous.  Needless to say, I haven't felt myself.  I've been grateful to be on break so daddy was home and could take some things off my to do-list.  Including making dinner tonight, which was such a treat!  All of the fun on Saturday really tired me out so it was good to not do much but rest all day today.  When the girls wanted to throw me a party they understood the party had to come to me, so they brought all of their goodies to me in bed this afternoon.  Glad they are rolling with things!

The girls have missed their teachers and school friends this week.  Stella was so surprised she didn't see more friends at the festival events and is excited to go back to school tomorrow!  We are so glad our girls love their school!