We are fortunate to live in a quiet little town that hosts two special weekends every year packed with lots of fun things to do right at home. This weekend, as usual, many folks planned things for our community to enjoy:
Bounce House Fun - Claire went to a birthday party instead, but Stella had a nice time!
Spa party at Gabby's house!
Breakfast with Marshall from the Paw Patrol!
Our coloring contest winners! Stella won the 'Judges Pick' category, a $25 Walmart Gift Card, and Claire won the 'Creativity' category, a toy bag. The game of Skip-Bo was included so we taught the girls how to play and have enjoyed several card games over the last two days!
They claimed their prizes at the Riverview after having a snack together and watching the fashion show while daddy was at practice. It was a fun girls outing for us!
We walked over to watch the parade with Miss Julie, although Caitlin and Anna weren't able to make it due to illness. The kids gathered plenty of candy and lots of cheese from a local farm - the theme this year was 'Back to the Farm'.
After the parade Stella stopped by Miss Heather's house to build a snowman in the yard. We are pretty sure Bauer, her playful golden retriever, knocked it down right away!
Other recent happenings:
On Saturday, we visited SUNY Potsdam to see a show hosted by CPS. Randy and I read these stories as children and have enjoyed reading them to our girls now. Stella has read most of the series at school as well:
Stella and I arrived early and saved seats for the Britton family and daddy and sissy, who were running a little behind from the Birthday party. We brought along a book so she could keep herself occupied while she waited.
I told Claire she would have to leave the party early for the show and would probably miss out on birthday cake, but she managed to stick it out with daddy and have a cupcake before leaving. She was quick to let daddy know on the way to the show that Mommy was wrong, and she did get to have cake! That's our sugar bug for you!
Afterward we had dinner at the Britton's and the girls all played until bedtime when we headed home. Here they are having a group hug at the end of the evening. We love that they are such great friends!
 |
| 2017 Senior Night |
Basketball season is winding down. Last night we watched daddy's first play-off game against Tupper Lake. The win takes them to the Class-C finals this coming Saturday @ Maxcy Hall against SLC - a South Street battle on the court!
 |
From 2016, but captures some intensity to help
promote playoffs for this year. |
Monday was President's Day so we were all home together. I woke up around 8am to find this in the living room - Stella quietly went downstairs, put some Kidzbop radio on the tablet, layed out the new blanket she won from the 100's day spaghetti dinner chance auction, and did some coloring until the rest of us woke up. She's a thoughtful girl!
