Girls' Weekend

Four friends and I spent the weekend at our cabin for a girls' weekend. Saturday evening, we went to Smoland Prairie Homestead Inn for a bread making class.



We got a tour of the grounds and the bed and breakfast while the bread was rising.



While it was baking, we were served wine and dinner. Fun! Sunday morning, we ventured out for a walk in the woods. Probably the only time this winter we actually had any real amount of snow on the ground there, which lead to an interesting first night at the cabin (We got stuck in the driveway, had to have a neighbor come over to help us and Steve and kids drove up to plow out the driveway for us.) It looks beautiful now though!





Thanks for a fun time everyone! I had a blast.



It will be interesting to see how different it will look once they start logging the downed trees, which could start any day now.

Big Boy Bed

The letter R.



Ever since D's science themed birthday party, M has been begging for me to do experiments with him. We did one where you watch a balloon blow up by itself.



On Saturday, February 25th, M made the transition to a big, big boy bed.



Trying it out.





Measuring the kids on our board downstairs.





S and T.

Hello Kitty Science Birthday Party

For D's 6th birthday party, we had a Hello Kitty science themed party. We did several experiments together in our lab coats and safety goggles. Here is D before the party.





For the first experiment, we made some liquids change into Hello Kitty's favorite colors, pink and purple, by adding purple cabbage juice to them.



Next, we made radioactive Hello Kitty milk.



One of the favorites was the atomic Hello Kitty slime, in pink of course.



We made Hello Kitty ice cream that the girls had to roll around in the can so that the rock salt melted the ice to create the yummy ice cream.


Afterwards, we took out our ingredients that had changed from a liquid to the consistency of soft serve ice cream.



The girls got to have a taste.



For our final experiment, it was time for Hello Kitty to clean up for lunch, so we made a special Hello Kitty bubble bath with purple bubbles.







D and her Hello Kitty cupcake cake.



Yum!



D couldn't wait until nighttime to put on her new Hello Kitty nightgown and Snuggie and slipper socks she got as gifts, so she wore them for the rest of the day.

Valentine's Day

On Tuesday, D got to bring Valentines to school to pass out to her classmates. I didn't realize what a haul she'd bring home. Candy for a lifetime!



M got some treats from us as well as from grandmas and aunts.



The letter q. Apparently not his favorite letter.



On Friday, D celebrated the 100th day at school. She had to bring 100 of any small object (she brought pennies) for a counting activity they did.



On Saturday, we went up to the cabin. Steve told the kids they could color on the wall just this one special time because we are getting ready to put up sheet rock on the other side of the studs. They made a beautifully colored wall.



M didn't quite grasp the concept of coloring on the wall. He kept wanting to put hold his picture up to the wall and color it there. We kept telling him he could actually color on the wall but he just wouldn't do it. Let's hope that he doesn't decide to try it out on his own sometime somewhere else!





D and her rainbow.

Milestone Birthday

The letter P.



On Sunday, we celebrated my great Aunt Kay's 90th birthday at Buca's. It was nice to get together with the family.





The girl cousins.



The boy cousins.



Grandma, Kay, and Mary Ann.



Brother-in-laws.



Sisters.



Sister and brother.



Uncle Robb and Aunt Lynne.



Dad and Mom.



D opened her birthday gifts from the family, too.





D helping Kay with her gifts.



Happy Birthday Kay!