February brings good things...

like...


being with these girls...(and sister in law not pictured),


and having this baby happily play...



while I sew an apron,


a tissue holder and a birthday card;



like sunsets,

and kids playing on the ice





and laughing like crazy.

Closing January 11

We do this now....and we are not always happy when we do it.


We barely fit into this, it's the long torso from the father's side.



And we are proud of ourselves when we get in the kitchen and pull something out.



We share sweet moments.



We prepare yummy treats.


Salted Caramel Vanilla Cupcakes....with sliced pear. yup.
(not made in the easy bake)

Cousins.

Sometimes you love to play the music and sing.

And sometimes you need to be the music and get down with your bad self.

We tried banana. We gagged.

We finished big Lego projects.

We had more cousins over to build snow women with,

and to leap into February with,

Only to find more snow!

Winter bleh.

I'm just not a winter person. No secret there. But to focus on the positive I will list a few things I do appreciate about the colder months.

• the excuse to not go anywhere w/ four children in tow
• I can stay in my sweats or pj's all day (except for when I leave the house) in order to keep warm
• the snow can be pretty
• hot beverages: coffee, tea, hot chocolate
• reading with the kids on snow days

That's all that comes to me right now.

Yesterday we tried to make butter. Skimmed some cream off the top of our raw milk and had a shaking party.


Everyone got in on the fun, and we were able to produce a few chunks. Haven't tried it yet.

Last night Dennis and I had a date. These date nights are rare for us simply because we are too cheap to want to pay for a babysitter, or to mess with trying to find one. It's ridiculous. But, my man arranged for his mom to come up last night and we went and used his gift card he got for Christmas at the Olive Garden. And for the first time in a long time I wasn't disappointed with my meal. Then we wandered around Target. Yes, we can live it up. Don't be sad that you can't be us. There is only one us.



High Fashion.







And this is what this morning was about. Sitting on the potty. We did get one result in the pot and no accidents as of yet!