happy valentine's day!

I saw this on a couple of blogs this year and loved them, so luckily the kids cooperated and we had fun making these!  We stuck small heart suckers in the poles they are holding.  I wish I would have remembered pictures of the finished product!

a style all her own...

 she loves wearing my headbands :)

new snow shoes!

Today Mike took Sophie and Jackson to get them their own snow shoes.  They will be heading up to the Boundary Waters in about a month and we had fresh snow, so it was a perfect day to practice.  They picked it up quickly and went on a walk around the block.  It was fun to watch them have so much fun with them!  After they got their snow shoes, Mike took them to Mickey's Diner for lunch (I still haven't been there!).  Calla and I enjoyed our afternoon together :)

finally time to play in the snow!

It has been way too cold lately to play outside for very long, but we finally had a "warm" day so I bundled the kids up and let them play for awhile.  Calla was a little unsure at first but quickly started to follow Jackson around.  Jackson named the snowman Zebra, but now his name is Bob :)

dora + diego at the children's museum

Since Sophie was at a slumber party for the night and Mike was going to be hanging out with friends, I decided an evening at the Children's Museum would be fun for the 3 of us left (oops...yes, Mike was there with us for awhile before he met up with his friends!).  Calla LOVES Dora and Diego right now so she was thrilled with the new Dora and Diego room at the museum.  We did visit other rooms, but definitely had to go back one more time before we left!

he kept trying to climb up the rock wall, but it was a side to side one...it was fun watching him try and figure it out

Jackson was SO excited to be an animal rescuer

maybe she'll be a singer someday!