Fun at the Children's Discovery Museum

I feel like we are finally moving out of the winter blues & into spring fever. Even though the winter wasn't bad at all. It still just seems like it lasts FOREVER. Yesterday would have been an absolutely gorgeous & almost hot if it hadn't been 40 mph winds. The weather over the past couple of weeks has been crazy. Sunday night it snowed & was 15 degrees when I left the house Monday morning. Yesterday, it was 65 degrees during my drive home at 5:30. INSANE.

The weather flip-flopping like this has struck us all with some sort of head cold. Today Rachel is down & out with a fever of 102.6 and more snot than I've ever seen in a 4 year old. Poor girl. Olivia has been complaining of headaches all week. I think she may have allergy crap like me. So we are home laying low today.

Hopefully soon we will have green grass & blue skies! It's going to be great to be abe to get outside & enjoy the day rather than staying couped up inside. We spring forward this weekend. So excited to gain an extra hour of day light!

Saturday, we decided to take the girls on a fun trip to the Children's Discovery Museum in Decatur. They had only been asking every weekend for the past month. It was so much fun. They had a blast. This was my 1st trip there. Jarrett took the girls on his own when I went to the Cubs game last August - what a brave Daddy.



Jarrett joined in on the fun! And will be so pleased this picture made its way to the blog!

The Bubble Room was our first stop. And Olivia claims it was her favorite.

 



The mini post office & bank were a big hit with both the girls too.

The paint room. It was really fun. So messy, but very fun.

 

The grocery store was Rachel's absolute favorite. I didn't think we'd ever get her out of there.

 

 

how about a real blog post

Feel like I haven't done a real blog post all month...but as luck would have it we are back to business as usual (aka: random crap)

We bought our very first brand new piece of living room furniture Saturday evening.

Exhibit A: lovely brown microfiber sofa from Menards. We saved big money, we saved big money because we shopped Menards. Who knew Menards had living room furniture?







My car is in the shop because in the late fall, Jarrett clipped the front of it with the tractor axle. He claims we both learned a valuable lesson, mine being -- don't park so close to the tractor. To that I say, pssssshhhhh! At any rate, I have a sweet loaner ride for the time being. A minivan.



Exhibit B & C: it's sweet because it comes equipped with a tape deck! 


 

Olivia, Olivia, Olivia. What can I say about Olivia?

Sometimes she is full of sass. Exhibit D: 

But most of the time, she is a lovely little girl with an outstanding personality. She is funny, smart, kind, & helpful. She is working hard for the money these days. Earning her keep - busting her hump to get her allowance. She is full of big hugs for me these days. I can't get enough of them. She was Peacebuilder for the week in her classroom. Which evidently is a major award. Way to go Liv!

Rachel, Rachel, Rachel. What can I say about Rachel?

Also full of sass somedays - Exhibit E:

She has had a cold the past week that seems to just linger on. Hopefully she will be back at 100% in the very near future. But in other news, she recently had her pre-school screening & did AWESOME! She knew & told them all of her letters & colors. I'm so proud of this little lady. I kept comparing last year's screening & she was just so stinkin shy last year. She has long since came out of that shell.

And the Jar.

Also full of sass - Exhibit F

This is the face he makes when I question his handiness. We definitely shouldn't go into a furniture moving business together. Our marriage wouldn't survive a few more couch moves.

As for myself, I'm also full of sass somedays. Last week was no exception. But we are all doing well.



1 for us 15 for her

Miss Snooki has been a part of our family for 1 whole year. That's 15 in cat years. She is still quite a snuggler. She isn't scared of people. She plays with the girls. She sleeps with Olivia for a little while each night. The rest of the time she is perched on the back of our loveseat (see below).
Snooki is great. She isn't high maintenance at all. She rarely makes any noise at all. She loves to eat, particularly Meow Mix. And she is kind of crazy because she will just cry at her dish or get all under your feet if she can see any part of the bottom of her food dish. She is on her way to be chubby gal. I love her.