Here’s a quick summary of what our family did during February (a little late, I know… now that it’s the middle of March…)
Both girls had fun birthdays in February, and Eden’s generous spirit really came out… on her birthday, she handed out all of her gifts to each of US, and asked us to open them! She did help us, but still — wow!
Sky spent a few days in Arizona for work, and Eden missed him a LOT.
Averhy is still learning to play the piano (I’m teaching her), and is moving right along. She usually doesn’t mind practicing, and it’s encouraging to see her learn so quickly!
We had a couple fun weekend activities including an Illini basketball game and visits to some friends and family in Bloomington-Normal.
Averhy has been working hard on writing/reading/spelling at school, so we’ve been doing some “spelling bees” on the way to school each morning. Eden enjoys them too, and is really getting good at identifying letter sounds and naming the first letter of words!
For Averhy’s birthday, we attempted a different type of rainbow cake… easier to make than the first one, but actually didn’t turn out as well in the end. (I think I didn’t bake it quite long enough… oh well!) Averhy had fun making it with me - especially mixing all the colors of cake mix, and licking the frosting of course - and we enjoyed a low-key evening of presents and a movie. Happy birthday Averhy!
The girls had a great time at their birthday party on Saturday - complete with balloons, friends, and a 6-layer cake that I worked on all Friday afternoon - whew, and yum! They had fun making princess crowns, running around the house, and eating lunch with their wonderful friends. Here we have in the back row: Lizzie, Averhy, Elizabeth; and in the front row: Maggie, Eden, Lili, and Addison. Thanks for coming girls!!
When we have a full day of just the girls at home, I usually try to have some sort of crafty activity to keep up busy… so of course, this Saturday it was making Valentines! The girls stuck with it longer than I expected, but we’re still not finished - Averhy has 24 kids in her class, and only finished 11 cards today - so I think that will be a Sunday (and Monday and maybe Tuesday) activity too…
This morning, Eden decided to get up really early. I was already restless because Sky left this morning at 3:30am to drive to Indy and (barely) catch an 8am flight to Arizona for a work weekend. So, when Eden crawled into my bed around 5:30am, I never really got back to sleep. After snuggling (and tossing and turning) for a while, Eden decided to really wake up, so we headed downstairs for breakfast. Our first stop, however, was the front door windows - to gaze out at the early morning snow, glowing blue in the light of the moon…. Almost as beautiful as Eden herself.
I’ve been a blog-slacker lately, I admit it. (Thanks mom, for the reminder….) So here’s a quick review of what we did in January!
by Allyson
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