February Happenings

Oh February!!  A few things have been going on around here.

Early February we had a no school day (well, actually, Ella had homework to do because in our district, they have flex learning days).  But, anyway, she and Jay stayed home and good thing because we got 12 inches of snow in Farmington!  WOWSERS!  The wind picked up as well, so our snowman started to look a little disheveled.   I left work early but still had a scary drive home that afternoon! 

Superbowl weekend, Jay was on an ice fishing trip, so Ella and I hung out some and then she spent time at a birthday party.  We made our annual oreo football dip and for dinner we made....TOTCHOS!!  They were a HUGE hit.  Delicious.  Took longer to make than traditional nachos because you have to bake the tots first, however, it was worth it.

We had a good time enjoying the game and a few of the commercials (many of them were kind of duds).  The halftime show - Chris Martin was bouncing too much and I wish he would just stand up straight!! Ella loved the halftime show and spent time dancing with Beyonce!!

 

For Valentine's this year, Ella brought fruit snacks with a little tag I found via Pinterest.  Here is the link. I'm "berry" glad we're friends.  They had a little Valentine's exchange and party in her classroom and she ate way too much candy that day!  

Valentine's weekend, Ella had a sleepover at Grandma Jolyn and Papa Paul's house.  She kept referring to this as her "trip" and she had a good time.  I was really sick with a sinus infection so Jay and I didn't really do much.  I think I spent about 80% of the weekend sitting on the couch reading or watching TV.  It was kind of nice, but too bad that we had to waste away the weekend!!  Our Valentine's Dinner:  Chipotle.  HA!

Before Ella left for the weekend, she opened her valentine from Jay and I.  She got her first Kids Bop CD (she knows just about all of the songs!), a new charm for her charm bracelet and a Shopkins.  :)

And now it's already the middle of February!  Ella came home yesterday with Pink Eye.  Neat.  We spent a  good portion of the night waiting at urgent care and then driving to get the eye drops.  She is home from school today but hopefully she will be back at school tomorrow to celebrate the 100th day of school!!

Ending January with a heat wave!

Happy February 1st!  January just flew on by don't you think?  I'm still feeling happy with myself for getting the blog updated during that long MIA stretch around the holiday season.  Let's keep the posting party going right?  It was a NICE weekend here in MN.  After a few weeks of long frigid tundra days, it was so nice to have some 30+ degree days!  We were able to wash our cars and get out and enjoy the little bit of snow that remains (although, we're going to get some fresh snow tomorrow)

Saturday we trekked down the street to the park for some good old fashioned sledding.  It was a blast!

 

Saturday night we headed to Dan's Bar in New Trier, the tiniest little town just south and east of OUR tiny little town.  It was SO BUSY!  And SO loud.  We left and I told Jay we must be getting old to complain about how loud it is during dinner.  :)  Especially when we were dining at 5 p.m. HA!

Sunday, Ella woke up with some sneezy, runny nose crap.  Yuck.  But, we made it to Sunday School and we spent time outside building a SnowGIRL.  We all took part!  Jay and Ella did most of the building and I helped with the head and getting her all decorated.  Ella gave her a name but now I can't remember what it is!!  

I baked two delicious things this weekend.  The first was a last minute find on Pinterest.  Ella wanted chocolate cake on Friday night for dessert.  We compromised and I made a hot fudge cake.  You guys, it was so easy and super delicious - however, you must serve it with vanilla ice cream!  Otherwise I think the chocolately-ness could be too much.  Try it!! I didn't take any pictures, but it looked pretty much like the picture in the link of the recipe pinner.   http://www.afamilyfeast.com/hot-fudge-pudding-cake/ 

Yesterday afternoon, I decided we should make some banana bread.  But, we had some blueberries too, so we made another delicious find from Pinterest!  It got rave reviews from Jay and Ella.  YUM! Again, no pictures of my own bread (boo!) http://www.crazyforcrust.com/2015/04/cinnamon-sugar-blueberry-banana-bread/

Let's see what the groundhog does tomorrow!