Jay, Sara & Ella: January 2020

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

January Happenings!

Happy 2020! Our flip of the calendar to the New Year was pretty quiet. Jay's mom was in the hospital so Jay made a few trips to visit her and otherwise it was quiet! Ella and I tackled her toy room which has been on the list of things to do for a long time now! I bought a cube organizer from Target and we were able to clean up a lot of the miscellaneous toys laying around. How does she accumulate so much stuff?!?! Anyway, it's a work in progress on getting rid of stuff she doesn't play with anymore, but I'm happy to see less clutter!

These two....

The MN Vikings made the playoffs and then disappointingly lost to the 49ers.

Boo.

My letterboard sign didn't bring us any luck!

Ella has been losing teeth like crazy!! Another molar was out last weekend so then her retainer didn't fit (again!!) This is our struggle right now. LOL! We made a quick trip back to the orthodontist and they were able to make a few adjustments so she can get that retainer back in her mouth.

Hey look - all the girls on the couch in our Vikings gear!

(As you can see, taking a good selfie is still an issue for me...in this one I even cut off Ruby's head - OOPS!)

After a snow storm last Friday, Ella and I had to venture out on Saturday afternoon for a dance special session (turns, jumps). The roads were terrible and she really didn't want to go, but when you sign up for something you need to show up, right?! So, I pretty much made her go (even though I really didn't want to drive those roads!) Afterwards, I treated her to Culver's for ice cream!!

We are looking forward to some warmer weather this week and decorating for Valentine's Day!

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Christmas #3!

Hey hey! Our last Christmas was celebrated between Christmas and New Years with Jay's family. We didn't have to host this year (whew!) so we headed to Shakopee for the afternoon of fun! This year's food theme was soup & sandwich. I made Chicken Wild Rice soup and bread. There was also a Cheesy Ham/Potato chowder, some type of Italian soup and Roast Beef Sandwiches and then meats and cheeses to build your own sandwich. Of course there was loads of goodie trays too! I don't have any food pics to prove the spread was delicious, but it was!

We drew names this year for the gift exchange, but Tara also planned a few games to play!
We played the dice game with the gifts in the center and you choose a gift if you roll doubles. Everyone had a good time and got some fun items! We also played a reindeer ring toss game. There were teams of us and the winning team scored gift cards! Nice! Here are a few pics of the game!

Jay and I were gifted a gift card for a restaurant by Annie & Andrew and they offered to have Ella over while we go out. Super awesome! We all had a great time chatting and relaxing on a chilly winter break day!

I can't believe the holidays are over already! It was a whirlwind for sure. We are back to a normal week this week and getting into the swing of it all again! Ella is in the school musical coming up next month, so her weeks are going to be busy for a while! Looking forward to the weekend already!!

Smurf Elf 2019

It was another fun year of shenanigans with Smurf Elf.
(p.s. shenanigans is on Ella's spelling list this week, so I didn't need to use spell check - ha!)

Smurf Elf arrives at our house on December 1st. This year, she came with a Lego Advent Calendar for Ms. Ella.