February

This is me trying to get Evy to sing "Once There was a Snowman," which she has gotten so good at.  I guess the camera is a big distraction for her.  :)

We had a very busy February!  Alan and I had something going almost every night this month.  Not too much of it was picture-worthy.  However, there were some things that were picture-worthy, but I forgot to take pictures!  Sheesh.  

We had our fun fondue night with the Stouts.  I really love fondue (and I also love the Stouts!), so this is a favorite tradition of ours to host everyone at our house and eat yummy food.  This year I made peanut butter fondue, chocolate fondue, and cheese fondue.  

Another exciting thing was that Alan's sister Amanda married her sweetheart Todd this month.  We are so excited to have them married and have more cousins for our kids!  We love them and their little family.  

 This was Jared's first year to make his own Valentine box. In past years he has just decorated a paper sack or something at school.  Thank goodness for Google Images!  I'm kind of a dummy when it comes to arts and crafts, but this was simple enough for even me to help him with.  :)  Jared was the winner this month for his class in reading the most minutes for their reading contest.  That meant that he and all the other class winners got to go on a special field trip with the principal to Chick-Fil-A! (This is the third year in a row that Jared has done this and been the winner for his class.  He reads sooooooo much!  Lately he has been flying through Star Wars chapter books and also the Calvin and Hobbes books. He requests to go to the library at least once a week.)

This is Maggie in one of her Hawaiian dress-ups.  Maggie has grown up so much lately!  In February she got her kindergarten shots and check-up, and I have registered her for kindergarten next year!  I am amazed at how much she has learned lately.  She writes her name very legibly (MAggiE--we need to work on lowercase letters--ha ha), is working on writing her other letters, and she is just beginning to read.  I think in the next couple of months that reading will "click" for her and she'll be off!  :)  I'm so proud of her.