Happy Valentine's Day

Thanks to Nama, the kids discovered some amazing gifts this morning at the kitchen table (note Ben's use of the dry erase baord for an equation) After filling up on chocolate chip pancakes, (Ben said "These are Papa's specialty!" :) they were sent on a hunt for the "Princess-and-the-Pea". Magic.

New House

There are boxes everywhere & I haven't got any more space to put it all! After a week of packing and moving, we are officially in our new house. Here are few pictures of what we have so far- it's a work in progress. :O

The fate of G.I. Joe...

Take two kids to the Egyption exibit at a museum and they get ideas...add one very motivated, creative Dad to that and you get King Tutentaco! This creation was made from an old G.I.Joe figure, newspaper, paper mache, and cardboard. I have made many a pinata with my students and Luis has always wanted to work with paper mache, so when Ben said he wanted to make a mummy, well...

Meet Sprocket!

After much discussion, we decided to get another cat to add to our family. We went to a shelter in Atchison and this little boy stood out to us- when Sophia gave him a little kiss, we knew. He has been crying almost constantly since we brought him home, but he is getting more and more affectionate and even follows me now. We are optimistic that it will work out between him and Sammi in the near future...

Santa!

It was an awesome time with the kids- though the Legos marathon lasted a total of over 5 hours- Ben is in Legos bliss. Sophia was most excited by her new dolls, doll clthes, and bed. We went to Crown Center downtown to check out the Gingerbread display - we were so inspired last year that we are make our own house as a new family traditon. (The "roof" didn't make it, so it looks more like an adobe structure, but they had fun;)

Count Down

It's been so busy these past weeks- Ben lost his first tooth and turned six years old. He has been all about Legos, especially with his new ones. Sophia had her first Christmas concert and is all bout taking care of her babies. Now all we need is good snowfall and we'll be ready!

Happy Halloween!

It finally arrived and the kids were thrilled to be Little Red & Mummy Boy. Ben ran his first 1K in this weekend's Halloween Fun Run, too.
Have I mentioned that I LOVE autumn yet?!

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