January 2012

I thought it would be easier just to post all of January's pictures into one post.  It may not flow well but at least this will get me all caught up on my blog! 

1/1 - Miya had a loose tooth for a while on the bottom. It was crazy because the new tooth had come in behind her old one and they were both there happily co-existing. Then she was sitting watching a movie and it came right out. It fell onto her blanket and rolled right off. It was pretty hard to find but we did and she was so excited to use the tooth fairy bag and put it under her pillow!

1/3 - As it turns out we never spent the money Miya got from the tooth fairy last time so now she had two visits worth. We had to go into town anyway so we looked around Walmart and found this fun Connect Four type of game for only $2.50! So we gave her fifty cents and brought it home. The kids are really good at it and they learned how to block each other so it's not always the first person who goes wins.

1/4 - Aaron has some drywall just sitting around in the garage waiting to have time to use it. The dining room has been at a stand still for months now as we have had so many more pressing needs. When Alex saw that Aaron was going to work on the house he got so excited! He went and grabbed his toy hammer and joined in on the fun.

1/4 - Here is a close up of Alex helping Aaron hammer in the drywall.

1/5 - The high was 66* which is just unheard of for an Iowa January! We took full advantage and played in the park for about 1.5 hours and then came home and played some more! We just picked up this fun bubble mower, it doesn't have bubbles because usually they'd freeze here in the winter. Amelia loved being about to play outside with it.

1/5 - Spencer and Miya loved riding their bikes with just a light jacket on. We imagined there would be a lot of snow on the ground right about now but you can still see the leaves we never quite got rid of from the fall.

1/5 - I told the big kids they could ride in the street if they watched for cars. Alex, always up for an adventure, decided to join them. He kept looking back to make sure it was okay. I stayed close but no cars went by and it was so fun to se him roam free.

1/5 - Alex didn't quite understand that you were supposed to push the mower. He loved dragging it behind him as he followed the big kids on their bikes.

1/5 - I had to get a shot of everyone playing in the street. I adore living in a small town where it is more than safe to do this. We only had one car pass by while we played.

1/14 - Amelia is the QUEEN of facial expressions! It's been like this since the day she was born. She can make all kinds of crazy faces to show what she's feeling. This is one of my favorites! The concern I really want to do that but I think it's wrong face. I see that a lot.

1/14 - Here's another Amelia expression that I love. The I'm thinking about doing something face. LOVE IT!

1/14 - Ya know, some times one sippy cup just doesn't get the job done. Here's Alex with one milk-filled sippy and one juice-filled sippy. He carried them around together for a while and once even tried to drink from both at the same time. I'm glad it didn't work I imagine that would be yucky!

1/18 - It snowed for like the third time this winter and the kids were all excited to go out and play. I geared them all up and got them out there. Alex even wanted to go, he hadn't played in the snow yet this winter. He got his hat, mittens, and shoes and dropped them on my lap. Too bad the enthusiasm didn't carry over while he was outside.

1/18 - Here's Alex hating the snow! I don't know what happened between I want to go outside, happily gabbering and kicking his feet while we walked down the porch steps, and this picture. I guess snow isn't all it's cracked up to be after all.

1/18 - Miya, on the other hand, LOVES to play in the snow. It's seriously her all time favorite thing. I was feeling really sorry for her this winter because it had only snowed twice before this and both times it was light and gone by the next day. This snow hung around for a little bit.

1/18 - Spencer's favorite thing is to dig. It really doesn't matter what he's digging in like rocks, sand, snow, as long as he can dig it he digs it.

1/18 - Miya loves to make little caves in the snow banks for her little animal friends to hide in when they get cold. She's such and outdoorsy little girl I think she wouldn't ever come in side if she wasn't made to.

1/18 - Spencer loves to dig tunnels in the snow. You can just see his gloved hand poking through the tunnel on the bottom. These tunnels were all over our yard before too long.

1/27 - Sticks and Strings 2012 - Knitting and crochet retreat. Jessyca and I working hard. This is right after we got there on Friday and I hadn't even gone 5 inches yet so it's a good show of what I started at. I was working on a blanket and Jessyca made a Lucy bag.

Read more about my fun time on my Craft Blog... http://thatssojulie.blogspot.com/2012/01/sticks-string-2012.html