Ice Skating!

After ice skating lessons, Clara was begging to try outdoor ice skating.  We found a great deal and Papa, Gram, Autumn and her crew also tried it out!  We started off with lunch at Old Chicago.  It was crazy windy and we were cold, but still had a fun time!!

Another tooth gone!

Clara has lost another tooth!  Now she is missing two bottoms and two tops!!!

Pool time!

We had a Saturday evening free, so we met up with the Bories for some pool time.  Not very many pictures as we were a bit busy with the three in the pool!  Clara is a great swimmer and it makes my heart stop a bit to just let her go off and swim, but she is so good!  Nora is a bit more reserved and really likes to sit and relax in the hot tub (just my style!!)  Lila is a daredevil and had a life vest on and kept saying "Let go Mommy"  "I can do it" and "I want to jump"  Just got done signing everyone up for lessons! 

Jump Rope For Heart!

Clara did Jump Rope for Heart at school!  So fun to get to go watch her!  I remember doing it back when I was in elementary school!! 

Hurdles!

Hula Hoop!

Checking her heart rate!

Clara and her friend Katie! Good job girls!

Will you be my valentine?

Valentine's Day is a big deal around our house!  We kicked off the holiday with a little playgroup party at out house after school on Friday.  I had crafts, snacks and games for the kids.  The  crafts and food were fun, but the games were a bit of a bust as they really just wanted to play!  It had been a long time!! 

We also decorated boxes for everyone's school parties.  Lila did not have a party at school, but she still decorated at box!!  These are taken the day of Nora's school party!

A little out of order, but we celebrated as a family the Sunday before Valentine's Day by seeing Beauty and the Beast 3D.  So cute!

Clara's school party was on Valentine's Day.  Lucky for us the siblings are invited!  So much fun!  That evening, Brian brought home flowers for all of his girls and we had heart shaped pizza!  So sweet!

Lila's new bed!

I am just a bit behind...but I had to note that in January, we said goodbye to our last toddler bed and moved Lila up to the double!  She was very exctied (and so was I as she like to be patted to sleep!!) 

Meet our new fish!

Some crazy person in our family thought it was a great idea to get the girls a new fish tank for Christmas.

Oh, wait, that nut would be me...why do I torture myself?? 

So this is round 2 of fish.  The first set of Mickey  Mouse Platties kicked the bucket in a week from some horrible thing called Ick.  White spots and dead fish.  The girls took it pretty well.  We moved on to goldfish.  I hope they are more durable...

Meet the new trio! 

Sweet Baby Cousin

There is another baby girl in our big family!  Aututmn brough over her little ones, Beau who is 3 and her new baby girl Mackenna to play!  Nora and Lila were so happy to get to hold her!! 

Doesn't get much sweeter than this!  Clara and Lila fell asleep cuddling!

Holy Snow!!

26 inches of snow + 3 little girls = tons of snow fun!