quote of the day

"Mom, you already have SO many scarves.  Don't you think you should share some?"

~Aedan

Hahahaha!!!  Made me laugh!!!

delayed January highlights

Josiah went to Jackson's birthday party.  It was an army party!  Woot!

Mercy's hair can (sort of) be pulled up into a pony-tail.

Danielle and I went to Nashville one morning for some shopping.  We went to Target and to TJ Max, and then ate lunch at Chick-fil-a...fabulous!!!  The kids were so cute.  They all wanted to hold hands going in and out of stores. 

Josiah continued to enjoy nonfiction books.

Aedan continued to wear his Clemson uniform. 

 

Josiah got all check marks for the entire month of January!!!  wooooohoooooo!

bunked beds!

Finally!!!  The beds are bunked.  The boys have been ready for quite a while now.  They were so pumped all day long knowing that Coleman was coming over to help with the beds.  They look great and open up so much more room in their bedroom.  (Although, it hasn't been cleaned yet, so there doesn't look like more room at the moment.)  They have been so excited to sleep in the beds.  Josiah was ready for bed almost as soon as they were bunked!  Poor Mercy isn't allowed to go on the top bunk without Mommy or Daddy, so she has gotten into trouble.  She is not afraid...she climbed the whole ladder the other day!  Here are some pictures!  

all on top!  and plenty of room underneith :)

Aedan with baby puma and Josiah with baby lion

Mercy is allowed on the bottom bunk without Mommy or Daddy present!

the cutest tobaggon EVER!

My friend, Danielle, made this little toboggan for Mercy Cate!  It is so fabulously cute!  I love it.  She also gave me some attachments for it (that her husband's cousin made).  Thank you, Danielle, for thinking of Mercy Cate.  She looks great in the toboggan :)

1st toboggan picture, with the white flower.  Danielle even sewed a button on it for the middle of the flower.

Sporting the bow look on the toboggan!

This one is three different attachments grouped together.  They can be separated too:)

Here it is with a brown bow that I had :)

Mercy Cate is super-stylish in this thing!  Look out!

quote of the week

"Josiah continues to knock the socks off of kindergarten.  He amazes me daily with his trivia and knowledge."

~Mrs. Moss (Josiah's teacher)

SNOW DAY

Today was a Snow Day!  School was cancelled for the second time because of snow, but this was the first time it was cancelled with actual snow on the ground to play in...a nice little four day weekend for Josiah!  It rained all day yesterday and the rain finally turned over to snow around 3:00.  Since it rained so much at first, it made the snow real muddy, and not the best for playing.  (You can see what I'm talking about in the pictures.)  The kids loved going out, though, and of course, the hot chocolate when we came inside.  It's always wonderful for me when snow days fall on Fridays.  Ryan can be here to play and sled in the snow with the boys.  Also, Ryan's classes haven't started yet, so there was no pressure to get up to the church to watch classes online or read, which is how he spends most Fridays now.  Classes start on the 23rd, so not too much longer.  Back to the snow...when we got up this morning, it was snowing again, but it wasn't a whole lot to add to the accumluation.  Missing a school day today, also means that the 100th day of school party is delayed a day, so it will be next Thursday, instead of Wednesday.  I think Ryan plans to go now that it falls on a Thursday:)  Here are some pictures of our morning:

All bundled up and ready to go!!

3 sweeties

Aedan sliding

Mercy and I  (I think I need to invest in some gloves...I don't have any!)

The boys enjoyed a snowball fight!

Ryan and the kids

Here are some videos~

Mercy jumping

We finally moved our little trampoline inside from the shed.  The kids love it, and it helps them get some energy out during the winter months when it's too cold to play outside.  My dad asked me the other day if Mercy could jump on it...yes, she can!  Here's a little video of her jumping!