Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's from the Fantastic Five!

Jack's Game

My nephew Jack plays hockey. My family loves hockey. My mom grew up watching the Black Hawks. I grew up playing roller hockey and a little ice hockey with my brothers. Kasey built an ice rink for anyone to play on. So with all of that said, it's fun to see Jack play and we had so much fun at his game. He scored and played really well. James told me after that he loves going to Jack's games.

Snowy Morning

I love all of the snow we've been getting. If it's going to be winter then you have to have snow. That makes winter way more fun instead of just being cold and dry. This last storm had a lot of wind but this morning it was finally calm. We bundled up and went outside this morning.

Mega Marble Track

Lynnlee and Kaden were each playing with a marble on Sunday. Then they asked for something to slide it down. I put a blanket on the stairs and they had fun for a few minutes sliding it down. That lead to getting some PVC pipes out and sliding them down one pipe. Then that lead to connecting a lot of PVC pipes so in the end we had a marble track from the upstairs all the way to the basement. 

We got the bucket of marbles out and everyone was putting marbles down the track. It's nice that the minis are old enough to play with the marbles.

Peanut Place

We ventured out to the restaurant we call the Peanut Place aka Texas Roadhouse. The first thing the waiter said was, "Are all these kids yours?" Yep and we wouldn't have it any other way. We have a blast with the fantastic five. It's not always a piece of cake but the good times out weigh the hard times.

There is no doubt that James and Lynnlee love each other.

Kaden kept sucking on a lemon and then covering his face.

Late Nights

The families in my neighborhood don't do sleepovers which I am completely good with. Late nights have replaced them and I couldn't be more happy about that. It is a fun filled night with dinner, games and a movie and it all ends at 9:00. Then the friends go home and it's bedtime. James and Lynnlee had a late night with their friends who are siblings. It was a really fun night!

The minis got to benefit from the late night as well. They loved their cups of popcorn!

Weekly Minis

The Minis are getting better at posing for pictures.

I don't get to play the piano much because I have lots of little competition.

I took Lynnlee, Kaden and the Minis to the dinosaur museum last week. I didn't take a stroller and it all worked out really well with the minis not running in opposite directions. They were just taking it all in and keeping a close eye on me. It was a really fun outing!

It may be below freezing outside but we are loving going outside in the afternoons.

Lately at least one of the minis always wants held. I have to remind myself to enjoy it since they are the babies of the family. It is exhausting though always holding one or sometimes both.

The minis love standing by the window and watching for James and Lynnlee. Once they see them they giggle and get really excited. Sienna is starting to say a lot of words and is like our family parrot repeating everything you say. Taggart is more quiet but today I said Vroom and he said vrooooo!

Farrs's Fresh

Ali and Dan are in China this week so my mom is watching her kids. It's so fun to have her close by. We all loaded up in my car and got ice cream one afternoon. Then all of the cousins played at Ali's house after. Good times!