So, I am not a fan of winter. I love snow for Christmas and maybe once or twice I like to go out and play in it, but mostly I just wish for Spring. I especially hate February because by then, I am really tired of the cold, so it’s a good thing it’s so short. Now that it is March, I am soo ready for warm weather. But I thought I’d just do a little run down of our winter months. Nothing exciting and not a lot of pictures. My Grandma Johnson came at the end of January and spent the weekend with us, but ya, no pictures!!
Mason is still going to school and loving it. Sometimes only twice a week isn’t enough and he asks almost everyday if it’s a school day. He’s made a quite a few friends and plays with a few of them away from school. He loves his teachers and they always have great things to say about him. He is one of the best writers in his class and everyday he’s showing more and more independence. They love his laugh and his enthusiasm for everything and every activity they do. He’s been a little funny lately and has starting using his left had again for a lot of things. When he was younger, he always ate with this left hand, but slowing everything moved his right. Then, he was writing Valentine cards at home for his classmates and I noticed he was writing with his left hand. When I asked him about it, he explained that he writes smaller with left and bigger with his right and since the cards were small, he was writing with his left. I asked his teachers about it and they’ve noticed more and more that he’s writing and trying to cut with his left. He still mostly uses his right, but for now we are just going to watch and see what happens! His class went on a field trip to the local Artic Circle and because I’m such a good mom, I forgot both my camera and my phone! They just went in the back and saw where everything was made, then got a free ice cream cone and played on the play land. Good times!
McKinley is just as crazy as ever. She loves her brother so much and loves to play with him. We attempted potty training and after 1 day she decided she was scared of the potty and refuses to go near it. But she refuses to wear diapers and so we are stuck buying pull-ups until she decides the potty isn’t so bad. She is talking more and more and it’s so fun it see how her little mind works. She is still very lovey and loves to give big hugs and kisses all the time. She had definitely hit her 2′s, though and we seeing more and more fit throwing and her temper flaring up. She doesn’t like to be ignored and we’ve found if we just ignore her, she usually calms down. She’s always quick to apologize and give those big hugs though. She was going through a rough streak and then we discovered she got some molars!! She has started wanting to pick out her own clothes to wear and it’s always interesting, but that is just a battle I’d rather not fight. Most days she ends up in just a tutu and her pull up. Those are the days that we just stay in though, lol, she’s good to put on whatever I ask her when we go out!
I have started going to an exercise class in the mornings with my neighbor. It’s great, we just go to the Church and everyone brings their kids. The kids bring toys to play with and stay in the gym with us and we just dodge them while we workout. It’s pretty fun and the kids love going. One of kids from Mason’s school goes there too, so he likes that a lot, but both kids love playing with our neighbor, Raven, too! I also went and played church basketball a few times, too! The season kind of ended, but we are still hoping to play every other week or so. It is so fun, it made me really miss playing. Jeremy, too, he gets jealous everytime I go! I’m still working every now and then, usually about once a week, sometimes less. I like the less. Well, I like the money when I work more, but I like not being a tired and grumpy mom more!
Jeremy has just been busy at work. He took a little break from photography the last few months but has started up again and is excited about that. We are all just ready for sunshine and warm weather!!!
Here a few random pictures I took the last few months. Sorry, some of the pictures are from my phone, so not great quality.
This is what happens when my kids get bored
Kinley put her skirt on after she got her jammies on.
Kinley, dressing herself. The headband is a play headband, no I don’t put that on her!!
Kinley, bored again!
We got to ride the school bus with my parents and the cheerleaders to watch the Delta Girls Basketball team play at the University of Utah. They thought that was so cool! (so did my Dad hehe)
My mom needed some pictures taken of her for class she’s taking and we got some new back drops so we used those. I won’t post the ones of my mom cause she’d be mad, but we snapped a few random ones of kids!
Kinley’s grumpy face!
At first we just decided that we would have to do without a TV for a while, but soon realized that with Christmas in a few day and my Grandparents and parents coming to stay for 5 days (plus it was during the football bowls!!) that it was a little unrealistic to have that many people at our house for so long and no TV. So we took a trip to Costco and bought a new one. Guess we got a Christmas gift after all! Mason lost all of his cars for a few days and has been VERY careful with the new TV!!
