February Update

So either we have been very busy or very boring.  Maybe a combination of the both.  We told the kids this year that it was only going to be one activity per kid per session this year because it was so overwhelming last year running to 6 different things during the spring.  So far it has worked out well.  The girls are about to finish up the current sessions of gymnastics for Lily and basketball for Rowan and then they are both going to move back into swimming lessons starting the first weekend in March.  We will continue that until the pool opens for the summer and they will both play soccer in the spring.  Rowan did not want to play softball this year so that eliminates a huge time commitment.

Parker and I have been dieting and exercising religiously since the beginning of the year (how terribly cliche) but it is totally working for us and we are both down almost 20 pounds each and going strong.  We both have goals and are striving for them.  Mary Summer and I are doing this together as well and she suggested trying to train for a 5K so damn if we aren't doing that too.  That's right - I started running - who would ever have thought that would happen???  I even signed us up for a fun 5K at http://www.runordye.com/locations/Philadelphia-2013 and neither of us can wait for it to get here!

Things that have occurred over the last few weeks.  Lily went away from our house for her first sleepover ever.  She went to Megan's house and was so excited to go!

And here she was about 4 hours later back at our house in her jammies and wanting to sleep at home.  Maybe next time....

Last weekend Lily had a playdate at our house with a boy from her class!  We kept joking that she was having a date with him, his name is Dylan - and she was very quick to constantly point out it was a PLAYdate not a DATE!  She however felt the need to wear her Snow White dress while he was here ;)

This past weekend was the President's Day long weekend here.  Rowan got a climbing package for Christmas that she cashed in on Saturday night and took McKenzie with her too.  It was called Kids Night Out at Doylestown Rock Gym and it fed them pizza and let them climb for 3 hours.  She was in heaven.

Sunday some daycare parents and I and the kids and Rowan and Olivia went to Happy Tymes to spend some energy and some money!   They have another rock wall there so Rowan was all over that and when she was not trying that out she and Olivia were burning dollar bills in all the games!  Lily and her friends however were all over the place riding the few rides they have approximately 50 times each!

Monday I was off work and both girls schools were closed so we ran errands and they were both going to go to a doc appt with me but Gary stepped up and offered to take Lily bowling with him and his kids and another friend!  Score!

Apparently Lily was on quite a tear scoring multiple spares!

Last but not least...how cute is this??

Kindercare Gala 2013

Another new year another Winter Gala at Kindercare.  To think, next year will be our last one!  Lily was all excited about it this year - swore up and down she was going to perform well and sing her little heart out.  Until I dropped her off in the room to get ready.  Then she refused to let me go and then refused to participate unless she could hold her teacher's hand the entire time.  Kudos to her teacher who let her do it though!  They break the kids up into two different rooms based on age so each group of kids performs twice so parents can see each kid if they are in separate rooms.  In the case of Lily's class this year no one had to go to another room and her entire class basically stood there mumbling, barely making a sound that they were asked not to perform a second time!  Haha!

Little update

So here we are 23 days into the new year and things are so calm I almost have nothing to write about!

Right now we are going through a major cold spell - prior to this week the weather has been fairly decent to the point where the girls and I took the dog for a walk one night wearing spring jackets.

Lily went to a classmates birthday party this past Friday night at Bounce U - Parker took her and by the sounds of it she had a great time.

And last but not least - it's that time of year again, girl scout cookie season!  Rowan is off to a roaring start, we have sold 125 boxes already and that does not include the credit she gets for working cookie booths.  That's right - this year since the girls are now Brownies they can set up cookie booths.  The troops enter a lottery system for locations and they are assigned that way.  Rowan and I worked the very first shift of the very first booth ever at the Horsham Post Office this past Saturday.  It was fun and she gets a share of the total cookies sold at the booth that day.  She is working another one come Feb 8 as well so that should help her total number of boxes sold.  Not that we are competing with or for anything but it is fun to try and beat last years personal numbers.

Tonight Lily has the annual Kindercare Winter Gala so I am sure I will have some more to post sooner rather  than later!

Welcome to 2013

After spending the better part of the first day of 2013 recovering from the last night of 2012 the year is now off and running.

Rowan has started basketball for the first time and she is pretty good at it!  There are 3 girls teams of 2nd graders and they both practice and scrimmage on a weekly basis.  So far so good!

Our first weekend of 2013 was a quiet one - finally - we resolved to not have so much going on all the time this year and as such were able to relax and get things done in a relaxed manner instead of rushing through chores because we had too much other stuff to do.

As such, we awoke leisurely on Sunday to what was a beautiful day and decided to go to Tyler State Park for an hour and a half walk around.  There was snow in some parts still and the girls discovered the wonderful world of throwing snowballs at their parents.  Jazz actually ventured into the water so there is hope for her as a labrador after all.  

Goodbye 2012

To say we celebrated the New Year would be an understatement.

That morning Parker took the girls to Pump It Up and met up with some friends and their kids for a couple of hours of playtime for them and some peace and quiet for me to get stuff done around the house.

 That night we went to the Kembles again this year for our now annual dinner followed by the arrival of neighbours and friends alike.  This year we had steak, crab legs and lobster claws.  Delicious!

Then it got crazy!  I will say this, John Kemble makes an awesome martini!

I wish I had only had the one :)  The kids all had fun, the adults had a blast and we all paid for it the next day.

Jazz had the best idea of all of us...

Onward and upwards - here we come 2013 - the world is ours!