Catching Up

I finally sat down this morning and put my photos on the computer.  I had almost 200.  Whoops.  I guess it's time to do some catching up.

Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day was great this year.  We did lots of fun heart-y crafty things in the weeks leading up to the 14th so the actual day felt pretty low key.  I made the girls each a new t shirt dress, and Felix some new quick change trusters.  I knit Ian an authentic Irish felted hat.  It's so great and ridiculous.  I'm going to make him wear it out before the snow melts.

My mom sent the kids a great Valentine's box with treats and fun new clothes.  We celebrated a day early because Ian took the girls to Minnesota on the 14th.  I made steak and twice baked potatoes for dinner and we had cheesecake with berry sauce for dessert.  It's always fun to indulge a bit on the holidays.  I think the low key holidays are becoming some of my favorites.  There's so little expectation that every little thing we do in celebration seems amazing.  It was a great day!

Mommy Felix Weekend

While Ian took the girls to Minnesota I stayed home with my little guy.  Felix is at such a fun, REALLY tiring age, so the weekend was not nearly as relaxing as I had hoped. He's on the move every second he's awake, a very finicky eater and sleeper.  Good thing he's so dang cute and I love him to tiny bitty pieces.

As you can see we still had lots of fun, and lots of it was food based (can you tell this was the week prior to starting that new food plan? I was in a food zone).  Felix suddenly stopped eating pureed baby food and was refusing anything other than pirates booty so I was determined to figure things out with him.  We went to whole foods first thing on Saturday morning and got some good stuff.
We enjoyed carbonara pasta, hummus and pita and olives and cucumbers, stuffed chicken breasts, good liver sausage and lots of other yumminess.  We got out in the sun, walked to the library and swung at the park.  We played lots on the floor and took a bath both nights.  It was fun to work with just one tiny persons schedule for a change, and fully enjoy those two good naps a day.  I had a wonderful weekend with my tiny guy.

General Fun

In between all the birthday and last minute trip and holiday merry making has been a whole lot of good.  We've settled pretty deep into this cold snowy winter and our days are filled with simple joys and lots of love.

So now we're all caught up I do believe.  I'm so excited for the month of March.  More sun I hope?  Clear(er) sidewalks for more (any!) romps.  Florida at the end of the month.
I'm just soaking it all in today.