Tuuuuuuuuuubbin'

Today I (daddy) took Hannah to go tubbing at a local hill. We invited our friends Marc and Maia to go with and the girl had a great time. The big win for me on the hill was the tow rope, that was a huge score so I didn't have to carry Hannah up the hill (especially since we went down about 20 times).

She loved it, even the tow ride up, and she can't wait to go back with mommy. I know these days are cold and it has been a long winter, but hearing her laugh as we flew down the hill makes it all better!

Everywhere he goes....

there he is... the murphy dawg. So far Drew seems to laugh at Murphy when he walks bye, and Drew loves to try to grab a hold of his hair and pull really hard. When we are mad at Murphy, we just need to stick Drew on him :)

Happiness is....

these two little ones, right here.

I am off today, school is closed for President's Day. I have already had my work cut out for me this morning at home.

Drew... change diaper, feed, nap, play, change diaper, feed, nap, play, cuddle, soothe, feed, nap, play, change another diaper.

Hannah... get milk, turn on cartoons, make breakfast, clean breakfast, play princess, play art, play pop beads, play candyland, color, draw, dress dolls, make lunch, clean up lunch, read stories.... nap.

Mom... in between all of that.. check work emails, make a few work calls, work on a presentation. Hope I don't get fired for missing so much work already... oh, laundry and cleaning up a lot of toys too.

In the midst of all the chaos, even when all I can think about is 4 consecutive hours of uninterrupted sleep and peace a quiet.. I am reminded that it is all worth it when I seeing Drew and Hannah laughing at each other, playing with each other in such a surreal way. Today, when I went to put Hannah down for nap, Drew had just woken up from his ( I was wishing for some overlap). I grabbed Drew and went into Hannah's room to read her a story. Drew, loved looking at the book, and mostly, loved just starring at Hannah as she reacted to what was happening in the book. That made Hannah laugh even harder, then Drew started laughing really hard... on and on. I love it, how can you not? Their laughs are contagious, their happiness is contagious, and puts it all in perspective.

Rice Cereal Anyone?

Ick, yuck, phewy.. stop mom!!! Guess What.. Drew was not a fan of his rice cereal

Do you see a semblance of a smile... that is when he saw me clean up and put the bowl of rice cereal away....

We'll keep trying. It sure is fun putting spoonfuls of cereal into this mouth to have it spit right back out at you. Time to stock up on more wipes, more laundry detergent.

2nd Annual Fire and Ice Festival

Tonight we made our 2nd annual family outing to the Plymouth Fire and Ice Festival at Parkers Lake. We had smores, played on the snowy playground, watched fireworks, and talked a lot about "the older kids" who were ice skating and playing hockey on the lake. Hannah so badly wanted to ice skate, we told her she was just a little too young for it, and maybe in a few weekends we could try skiing... which I am pretty sure will be a wild adventure.

Hannah loved playing in the snow tonight, and loved watching the fireworks, specifically calling out all the colors, stating she really only like the pink fireworks :)

It was about 25 degrees out tonight, we got all bundled up, and Drew had about 4 layers on and looked like a marshmallow by the time we left. And not surprisingly, he slept through the fire and ice festival. We were so worried he would be cold it didn't occur to us how warm he was. He was all toasty throughout his outing!

Saturday Mornings.....

Saturday mornings Hannah is busy. All fall and winter she has been going to swimming in the morning, off to some McDonald's pancakes, then to gymnastics. While she has a little work to do in swimming, she is getting better and better each week. She has been working on getting her ears wet, and putting her head under water. We are hoping she will be a little fish in no time.

Each Saturday, has turned into father daughter mornings. Todd has really enjoyed spending the morning with her, as I am generally taking care of Drew, catching up on laundry, and occasionally making a Target trip or meeting a friend for coffee. Now that Hannah is getting a little older, Todd doesn't have to participate in the water at swimming or in the gym at gymnastics. We finally graduated to the point of sitting back and watching. And to my shock, Todd admits it isn't as fun anymore since he isn't doing all of it with her. I thought it was quite sweet.

Crunch's Birthday

Last night we were able to go VIP style to the Timberwolves game in the Cristaldi's suite. It was Crunch's birthday, the mascot for the Wolves. All the mascots from the MN team were there putting on quite the show for all the kids, it was pretty cute. We all had a great time watching the game, the mascots and enjoying everyone's company. Drew loved his first game, it was a lot to take in.. the lights, the sounds and all the people. He was really serious watching everything.

We are excited to enjoy more sports this summer with the opening of the Twins stadium. We bought a package about 10 games to see. We are excited to finally have an outdoor stadium and enjoy the Minnesota summer evenings.