Sleep

We are dealing with super early awakenings from Sam again – he does pretty good about staying in his room but I wish he would sleep – He is only getting about 8 hours a night right now. I told him I couldn't wait until Saturday so I could sleep in! 

Sam: I don’t like to sleep in
Me: Yes I know.
Sam: I like to get up and come downstairs.
Me: Well you can do that but I am sleeping in until 7:00
Sam: But I don’t like to come downstairs alone!
Me: Wake up daddy he will come with you
Sam: But I want a woman to come with me
Me: laughing Ask Piper she is a woman
Sam: I want a mommy woman and piper isn't a mommy
Me: Oh, yeah, you got me there!

Hannah's 1st tattoo

I have no plans of piercing Hannah’s ears anytime soon but do think earrings look so pretty on little girls. The other day I found Poppy drops – which are tattoo earrings – super cool! So I picked some up and tried them out. I didn’t get the placement perfect but they looked so cute! The next day when I took her to school her teacher said “OMG she got her ears pierced!” And Sam said “Nope she got a tattoo!” lol

this is the only pic I could find where you can sorta see
 her ear - her hair usually covers them

Sam's First Kiss

I read on Sam’s daily that he told Miss Tammy he was going to marry Samantha! Haha

I asked Sam about it and he said “Yep and I kissed her!”

WHAT??

You did? How?

So he took my hands into his and showed me that they were spinning around and then he stopped and leaned in and her kissed her! Oh and she kissed him back!

♥

The next day Riley came up to me and said "Sam kissed me!"

 Oh geez!

Sam said he kissed all the girls....

I think its time for a little talk! Oy!

Signs of Spring

We have had a few warmer days so when we get home from work/school we have been playing outside for a little while....

and then Sam spotted the 1st sign of spring

Ah.... I cant wait!

Art

I found some Q-tip art today that I thought Sam would enjoy so we tried it after school

But Sam didnt like it....he wanted to do tape art - where you paint over the tape then remove it - so I let him do that.

Turned out pretty cool!

Sam's 1st trip to the library!

I was reading a blog post on another blog and she was talking about how much her kids love the library and I realized Sam has never been!!  Speaking of....I cant remember the last time I stepped foot into a library.  If I need something I usually turn to the internet.

But that was about to change!

Sunday once Hannah was down for her nap Sam and I headed out the door!  Sam was sooo excited.

We walked in and he said "Mommy, there are a hundred million books in here!"  He grabbed my hand and said "lets go!"  It was like he knew exactly where the kids books were!

The kids section was pretty amazing!  If I were a SAHM I would be there a few times a week!  They had a huge dollhouse, a grocery center, awesome puppets, games, computers, everything!!! This wasn't like the library I remembered!

I wanted to take some pics but then I thought everyone was probably like "who's the weird mom taking pics of her kid in the library??"  So I only took 2!

Sam found this book 1st which I thought was pretty cool because its by the same author of one of his favorite books!

We stayed for about 2 hours and then checked out. Sam was also excited about his library card.  While I was registering Sam went over to this cool donation swirling thing - haha - you put in coins and they spin and spin.  I gave him a handful and then a super sweet lady stopped and gave him some more.  

We had such an awesome time and it was free!  Cant beat that!

Here are the books Sam picked out - he did pretty good - out of the 5 all were good except 1.

My Super Kids!

Happy Valentine's Day

My little bit of Valentine's day decor =)

I made the kids Valentine's again this year.

For Hannah we used Bubbles with the saying

"Blowing Valentine Kisses your way"

For Sam we did crazy straws with the saying

"From one crazy kid to another"

And for the teachers

"Bee Mine"

With Burts Bee lip balm
oh crap - forgot to take a pic!

Wed night we made our special treats for the kids V-day party at school

typical sam

And then Sam wanted to put hearts all over the kitchen - so we did!

I gave Mark some nuts
"I'm nuts about you Valentine"

When I made the kids lunch I used the heart shape for the Watermelon and cheese - haha

I filled their Valentine buckets with new super hero capes, toothbrushes, stickers, and some candy

and of course a balloon!

Their fav thing was the balloon!

They even took them in the bath tub - LOL!

Their school mailed out valentines to the parents and these were the pics

Oh yeah and we woke up to more snow!

This is probably the 5th snow we got like this so far - about an inch 

and its gone within 24 hours

Hope you had a great Valentine's day!

I did =)

Random Thoughts

All the things I have been meaning to say but forgot!

* Sam loves math - he is always telling me that 2 + 3 =5 or 4+4 = 8. He also likes to count by 2’s.

* Hannah loves Choo-choo soul – she has zero interest in TV but when Choo choo soul comes on she runs into the room to watch (it’s a short program, maybe 3-4 mins long where a girl sings a song). Choo-Choo!!!

* Sam likes to do experiments – our latest was put some milk in a bowl – add a small chip – does it float or sink? Floats! Add some yogurt to make the chip sink – yep, that worked! Add some sprinkles – do they sink or float? Sink! Now let’s mix it all up and have a test – what does it taste like? A little salty but good!

* Hannah is a hoarder. She likes to pick up 5-10 objects and just carry them around, aimlessly –her latest collection? Sam’s underwear!

* Sam is very particular about his coloring - he will ask you to color with him but if you color the tiger purple and blue (what? I like those colors!) watch out! He will yell at you for doing it wrong! No mommy! That’s wrong! Tigers are black and orange!

* Hannah has entered the terrible 2’s. Sam started at 18 months so I guess we got lucky with Hannah – but boy can she throw a good tantrum!

* Sam loves for me to record him on video singing songs or doing experiments and then he wants to watch them – one of these days I will post some!

* Hannah is liking the bath again – not sure I ever posted about that one but one day she freaked out in the tub – we do baths every other day in the winter and I just washed her really quick while she screamed bloody murder. Sam and I would entice her with bubbles which she loved from OUTSIDE the tub but once in, no go! We kept on trying and exactly 3 weeks later I put her in a tub full of bubbles and held on to her waist. It was quiet and Sam said “mommy! She isn't crying!” Hallelujah!

* Zac moved out right after Christmas so the house has been extra quiet. For a few weeks Sam kept asking when Zac would be home from work – I don’t think he understood that he moved out…for good. He is enjoying his new found freedom and his 2nd year at Penn State!

The Blizzard missed us but we got snow!

Man!  I was soooo hoping that blizzard would move south....I just want one good snow storm...is that too  much to ask?  We did wake up to a nice snowfall - almost 4 inches.  Sam was sooo excited (and therefore Hannah was too) so after breakfast we went out in the snow!

Sam made a great snow angel!

Hannah doesn't like her snow boots - at least that is what I think is wrong - she kept falling in them, I guess since they are heavy

Trying to get a pic of the kids....no luck

Thank goodness for snow blowers!

Hannah was happy while I held her and she held a cup of snow =)