At the onset of the week Brooke spent a few days selling Norwex EnviroScrubs to anyone who would listen! I think Winry bought most of them...
On Tuesday I raised the basketball hoop, and the girls played basketball together. Brooke tried to teach Winry how to shoot the ball. I'd say Winry still needs a bit more practice, but we also lowered the hoop for her so she could dunk again.
Brooke is getting really excited for Valentine's day and already got valentines for her preschool class and friends. She got them all ready by herself too, which involved putting in a tattoo, folding them in half, putting a sticker on them to hold them closed, and writing "Brooke" in the From: space. She is really excited to give them out!
On Tuesday we got a bit of snow and so after work I headed in the backyard with the girls. At the front end of this week it got really cold, and so we weren't outside for very long. Last Sunday it was ~70 degrees, and then on Monday the high fell 45 degrees down to 27ish. Tuesday morning when it snowed it was a balmy 2 outside, and it was cold enough that our furnace didn't keep up overnight and our house was only 65 in the morning. We did close all of the vents down stairs to increase air flow into the kids rooms, so that's the main reason why, but still, it got COLD!! So yeah, we went out into the snow that afternoon, but not for super long.
On Thursday we went to Indochine for dinner. The last time we went was in December, and they gave us an envelope that you had to have the staff open, and Thursday was the last day to take it in. We got $15 off our order! Pretty sweet! We also learned last time that the kids LOVE massaman curry, and so we just got two orders of that for dinner!
While we were there, another family with a baby came and sat at the table across from us. They got a high chair for their baby, and when the high chair came Winry hopped down out of her chair and started walking over to their table to sit in her seat! What a silly girl!
Saturday was the Love 'em or Leave 'em 10k. I had a good run and finished in 45:19. I was 5th overall, and I believe that's about 2 minutes faster than I've ran a 10k at any of the other races, so that was fantastic. Here I am crossing the finish line.
I ended up second in my age group, so I got a medal! Also, it snowed all day Friday, so it was ideal running conditions! I wore my Yaktracks, but honestly, they plow the trail and they put down ice melt before the race, and I would have been fine without them. I'd guess I spent at least half the run on a path without snow. The family met me at the finish line, and we of course enjoyed some delicious pancakes like usual! Winry wanted big pieces to hold, so Brooke got to use both forks and Monica and Brooke traded to more efficiently poke bites while eating.
By the time we got home it was "lunch" time, and Winry was ready for a nap. We laid her down, and I showered and foam rolled and stretched and fell asleep on the floor... When Winry woke up it was time to go sledding! We headed over to the park by our house and it has a pretty perfect size hill for our kids! Brooke tried the green saucer sled for the first time, and she loved it! It's so confusing sometimes. Brooke won't go on slides because she thinks they're too big, etc, but loved zooming down a hill while spinning and going backward. You know what, she loves sledding, so I'll take it!
Monica also enjoyed hitting the slopes, and after a while Brooke got tired of carrying her sled so we would take it back to the top for her. I went down head first once and the girls loved it and laughed really hard while they watched.
After a while, Brooke was too tired to keep walking up the hill, so we headed back to the car. On the way back we took a snow angel stop, and also threw a few snow balls! We showed the girls how to use sleds as shields and they enjoyed us throwing snowballs at their shields. I even snuck a shot at Monica which evoked a scream, but she stopped the video before you hear it.
Saturday night we got a babysitter and Monica and I headed out for an early Valentine's day date. We really like going early (like the week before) to escape the crowds, etc. We headed to Maggiano's which is a really great Italian restaurant. After, we wandered around Target for a while, which is apparently our jam! We had some other ideas, but thought they'd probably take too long given it was a Saturday night (and all the ice rinks had hockey games...).
One of our Target treasures was this little basket, which Jelly now calls home! It's not a very big basket, and Jelly looks HUGE when she's in it!
Well, real Valentine's day is right around the corner, so don't forget to get your romance on! We started doing secret valentines today, so I'm sure there will be some great stories by next week!
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