I'll give Brooke the spot of honor this year, along with her valentines box we made last year! She was in homeschool for v-day last year, so she didn't get to use it, but it's been sitting in her closet waiting for it's special day!
We've been doing secret valentines around here over last weekend, and on Monday Grayson wanted to draw a picture for his secret valentine. I helped him get a paper and crayons, and after a few minutes he came downstairs crying. When I went up he'd drawn that gray scribble, and he was crying because he didn't know how to draw anything. So I sat down with him and we drew his t-rex toy piece by piece! This is the first drawing Grayson has ever done!! Pretty sweet.
I've been riding the train with Connor as he comes and goes at the same time as me. I was out waiting for him so we could walk over together, when I noticed that the stop light a few blocks down wasn't working quite right... What was actually happening is that it was flashing between the correct current color and red, sometimes with both on. Even when the light was red it was flashing. Never seen something quite like that before.
Here's Grayson at preschool. Remember that dino I said he drew, well they have those at preschool too, and here he is building one. He's really good with the screwdriver and really good at working with his hands.
On Wednesday night we had a ward activity where we played bingo and ate brownies and ice cream. No complaints here. There were extra boards out to make sure it was easy for everyone to find one, so I was playing 3 for most of the time, until the Weeks left and Connor gave me another 3 to play. They were calling numbers rapidly, and I couldn't quite keep up with 6 boards, nor did I have enough chips.
We got a new waffle iron this year that makes "bestie" waffles. (Thanks Hannah!!) I think I like it more than our other one that just makes hearts with a waffle pattern this size. This one's easier to fill and not overfill, etc. and the waffles come out great. I also figured I'd throw an egg in there, and fortunately I didn't absolutely wreck our new waffle maker.
Valentine's day? More like fancy hair day! Brooke's looking pretty sweet, and ready for love.
Here's Grayson, absolutely loving breakfast!
Grayson was off in his room one day, and I went to see what was going on. He was listening to a book on his Yoto player, which is pretty typical, but he was laying in bed looking at books too!
I was cleaning the playroom probably a month ago when I found a screw on the ground. I had no clue what it could possibly be for, and I honestly don't know if I put it somewhere or threw it away. Well, later I found out this chair was missing a screw, and I checked all the obvious places I would have put it and didn't find it. So I'd guess I threw it away. Well, the chair really needs a second screw... so I designed one and 3d printed it!
It's been a hot minute, but Jelly finally found her bed again! The baby bouncer has been put away for many years, which makes sense as we don't have a baby, but Winry wanted it out for her baby dolls. Well, Jelly sus'd it out and took a nice long nap!
Monica and I spent Friday evening with the kids, and went on our Valentine's date on Saturday night. We found a Thai restaurant to try, as we both really like Thai curry, and when we pulled up I realized we'd been there before! We got takeout once a long time ago that I picked up. We were a little worried since we didn't remember loving it, but we decided to try it again and it turns out it's super great!! However, even the mildest the curry goes is still somewhat spicy, which is probably why we didn't ever get it again. The kids just don't do spice well. Anyway, the place is called Lemongrass if that might matter to you, and I'd recommend it. After eating, we went to Pinballs. We had a good time playing some pinball and various arcade games.
And of course we had to find a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game, because this is where we fell in love!!.. Kinda. Back in college we went to Nickle-cade and really liked playing TNMT together, and even both got on the top 10 high score list together. I also used my hard-won ticket to get a ring for Monica that I later used to propose. So yeah, gotta find TNMT and play it a bit!
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