Atlanta

On Feb 28th, the kids and I loaded up the van and drove to Atlanta to get started a day early on our March trips.  We've had a busy month and it's not over yet.  It's basically birthday month, so we've been celebrating big time!

First up was Home Depot's kids workshop.  They were building clocks so I made sure to sign them up.  We're starting our time and money unit so these will come in handy during school.

They are perfect!

We then ran around town and enjoyed smallcakes for an afternoon treat.

Movie night.  I don't remember what we were watching, but these two made themselves comfy.

We took a trip down to MS for a few days, then came back to Atlanta to celebrate birthdays.

My parents have a little boy the kids' age, so they play with him every time we go down.  This time we remembered our scooters, so they had an extra fun time playing with the neighbor boy.  Sterling is finally comfortable on hers since her fall last fall.

We celebrated both birthday's with Nana and Papa.  

There was a small hole in this balloon and Sterling was sad it was deflating.

Party time

Sterling is always so appreciative of everything.  I find it amazing how two kids in the same household are so different, yet raised the same.  I've once read that your not supposed to remind kids to say thank you.  They'll say it when they really mean it.  Well, I still have Xander do the polite thing when other's give him things.  It seems like the right thing to do.

We also made some speedway caramel corn.  So good!

Nana's house has plenty of room to do gymnastics, so the kids were constantly tumbling around.

We always have such a great time in Atlanta.  We considered moving there, but I'm always glad we changed our minds.  Sometimes great places to visit aren't always great places to live 😉

Have a great day!

Getting Organized in February

Good morning.  February's challenge was to tackle our storage room.  It had gotten so bad that we could barely walk in there.

Before

Yikes!

I decided to tackle the project when my parents came up to visit.  Mostly because my mom offered to help and I'm so glad her and my dad did.  They were such huge helpers.  They made the process a lot more enjoyable and quick.  It only took two hours.

Before they arrived, Xander and I moved everything into the school room.  Well, everything that was on the floor.

They put together a shelf and then we started going through everything.  I ended up getting rid of a huge pile of stuff.  The donation pickup man complained a bit about the large load, but oh well.  It's gone and out of my garage.

After

Look at all the floor space!  There are two totes and two boxes I need to go through, but I call this successful.

I love how organized it is.  Thanks Mom and Dad for helping with such a large task.

In March I will work on our blankets and sheets stash.  It's large.

Have a great day!

Determination

Good morning!  On Tuesday I made the mistake of waking Sterling up at 830 so she could talk to her dad.  She slept in the day before and was sad about not talking to him, so I wanted to make sure she talked to him on Tuesday.  Big mistake.  She was the grump of all grumps.  Until after lunchtime.  She decided early in the morning that she didn't want to do gymnastics that day, so I wasn't going to make her.  When we picked up Xander, she decided that she wanted to do gymnastics after all.  So, we headed home and she put on her gear and we headed back out the door.  

Xander and I were shocked to see her do an almost pullover on the bar.  She's never been able to kick over by herself.  We were SO loud and proud of her!  

She also rocked doing her first cartwheel off the beam.  This girl was on fire with determination!

Today, we're having another busy Thursday.  To top off our already crazy Thursday, I have an appointment with a specialist an hour away to get an ultrasound done.  I am determined to figure an issue I've been having that is not getting better.

Have a great day!