Valentine's Celebrations

We had lots of fun Valentine's Celebrations.

One of my favorite parts of Valentine's Day is making valentines with the kids. Jed thinks that we are insane, but we have so much fun doing this activity together.

Hannah, Jaeden, Annika and I made these Iloves. They did almost everything except I cut out the screens and the wheels. I was very impressed at how hard they all worked, especially since we made 80 of them all together.



I made these cute valentine's for Liam and Logan to take to playgroup. The tags say "Bear Hugs from Liam and Logan."

It is very rare that my mom has the chance to be here on a school day, so her and I braved school food and ate lunch with all three children. No we did not eat three meals just sat with all three kids while eating our one meal. I'm sure glad they eat back to back and even then that lunch room is very loud. Grandma Cheryl and Annika

Hannah and Grandma Cheryl

Grandma Cheryl and Jaeden.

After lunch we went home and relaxed and hung out with Liam and Logan. When it was time for the kid's parties at school we went back to take part in the festivities.

Hannh opening some Valentines from her classmates.

One of Jaeden's classmates made each kid's initials from pixos. Such a cute idea.

We spent the most time in Annika's classroom, because our help was more needed here. Here Annika is getting some Valentines from her school bus shaped holder. They were definately having fun, so much fun playing musical chairs that one girl ended up bleeding.

Friday night we braved the snowy roads, took advantage of having a babysitter (thank you Katherine), took the older three and out to eat teppanyaki at Pei's. We had taken them probably 3 1/2 years ago and Annika was afraid she was going to get lit on fire. She's older now and everyone enjoyed themselves and we all ate too much good food.

Valentine's Day was pretty laid back as we had already celebrated. All the kids and Jed went out to play in the snow. They made some great snowboarding and sledding paths in the backyard. We enjoyed having grandma here to share our Valentine's Celebrations with her.

January Update

I know it's been a long time so here is it what we have been doing for the last month.

We went to the Children's Museum on a No School day. This was day number 6 off from school. It was snowy, then very, very cold, and then 2 inservice days.

Annika showing off her climbing skills.

Jaeden and Hannah trying to build paths and beat the clock.

Liam and Logan climbing. I know it's a little blurry. They were moving so fast I couldn't get a good picture.

Annika, Logan and Liam helping Daddy making a Peterson family recipe. It looks like Liam was drinking milk more than stirring.

The final product. Yum, Popeye Pancakes.

Popeye Pancakes
5-7 eggs (1 cup)
1 cup flour
1 cup milk
pinch of salt
Blend together untill foamy. While blending, put 4-5 tablespoons of butter in 9 x 9 or 9 in. pie plate (glass works best). Melt in oven. Then pour in batter once butter has coated pan. Bake at 400 degrees for approximately 20-25 minutes.