Heidi's 40th

For Heidi's 40th she wanted to have a 5K!  It was so much fun.  Some walked and some ran the race but we all finished!  There were six stations on the race course:  Hot Flash Freeway, Osteoporosis Alley - all six having to do with aging.  After the race there was a pot luck and party!  It was held at the VFW Hall (the start/finish of the race) - can't go wrong with $4 pitchers of beer - good for the budget!!  Amy Sue planned the party and all the stations for the race and she did an amazing job.  After most the guests had left our crew stayed behind and cleaned up the party.  We then went to bar downtown to continue the party.  What fun we had celebrating Heidi!

The birthday girl and her hubby Tim!

Our crew:  Amy Sue, Shelley, Me, Jennifer, Heidi, Michele, and Elise

Shelley and Elise ran the race.  After they finished running they came back and walked with those of us that had ran/walked the race.

We had to have a little fun with the photo booth!  I am on the far left with the big green sunglasses.

CMU Visit

This past weekend I was able to get away for some fun with old friends.  Heidi turned 40 and on our way to the party we stopped at CMU for a visit.  We went to the sorority house and sat on the swing in the front yard and walked around campus a little.  Campus has changed so much and it was fun to see it!

 Elise, Jen, Me, and Shelley

Sitting on the swing at the Sigma Kappa house.  So thankful for these girls and to Sigma Kappa for bringing us together almost 20 years ago!

Library Selfie

I love going to Library Time with this girl!  She keeps me on my toes even during our library time.  Quinn is one busy girl!

Spring - Maybe???

It has been beautiful here the past few days in the low 60's!   We have been plying outside every chance we get!   That is why Sage's cheeks are all red.  She was running around outside.  Spring might be here, but you never know we could get snow again!

Peg Board

We have turned the bar cabinets in the kitchen into crafts and activities cabinets for the girls.  There are crayons, coloring books, counting bears, beads, pipe cleaners and more!  This peg board that Quinn is playing with in the pictures below is also over there.  She has been playing with the peg board at least once a day for the last few weeks.  She goes over and gets it out herself - she then needs a little help putting the picture in but then she does it all on her own!

Snow Day Fun

The last few weeks have been a bit crazy. Last week we had two snow days and Sage was home sick one day.  The week before that we also had two snow days.  Talk about cabin fever - this Momma was ready to get out of the house.  To help pass the time we did some St. Patrick's Day activities.  I pulled out some shamrocks and gold coins and the girls got to work!  Sage used them for math problems doing addition and subtraction.  Quinn used her two bowls to separate the shamrocks and coins.  It was a fun activity for both! 

 Love the look on her face in this picture!

Velcro

We got out all the St. Patrick's Day activities out last week.  Quinn is loving this one that has velcro for the shapes! 

100 Days

Sage and her class celebrated the 100th day of school last week.  Their teacher dressed up and decorated the classroom. Each of the kids made a 100 Day cape to wear.  Sage picked out four things to decorate her cape with:  googly eyes, buttons, jewels, and puff balls.  I was at school the morning of the 100th day volunteering so I got a few pictures.  Sage was more than a little bummed that some of her stuff had fallen off her cape.  But she still managed to have a fun day!

Felt boards

It is so nice being organized with all of our craft stuff for the girls.  When I was going through stuff I found these felt boards.  They both love them!  We have a beach board and an underwater board.