First Weekend of 2018

If these past couple weeks are any indication of what this winter is going to be like, we're going be in a for a long few months!  It's been extremely cold (Lucy didn't even have school on Friday because of the windchill) and on Monday, kids were off school again because of freezing rain and icy roads.  I heard we're supposed to get a pretty decent snowfall again on Friday too.  Also, I'm pretty sure someone in our family is going to be sick for the next couple months.  I've had a lingering cold which I think turned into a sinus infection for the past couple weeks which just got significantly worse over the weekend and then yesterday, Lucy mentioned she wasn't feeling well.  Ugh, we're never going to catch a break with sickness!

Since Lucy was off on Friday, we had plenty of time to play at home.  One of her Christmas presents this year were shrinky dinks (anyone else remember these as a kid?) and she LOVES making them.  She colored a few of them and then we popped them in the oven and watched them shrink.

Shrinky dinks colored and ready to be put in the oven

Watching them shrink

Cece wanted to check it out too

Showing them off after they came out of the oven

We had a special night on Friday--it was movie night!  Lucy has been talking about having a movie night for months and we were finally able to plan it.  Her requirements were wearing pjs, having snacks, inviting Grandpa over, and watching the movie after Cece was in bed (which meant Lucy got to stay up extra late!)  We watched Sing and it really was a fun night.

Grandpa & Lucy on movie night (Todd is in the kitchen with his onesie)

Ready to watch the movie with our snacks

Since it's been so cold recently, we wanted to go someplace to let the girls burn off some energy so we made our way over to Recreations Outlet.  Even though it's literally a half mile from our house, it was our first time going.  I'm glad we got there right when they opened because it was PACKED by the time we left a couple hours later.  The girls had a blast and I'm sure we'll be back quite a bit this winter.

Attempting to climb

And Lucy actually is climbing

Love this picture of Lucy

First time Cece didn't cry when sitting in a swing

We got back from Recreations Outlet around lunch time and since we didn't do anything in the afternoon, we wanted to get out of the house again so we decided to go to dinner at The Pint Room.  The food was good (we both got burgers) and it was nice to go out.

Cece was too busy looking at food to look up for a picture

Lucy & I

Sunday was when I started to feel pretty sick again so we didn't really do anything.  Todd & Lucy went to church while I took Cece to the grocery store (Todd & I alternate weeks going to church since Lucy is in the preschool PSR program and we don't feel like dealing with an active 18 month old there).  The only other thing I can remember from Sunday is that while Cece was napping, Lucy finally watched Frozen for the first time!  She's been obsessed with the soundtrack (my dad plays it for her on the way to and from preschool) and she's read a bunch of Frozen books but had never seen the movie.  She's a few years late to the game but she loves it.

She's quite the charmer at the grocery store--she was waving to everyone and some lady even asked me how could we ever say no to her (trust me, it isn't that hard!)