Life in January

This is a review of the last couple weeks.  I have been trying to document the things we are doing to get through this yucky weather, if for no other reason, than to try to make me happy.  Here's what we've been up to.

Since it is SO cold, and we have nothing else to do after school, we have gone over to our church gym with a few friends and hung out.  It is a great visit for the moms and great run around time for the kids!

 Jace and Sophie are practicing writing their names almost daily.  We are getting there.  It's a long road!  

 We try to enjoy the snow...

 We have large melt downs over homework, which usually result in a call to Dad at work.  

 We dress up in the craziest clothes we can find...

 We build pirate ships in the bedrooms with stacks of bins, and bunk beds.

 I realized after I had posted Kaley's baptism day pictures, that we didn't take a picture as a family!  So here is one!  Yes, it was a Sunday pony tail day, and Josh was taking a break from shaving, but it's a family photo!

 Every morning, the twins put their shoes and socks on by the fireplace.  It is the warmest place in the house.  :)

 Bella is an awesome morning job do-er.  It is her job to vacuum the kitchen floor each morning after breakfast.  

 Her other job is to clean the shoe closet.  Oh, how I would love a mud room!  All the ones I see on Pinterest make me drool!  Until our next home, this is it!  Bells puts the shoes in bins, cleans up garbage and hangs up coats and back packs like a pro!

 Here's the twins doing their morning reading.  :)

 I had a girls night out with my friends last week, and here's what the kids did at home.  :)

 Bells and I go to Zumba Monday mornings - this one day, it was -4 degrees!  Brrr!  Here's a blurry picture of my work out buddy.  She is so good while I dance away!

 I follow this great blog called 71 Toes.  The other day, there was a post about Getting in the Picture.  I really liked it!  So in an effort to "get in the picture" more, I snapped a few pics of me and Jace snuggling post nap.  He slept with his little airplane and brought it down with him.  These pictures are really sweet.  Don't mind that I am STILL in my Zumba clothes and haven't showered.  :)

 Picking up kids from school...

 No, these aren't upside down.  These two just wrestle.  All.  The.  Time.  They tickle and torture each other like crazy!  

 I got this idea for Primary from my Aunt Christine.  Such a cute, easy idea!  

 More gym time.

 New discipline chart at our home.  Each kid has a clothes pin that starts at the top, and can move down according to naughty behavior.  

 Silly pics at the Dollar store!

My neighbor gave us the cutest boots for Jace.  They really shouldn't fit his chubby feet, but he crammed those pudgy toes in there!  He wears them daily!  With his new shoes, he got a new nickname.  He is my cowboy!  And he loves it!

 Nothing like finding extremely flattering pictures of yourself exercising!  Sophie apparently took these while I was Zumba-ing.  :)  

 Here's me with my friends!  We went out to Chilis and then hung out at DI.

 My twins in Primary.  :)