Visit to Southport

On the weekend of the 12th and 13th we took a trip down to Southport to celebrate Doug's birthday and visit with his parents. We packed in the fun. We ate sushi, rode on the ferry, visited the aquarium, saw our friends hard at work renovated their new beach house, ate birthday cupcakes, played the piano, roasted marshmallows and made s'mores, and shopped just a little bit. : )

I Heart Valentine's Day

We had a wonderful Valentine's Day here yesterday. Doug surprised everyone with heart shaped coffee pancakes, bacon, and fresh brewed coffee for breakfast. We all had fun opening our valentines and stuffing our faces.

Then we went to school where we showered the teachers with gifts and Hannah passed out cards to her friends. She decorated cookies and made a valentine for the mommy and daddy at her school party. Paige didn't have a party, but she had a "special snack" at MMO (which was all over her shirt when I picked her up).

Teacher gift for Hannah's teachers...

It's A 3-Ring Circus Around Here!

For my birthday, the girls got us all tickets to the circus. We finally got to go the other night and it was very entertaining. We had great seats and the kids did a pretty good job sitting still and watching the show. Of course we had snacks: s'more on a stick and a HUGE bag of cotton candy. It was hard to take pictures of the show because it was so dark inside the RBC Center, but I got a few of the girls. It was a late night because the show lasted over two hours. We fell into bed when we got home and washed the cotton candy out of our hair the next morning. : )