rumple

rex was complaining that his side hurt tonight. he kept holding it and wincing. i asked him what was wrong and he said "i got a rumple right here". (i think he had a cramp from running around like a crazy man after dinner). when i was putting him to bed and he was going to the bathroom, i poked his belly and asked if it was full of mac and cheese. he replies "yeah, the mac and cheese gave me the rumple".

let the vacation begin!

it's day one of a week vacation from school. the kids were up at 4:30 for some reason and had been sent to their rooms for fighting before 8am! it was time to get out of the house! we went to tops and used the shopper in training carts for the first time! i figured that they were safe for both of them to use if it was before 8am! we headed to wegmans after tops and then to the gym. busy morning and everyone was in bed by noon! phew! 

malloy kept busy listening to her music and painting this afternoon while rex played with his guys in his room.

Valentine week!

hard at work on her valentines

making rice krispie treats for malloy's school dance

team work! 

cleaning up the spills! 

malloy brought out one of her cabbage patch kids and threw it on the floor near the basement door. she told me i could get rid of it because she didn't want it anymore. rex came running out distraught! "NOOOOO! don't get rid of her, i need her, she's my baby!" he named her "hair-hair" and loves her. it's hilarious!

cuddling hair-hair

valentine manicure

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

heart pancakes

heart hair! 

all valentined up!

grandma val and grandpa don came up to visit for valentine's day! they kids were thrilled with all of their valentine loot!

malloy's school had a family valentine's dance. there were games, face painting, balloons, food, and, of course, a dance with a dj and everything! grandma and grandpa came with us to hang out. malloy was so cute with her little friends, running around and dancing.

waking up grandpa don

malloy did grandma val's nails with her new chalkboard nail kit! beautiful!

malloy is constantly asking what she can do next. i came up with animal doctor! rex was the animal rescuer and would bring injured animals to malloy so she could fix them up! she loved it! i gave her some gauze, bandaids, and fingernail clippers in addition to her doctors kit - she was so excited to be using real supplies. i also made her a little chart with pictures of all the animals so at the end, she could go through them all again and check to see if they were all healed up. it was a great way to keep her busy for an hour or two!

malloy's valentine box from school 

weekend: 2/7 - 2/9

friday: i was supposed to have a teacher conference with rex's teacher then take the kids to wegmans and come home for lunch naps. we were at school for over an hour - the kids played in the playroom - and mrs. v still wasn't ready for me! we were all starving so we left and went to wegmans. we grabbed a quick lunch before the kids went to W kids. it was so busy in the cafe that we sat in the conference room! the kids thought it was super cool. 

out to dinner at brew pub! 

 i took malloy to a mommy and me cooking class. she was so excited! we made pizza bites and amaretto cheesecake! yum! she was so proud of herself for doing herself. later, when we were eating it at home she said "thank you, me! your welcome, me!" thanking herself for making yummy food!

after the cooking class and a very quick nap, malloy was ready to go to her friend jordan's monster high brithday party! she had fun playing with her friends!!! they played a lot of ring around the rosy and legos and dolls!

while i took malloy to her party, neal took rex to his friend, joseph's, birthday party! what a fun place! rex was a bit out of sorts i guess. the bounce house was too loud, he was skittish about going down the bigger slide, but i think he had a little bit of fun!! 

malloy is my little busybody! she doesn't like down-time unless she's parked in front of the tv or computer. she was saying "what can i clean? come on, mommy let's clean!" so i let her clean the bathroom! she did pretty good, too!! she also went around and vacuumed the house.

we made some yummy soft pretzels!!! something different and fun!