Mario Play Time!

Ella came over after school the other day, and when she is here, she is great at keeping the boys entertained by doing something other than playing Wii. She just takes charge and they follow her lead. Well, they decided to play Mario (and they call it playing Mario with real people because they don't use their Mario toys, and they aren't playing it on the Wii.) The boys dressed up and I heard them tell Ella she needed to get her a Princess Peach costume. Then they all came down and wanted paper, crayons, markers, and tape. They made all kinds of accessories to go with their role playing. One thing they made was a question box complete with fire power, star power, and freeze power. They wanted to put it somewhere that they could jump up and hit it with their head, so we tied it to the fan. I wish I could've gotten Ella's picture, too, but she was busy downstairs creating a Bowser out of paper!

Happy Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day was warm and windy, so Mimi and I took the boys to fly kites. They did great job, and the boys kept their kites in a long time until it came to an end when the kites crashed into a tree. But, it was good cheap ($1 kites) fun, and it lasted for over an hour!

Then we came home and Phillip cooked us a good meal, and the boys worked on their Mario puzzle that we got them for Valentine's Day. It was just a nice night to be with the ones we love!

100 Days of School

Lofton FINALLY had his 100th day of school; it had been very delayed due to snow. For the 100th day of school, Lofton had to make a shirt with 100 items on it. He said he wanted a Mario shirt, so luckily, Pop Pop was here when it was assigned and helped come up with the idea of putting 100 mustaches on it. Pop Pop drew Mario on the shirt, and I cut 100 mustaches out of felt. It was a job, but it was worth it; Lofton was very proud of his shirt.

The Groundhog Lied!

I know it is still only February, but considering the ground hog saw his shadow and since Tennessee has seen more snow than normal this winter, one would've thought we were finished with snow. However, that is not the case. Yesterday, I had to pick Lofton up from school 2 hours early due to another winter weather advisory. By 5:00, we actually had quite a bit of snow. And, this snow was great packing snow, so Lofton and Phillip headed out to make a snowman; in fact, it was the largest snowman Lofton has ever made. Landon stayed in with me cuddled up in his blankets and ate a snack.

Valentine Box

Lofton made his Valentine box to look like a Wii; he did a great job. I wish it looked a little more festive, but he refused to put heart stickers on it.