Adventures in La La Land

1. We survived the ice-pocalypse last weekend and never even lost power! Whew! It was kind of nice to have a relaxing weekend at home, but we were all going stir crazy by Monday afternoon (snow day). Everyone in Levi's crib All of our East facing windows were iced over like this most of the day Sunday My misleading Instagram picture - like we're spending our ice day playing board games happily. We did play this game, but there was a lot of yelling, "It is your turn!!" and for every game we played, the girls watched 3 hours of TV. Lol Sunday morning, the girls made me breakfast with a special treat. Levi stole all my treats.  Teaching Grandpa how to play Headbanz It never ceases to amaze me that when Justin lays in bed to watch TV no one notices. But when I lay down to watch Fixer Upper, everyone piles on top of me. (I had a girl on each side of me in this picture.)  Craft time 2. I spent much of our ice weekend reading books. Last ...

1. I feel the need to crank out this entry before we lose power. We're having lovely spring weather this weekend, including downpouring rain and forecasted sleet, freezing rain, and Ice-Mageddon. I made the mistake of going to the grocery store yesterday to grab a couple things and it was absolute madness. Apparently people are stocking up for the storm. If the ice ends up accumulating as much as they're predicting it's pretty much inevitable that we'll lose power. Thank goodness for a woodstove to keep us warm. It might be a fun adventure . . . for about an hour. Then my kids are going to lose their minds when they realize the TV and Internet don't work. Ha. (And me too, if we're honest.) 2. I had a rough depression week. The lethargy was out of control. I think the weather is partly to blame. We've had so few glimpses of spring this year. Usually by this time we've had a couple nice 70 degree days to remind us that summer is coming, but this year it...

1. I did it! I survived Spring Break with 4 kids! Haha. My hat's off to those of you who do this all the time. Somehow 4 is way harder than 3. Or I'm just getting old . . . We had so much fun with Nova. The kids adored playing with her, holding her, helping with her. I loved all the gummy smiles and babbling and snuggles. She slept pretty well for me. She only truly slept through the night 3 times, but on the nights she woke up, she ate quickly and went right back to sleep. I'm not going to lie, though. I'm going to enjoy sleeping all night again. Haha. She's going home tomorrow and we're all going to miss her! 2. We had a nice, low-key Easter. I tried to scale back on the Easter basket situation after reading that book about how entitled my kids are. Haha. We did an indoor Easter egg hunt Sunday morning before church. Levi thought it was the greatest thing ever. He was so cute, carrying his basket over his arm. And then we had fun dressin...