February, Part 2

Here we have some fearless park exploration with our buds  

 We interrupt our previously scheduled programming for a little 4-year throwback:

 

 Science experiment: which writing utensils are lighter than water?

Reading practice "Mad-Libs"

After parent conferences: On the playground of Peter's school

Busted: Found reading my Bible to Baby Da

Now this is a pretty cool trick. Peter makes a giant bubble with bath soap and arms/torso

In other tricks, the warm air this month has brought out the climber in this boy. 

My favorite valentine toy that came home from preschool: faux mustaches! Thanks, Gabriella!

 Another fine day: After school picnic at the pond. 

Buckets. In case we need to collect something, of course. 

The filters are my attempt to do something interesting with the drab February backdrop that doesn't seem to belong to our spring picnic.

Thanks, passerby lady. Looks like naptime for the big kids. 

 One more bit about that climbing thing. 

To my chagrin, we don't have a lot of climbing trees around. But this big pine borders a nearby playground. Peter wanted to take it on, and I was so glad for his determination and perseverance that I cheered him on with little caution. 

I love these. 

I congratulated him and went to help Anna with something. A minute later, I looked back and gawked:

In the end, I stood here at the bottom and talked him down, ready to catch a falling giant boy if need be. While grinning the whole time.  

February Things

Favorite things found in my iPhone from last month...

Kaboo, Daddy!

 This is how we watch the Super Bowl around here. 

Storm Door Fun

Love getting out to play in February!

Shortly after, she took a fall from a ladder down to a metal landing. The main casualty was her wittle knee. 

So cutely sad, nursing the ice.

Or cutely tough. Or fine and just cute.

No occasion that I remember. Just me and these goofballs

The Valentines Lab 

Ring pop mouths and matching Valentine's Gorillas that Tom and Peter brought home from Aldi. A bit more manageable than the life-sized gorilla that almost persuaded its way into our family!

Chowing down at Nalley Fresh. Just one of those moments where I wanted to click-n-save it, this girl chatting up her daddy. 

Waxing artistic.  

My handsome reader. 

In place of Peter's nap, we usually do a little "reading class" where we work on...reading.  While I'm still mourning the loss of my precious and productive 2-kid nap time, this has been a sweet thing for Peter and I. Decaf coffee, a few reading exercises and beginner books. 

I often snap a pic after a session to remember our last white board full. Here's one.  

 More decaf Coffee. Drink of choice for Martinlings.

Getting limber...

Anna had to miss her last gymnastics class, but here is Peter at his medal ceremony. 

Will close with one of my favorites, racing out in the warm. Oh the suspense.