We finally got some snow!

 We made a valentine snowman first.

 Then, the kids made their own.

 Samuel worked on his a long time.  He definitely had a vision of what he wanted!  And, boy, I thought I'd never get the second roll on top of the first--it was heavy!

 Herb came out and threw snowballs with the kids!!!  Such fun!!

 forts

 lunch outside . . . the younger two eventually came in for a quick warm-up--for their food and their bodies!  Then, they finished up their snowmen . . .

 "football player"

 Samuel

 Sophia made Josie (her baby cousin)

hot cocoa :)

Grandpa Phil and Grandma Mary sent a kit home with hot cocoa, marshmallows and chocolate chips!  Yum!

100th Day!

 100 snack mix:  100 of each ingredient

 Sophia had to place each marshmallow in a special crevice in the pretzels.  That was definitely the slowest 100 to count out!

100 M&M charts
awards
"If I had 100________, I would_________." worksheets
jumped 100 seconds--well, Philip and I were the only troopers there!
LEGO creations with 100 LEGOs
made a cake and wrote 100 on it

Addy ad Sophia

 This is Sophia's friend who had a birthday party when Sophia was sick.  She finally got to give her gift to her!  yay!

They had so much fun together! 

BK dinner!

Grandmas are great!

 Playing Go Fish with Great Grandma Helen

 Playing Memory with Grandma Mary

 Grandma Mary dressing Bitty Baby to certain specifications requested by Sophia

the finished products . . .

fun life of a homeschooler!

 origami house

 Science experiment . . . isn't the wonder in Samuel's eyes great!!  So cute.

We put a dent in the ping pong ball and put it in a glass with really hot water.  The air inside the ping pong ball heated up and expanded and popped the dent out!  So cool!

 This is just classic boy . . .

PHILIP LET ME PULL HIS TOOTH OUT!  I feel like a real mom now--I've never done it before and it makes my stomach sick to think about it!  (I am such a wimp!)  But, I pretended it was no big deal since he was so worried about it.  Isn't the pride in his big boy eyes so cute?!