Ha! Ha!!

Richard's photos go to my Google+ account.  I love finding these gems when I sit down to blog.  Apparently Karcie was "fixing" Richard's hair and she has his phone taking photos.  Hilarious!

Field Trip to Marbles Museum

I will be honest, field trips aren't my favorite.  They weren't my favorite as a teacher and they aren't my favorite as a parent.  But, I am much more relaxed as a parent on field trips than I was with a teacher.  That being said, I am so very fortunate that I am able to spend these days with my girls.  When I worked, I would have had to take the day off and feel guilty about leaving my classroom full of kiddos.  Now I have zero guilt!!

This field trip was to Marbles Museum in downtown Raleigh.  There were enough chaperones from our class that I only had to be in charge of one other kiddo.  Lucky for me,  I got a super sweet one.  Karcie and Sam had such a fun time navigating each exhibit at Marbles.  Their only complaint was being STARVING!  They have lunch at 11:00 at school.  They didn't get to eat until 12:30ish. 

I will admit, even though field trip days aren't my favorite, this one was pretty good!  My girl had fun and so did the rest of the Kindergarten cuties.  

Waiting on the $ (balls) to drop out of the piggie bank!

Creating a giant magnetic marble run!

Building with wood!

With REAL tools!

That scared me to death! 

Sam was intent on using every single tool there, too.  

Shooting some hoops!

And playing some hockey.

Sweet friends!

Weather presentation.

Sam was called to volunteer.

Then it was Karcie's turn.  They had to use the paddles to make wind.  The guy running the show measured their wind speed.  They were trying to beat the last groups speed which was 5.2 mph or something like that.

The parents finally won!! 

Go Mercury!!

Another game win in the regular season as they made their way to an undefeated season!!  

Go Mercury!

Happy Valentine's Day

We had a really low key Valentine's Day.  The girls opened a few goodies from us and our family.  Richard and I have started having "date days" while the girls are at school and it has been wonderful!  He took me to PJ Changs.  We went to the mall and walked around and then we shopped around at World Market.  It was a great afternoon spent together and we didn't have to pay a babysitter! :)

We have the best little family and I am so grateful for them!

Checking out their loot from school!

Karcie wasn't in to having her picture taken!

Showing off her Trolls jammies and slippers!

Aunt Kathy and Uncle Jim come to Visit!

It had been a while since Aunt Kathy and Uncle Jim had been able to come up and visit us so we were super excited to see them!  We weren't able to celebrate Christmas with them at Christmas because Karcie was sick.  So we had Christmas in February and it was so much fun!!  I felt so relaxed and was able to enjoy everything that was going on.  The girls seemed to really love it, too!

Thank you, Aunt Kathy and Uncle Jim for always being so good to us and for loving us so very much!  We love you both and can't wait for our next visit!

Just before Aunt Kathy and Uncle Jim arrived we received a yummy package in the mail from Nanny..... CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRIES!!  YUMMY!!

All of the gifts!

I got new dishes!!  Yippee!!

Karcie got a plush pillow craft!

Flip A Zoo!!

And, these glorious thing!!

Kamdyn got STILTS!!

We have had a lot of fun with these!!

Kamdyn finally learned how to walk on them by herself!

And so did Richard!

Karcie had to have a turn, too!

Aunt Kathy and Uncle Jim got to see a basketball game!

Karcie rode her Jeep and we tried riding her bike without training wheels.  No such luck!

We concluded our time with a delicious Mexican dinner.  Oh and there was also a lot of Game of Life playing on this trip.  Aunt Kathy brought Kamdyn the original one from a friend of hers.  Kamdyn loved it!!