January ended without a hitch, except that Gunnar and Connor have contracted some cough that lingers. Bryant had to put up with it for a while so I imagine it will take another week before the two little boys will be able to kick it out of their systems. I'm sure hoping that we are all healthy for our vacation in a week!
We have been loving the warm weather we have been having lately. There was even a day last week that I wished I was in shorts and flip flops outside it felt so warm! Of course I realize that my Mesa, AZ family would have still wanted a light jacket because 65 degrees might seem a little chilly to them.
Here is a picture of Gunnar running around outside without shoes and in shorts and a short sleeved shirt. We rarely get to play outside in February.
Tucker turned 7 on Friday! He knew that he would not be having a birthday party with friends this year and I have instilled in them all that they can choose what they get for their birthday, whether it is a gift, a family dinner at a restaurant, or to go somewhere. Tucker has chosen to go to Discovery Gateway Museum in Salt Lake for his birthday. This meant that he didn't have any present to open on his special day so I tried to make the day special for him still. I made a boxed lemon cake with lemon icing/glaze (powder sugar and lemon juice to consistency). I was originally going to make cupcakes but I only have one tray and didn't want to have to wait for them to cook twice so I made to round cakes and dropped some food coloring on the top and swirled with a fork before cooking. Apparently, they were super awesome! who knew? After Tucker got home from school I brought the cake outside and all the neighbors sang to him. We have been having such amazing weather for February (it feels a lot like April) so everyone has been outside playing in the afternoons. Plus I was babysitting one of his friends like I do every Friday after school for an hour or so.
After the cake and after I was done watching his friend we went to 7 eleven and got everyone a slurpie. Hunter received a coupon for a free slurpie from his school so he was able to get a medium and Tucker got a medium too because it was his birthday. I was amazed at how thankful each of my children were at being able to get a slurpie! They each told me thank you without prompting and Tucker told me thanks twice that he was able to get a medium instead of a small. My tight wade nature is clearly being realized by my children... Our next stop was Toys R Us for a free balloon, crown and to let Tucker buy a $3 toy with his gift card that they sent him. Thankfully. Toys R Us has a section of $1, $2, $3, and $5 toys so Tucker was able to find something that he really likes :)
Do you ever wonder what goes on in your house while you are trying to sleep in on a Sunday morning after 3 nights of really bad sleep? Someone will pull out the school stuff box and everyone will have fun in a chaotic and mostly quiet way!
Here is the monster Hunter drew on one of the white boards
This is Tucker's monster
This is the job chart Tucker made. Hunter's job is to play video games, Brylee's job is to watch TV, Tucker's jobs are to play video games, watch TV, and play at Samuel's house, and poor Gunnar has the job of cleaning the whole house! I made them all work hard on Saturday to get the house clean, it was so nice to have it cleaned up and not to do it all myself. Amazingly, it has lasted through to today. Normally, the house seems to fall apart on Sundays because I don't care to do a lot of picking up, it is my day of rest after all!
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