Monday was another day full of snow and Madison helped Steven, Sammy and Amaya take advantage of it after school. It wasn’t perfect sledding snow but it was good enough for the kids to have fun outside. (Though I think they’re ready for spring. Earlier today Steven was begging me to let him ride his bike.)

What a difference! This is MI weather for you.

Play time with Lego sets. Amaya is hoping I’ll start my 3000 piece Enterprise soon. She’s itching to build something new. 🙂

Sammy asked me to read Snow White when I got home from work. I try to always say yes to story book time. I love how he settled into the cushion tops for the story.

Our Sal.

This was Steven’s “stampede bell.” He rang it to warn us when a stampede was coming. I asked him if he knew what a stampede is and he said, “it’s when a lot of animals come running really fast.”

Amaya was a Rainbow Princess on Tuesday. (Last week she told me, “I want to be a princess when I grow up but I’ll probably be a scientist.” lol)

When I got home from work on Tuesday Sammy immediately asked me to build with him. I’m in. He is such a sweet, sensitive child.

Building a racetrack ramp!

Amaya holds “research class” with her dolls every night at bedtime. At research class you learn your letters, you lean to read and you learn which letters are which colors.

Madison and the kids stopped at Target after school on Thursday to get glue for slime and they stumbled on these wood designs. This was the pic they sent to appeal to me to approve the $3pp spend. 🙂

Steven’s bumble bee.

I was a little worried that his perfectionism would create an issue with the black and yellow blending but he rolled with it beautifully and has an awesome bee.

Amaya’s flower.

She had a very precise vision for her design.

Sammy originally chose a ladybug but ended up with this cool snail.

It’s common for Sammy to lose interest before a project is complete but he was all in on this one!

They want us to hang their creations on their bedroom walls.

SSA and I (you can’t see that Steven is on my lap) were watching a video from our favorite episode of My Little Pony, when they sing the song “True True Friend.”

Here you go. Now maybe you can wander around all day singing it just like I do.

Sammy had a fever on Thursday! His teachers reported that he laid around all day. (Which makes me think about Kindergarten when you don’t have an option to just lie around when you aren’t 100%. The real world is coming for my kids. 🙁 ) I turns out he had a fever which meant no dance class and no school on Friday.

Ready to sit with his tablet while Amaya and Steven danced.

Just two tap dancers this week. They’re starting to practice doing their recital routine without their teacher. Yowza.

(Not their music that you’re hearing.)

Steven, watching his sister.

I took this picture while Amaya was getting ready for bed. It’s crazy to me that this little baby is a self-sufficient kid.

Sammy stayed home from school on Friday and even asked to take a nap. His fever had been gone since the night before but he obviously needed the r&r.

Friday afternoon, Madison, Steven, Sammy and Amaya went to pick up Nana at the airport! Yay!

One extra perk of Friday nights with Nana is sushi. This summer Steven didn’t really want to touch it but he’s come a long way and has favorites now! (Though he did ask Madison to deconstruct his roll and remove the seaweed.)

Shabbat!

Nana and the kids kept up their Saturday morning tradition – getting up together and going to Starbucks. SSA love it and I definitely appreciate the opportunity to sleep in.

Making glow-in-the-dark slime! The recipe never seems to work quite as written but we always figure it out. Key: more baking soda.

Mr. Lashes

We had a pretty lazy day around the house. Steven and I played Carcasonne where he built a 30 point city – the biggest city we’ve seen yet.

Amaya played with some toys that Charlie sent with Nana. (Thank you, Aunt Sara.)

TV Time cuddles

Dinner at Zingerman’s Roadhouse

Sammy ordered decaf coffee again. This time Amaya joined him. They’re so funny with the coffee.

Savta isn’t feeling her best so Nana had to head back to NY on Saturday night. After dinner, everyone said their goodbyes and I took Nana to the airport. <3

PS. Jason’s shirt

Today was laaaaaaaaaazy. L-A-Z-Y. Just what was needed.

Practicing balance with pillows on their back.

“Can you make a ballet bun and put my Jojo bow on it with the pony holder?” “Thanks mom.”

She made me take 5 pictures and then picked her favorite. I am obsessed with this child. (She’ll also pretend she’s Elsa or Twilight Sparkle visiting our house. “Thank you for letting me visit today, Joanna.”)

While Jason was at the office this afternoon, Steven and Amaya convinced me to start my 3,098 page Mega Bloks Enterprise. Without new Lego sets of their own to build, they had their eyes on my big box. 🙂 The trick with Mega Blocks is that, unlike Lego sets, the bags aren’t numbered and organized to take you through sequential building. The bags are sort of organized by piece type but there’s a lot of searching. Once I got into the hang of consistent pieces I could find them easily but any new, small piece became a project of it’s own. Amaya and Steven were both very eager to help along the way.

We wrapped up the day with the Michigan State/Michigan basketball game. Steven was rooting for the “bumblebee team”. He was so cute. Every time Jason yelled, “Get the ball!” He’d yell, “Keep the ball!” And vice versa.

At the start of this video it sounds like Steven is yelling, “Sparty, get the ball!” But he’s really on the tail end of saying, “Don’t let Sparty get the ball!” Fortunately, the Bumblebees lost the game. Sorry Bobes.

That’s it for this week. Have a great one!