Making Memories

On these last couple of weeks prior to daddys departure we are going to really try to fill our time with fun times, to leave the boys with some good memories to think back on when they're having hard times.

Last friday(13 of March), Josh brought the boys to the bowling ally. I had went see a movie with a friend and her daughter, and low and behold after hearing they were just a blow away bowling made me have ants in my pants. Although I did enjoy the girl time, and the movie... I just could not get to my boys fast enough to enjoy such a fun sport!

The boys truly had a blast and were actually much more into than i expected.

Jai would parade, hop, skip and jump each time he would bowl!..Even if it was only a gutter ball!

It was also a great opportunity to work on colors with Jai! He had to tell me which color ball he wanted, and was prompted to chose a different ball each time. He is doing great with his colors by the way!

Julian too was a pretty impressive bowler. Julian won the second game( bowling a 87). He bowled free handed and without any assistance the second game!

The following day was our neighbor's surprise 35th birthday party! My thoughtful neighbor hired a face painter for the kids, which was a HUGEEEEEEEEE hit!

We made great friends this weekend, met new neighbors, and truly had so much fun being our age with awesome people! We are really finding our place here, its just so sad that Josh is leaving just as we are able to start enjoying our new life here.

warmer days....

The warmer days brung lots of evening chatting, outdoor sitting, cold beer sipping, flip flop flopping, smiling children here on Starwood!

With out effort or much though, each afternoon the lawn chairs come out, and the children run. Chalk, water play, climbing trees, pushing trucks... after all it is a boys world around here.

 




Occasionally, we adults have enjoyed the play time as well! How else would we celebration approach of Spring!
.... But for the most part, I've kept the celebration of cami wearing weather by drinking my green tea at my front door( were no cold draft scares me off) and letting the sun warm my skin!

Snowy days on top of snow days....

It has been so cold here, rarely making it to the freezing threshold. The kids have been off school, more than they've been in school, due to the accumulation of snow and ice that just cant melt due to the low low temperatures

By the second week of the nonsense, the kids were not longer happy to see the white magic falling from the sky.

but they sure were happy for the first snowfall! :)

Even the pond at school was completely frozen over. and students had thrown large chunks of ice on top in attempt to break it, but nope- it was solid as ICE (literally).

In the mix of all the freezing, we had a bathroom leaking problem, that must have been happening for a long time with out our notice. By the time it became visible, there was mold and everything conducive to a complete gut job.

the bathroom is a work in progress, but has already come a very long way! We are so excited with the turn out so far!

getting to live a little!

Feels like we have been frozen blocks of ice here in VA! Finally, the sun has come out to play! We sure have enjoyed it... felt good to live a little!

I caught Julian and Jai' exploring the chimney and questioning how santa could possibility fit! They were true investigators, and trailed me tooth and nail!

And JuJu is a full 100 days smarter!!! As he celebrated his 100th day of school! Yayyy!

and of course he's been super awesome at completing his chore chart and being a big helper! His poor eyes are still in recovery though, so dont mind them!

Our week days....

Our week days are long, and mostly uneventful. With Julian having school at 11:30-3:30, Jai' and myself are lucky to get out the house in between. Not to mention, Josh has been home around 12-1 everyday, so that sort of hinders our 'row-day' -ing.

But the plus side to school in the middle of the day is..... we sleep IN, nearly everyday! haha

we lounge for hours just watching toons........

But we arent always completely unproductive! Julian has been been completing all his chores each day, which won him(and the family) frozen yogurt on Friday! Frozen yogurt was still a huge WIN, despite the 28degree weather out!

And daddy has been busy building mommy's pinterest dreams! haha! here is the final product....

I hate how bare that wall was before! There are still plently of other projects under construction, and lots of other fun plans for our new house that we will hopefully complete over the next year-and half! It's just so much fun, making it OURS!!