Proud Mama

Grace took high honors for the second quarter of school!!! I am so very proud of her :). She is doing such a fantastic job keeping up with school and a busy schedule! It sure is a crazy one right now, dance 3 nights a week, jazz band early thurs mornings and stage crew after school. She also finished up with solo ensemble where her and Gabby performed a duet and got a 1st!!  She has also been working on coreographing her own dance for the school talent show. However, she says she is getting cold feet and not sure she wants to do it :(

Our first dance competition is this weekend in Rockford and we are both excited to kick off the dance season!

As for O, he is about to finish up with bball and has been asking to do dance again. Honestly the only way I am willing to do that now is if it fits into graces time there!  He is also doing fantastic in school and really enjoys it. He is also doing cub scouts and aaron is leading his group.  

Aaron and I are of course keeping busy with all the kids functions. Aaron has been busy at work and settling into his job. It is kinda nice having him around more!  I am finally back to full weeks at school after all of our crazy weather ;) although next week is short with conferences! I am glad the weather has started to get a bit better and we can enjoy recesses outside now!  I am starting to get a handle on my job now as well but still not convinced I am cut out for this. I hate having to parent other peoples kids.  

Looking forward to spring time but would still like to get a few more winter activities in before the nice snow is gone!

Our first Christmas celebration

Kay and mike came this afternoon to celebrate Christmas today! It was a nice relaxing visit. Played a game, visited, opened gifts and enjoyed a wonderful dinner. I bought some ribeye steaks from Aldi and found some great recipe ideas on Pinterest for marinating the steaks and twice baked potatoes. I was awfully proud of myself for how it all came together! 

Kids enjoyed their gifts. Owen was busy putting new Legos together and grace was trying to master the rainbow loom! It was a great visit and enjoyed having them here at our home!

Ice Day

School Closed!! However, I find this bittersweet. Being my first year working at school I was looking forward to seeing all the holiday joy from the kids on the last day of school. All week there has been treats in the office, presents being exchanged and parties in the classrooms! It sure gets u in the spirit seeing everyone with a sense of holiday spirit.

Even though I am missing pj day at school we will have it here at home today! It is 840am and the kiddos are still nestled in their beds. I am enjoying GMA in bed with a cup of coffee and a bit of Baileys thrown in. Seeing as how I am not getting anywhere unless we ice skate there! The plan is to bake some Christmas cookies today and just enjoy our laid back day together. It certainly is the most wonderful time of the year 😊