January

What can you say about January, honestly the worst month of the year.  This year it rained nonstop in January, which was amazing because of how badly we needed the rain, but hard too because we are so used to being able to play outside. And to top it all off we had three weeks for Christmas Break and most of it fell after Christmas.  So that was really fun trying to figure out what to do with the kids until January 11 in the rain.  Luckily we made it through and it even wasn't as bad as I was worried it would be.  We didn't actually do anything super exciting but we still had fun being together.

 Aunt Judy and Uncle Jim gave the kids their own gift cards to Chick-fil-a for Christmas so we took them and they thought it was pretty cool that they got to order their own meals rather than having to share which is what we always do. They even had enough money to get a milkshake too!

 Clara officially decided that she was too big for high chairs which is always fun. haha!!

 I had had about enough of Annie being home with me.  She has been so hard and difficult and I just needed a break from her so even though money was tight we decided to put her in Miss Patty's Place for the rest of the school year and it ended up being one of the best decisions I ever made. Almost over night she became like a different kid. She was happy and not crazy!  Best money I ever spent!!

 The one good thing about breaks from school is having the bigger kids home, so they can help with the little kids.  Clara really loves her Ziz!!

What do you do when you are stuck inside? Have lots of movie nights.  Clara was loving her some popcorn.