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Chloe has been asking to dye her hair purple for a few months and I finally let her put temporary dye in on the bottom of her hair over Christmas break.  It has since washed out completely but was a fun while it lasted!  It was a funny purple that faded to blue and then kind of grey… and was really tricky to capture in a picture….

She had fun doing curlers WITH her dyed hair too!

And the best part is that we even have enough left over to do it again!

Well, we finally had a true snow day!  It snowed long and hard on Monday from about noon till midnight and after all was said and done we got a solid 12 inches of snow.  The plows didn’t get going until well after midnight and there was a lot of snow to get moved.  So, they cancelled school for Tuesday, and it was gorgeous out.  The sun was shining and about 25 degrees.  The perfect snow day.  Unfortunately Chloe has been feeling under the weather so she hasn’t been able to really enjoy it.  But at least she didn’t have to miss school!

It was almost too much snow for Maddie to play in.  She kept getting stuck.  🙂

Sadly the Vikings did not win this past weekend… but we still dressed to support them!  One game short of the Superbowl is still a really good season!

Tim bought me this cute Viking shirt for Christmas–and one of my friends at church got the same gift from her husband!  Aren’t we so cute?!

For Christmas Tim bought me an ice maker.

I absolutely love it.

Yes, I can year you rolling your eyes from all the way over here.  An ice maker?  Really?  And to that I say:  Yes. Really.

You see, I have stayed in the hospital 5 times.  4 times for having a baby and once more when Levi was sick.  And you know what my favorite part about staying in the hospital was?  You guess it!  The constant supply of ice water!

And before you get all up in arms–remember that we also own a pop machine.  So, an ice maker really does come in handy for more than just my nice cold ice water drinks.  😉

The ice maker is so much fun.  I put the water in and in just a couple of minutes it has made little ice cubes and pushed them into a little basket inside and I just take my scoop and pop a few in my water.  I can make all the ice I need for a whole week of smoothies and water in just a few hours.  We sure love our gadgets in this house!  😀

The phone rang yesterday and Tim answered–it was Josiah’s teacher, Mrs. Connell.

We thought it was a call to let us know that Josiah was injured or sick.  But instead, she called to let us know that Josiah has been absolutely amazing.  Apparently there have been some behavior issues with others in the class and he has been the best student possible.

So, she just wanted to let us know.

🙂

Tim then got to talk to Josiah for a little bit on the phone and was able to tell him how proud we are of him.  We were a little concerned when we sent him off to Kindergarten that he might have a hard time reigning in his energy, but I guess we underestimated him.

Lookie! I’m back!

If you’ve tried to check my blog in the past week you’ll have noticed that there was a data error message.  I couldn’t figure out what the deal was, so I asked the people who I figured would know best (my computer savvy family! ha!) how to fix my website problem.  And I’m happy to report that Luke was able to hop on and correct the issue (which I admit I’m not even entirely sure I know what it was, but I’m beyond thrilled that he could fix it and that I now have access to bombard you with information about my life again!)

The big news in MN this week was the amazing playoff game by the Vikings on Sunday.  We had our normal crew of church friends over to watch the game. Now, I know not all of you are into sports, so let me just give you the overall gist.  We were winning for most of the game and then the other team crept up and took the lead with very little time left on the clock.  We pretty much had accepted defeat (well, those of us watching at least).  Then with 10 seconds left on the clock our team made a desperation pass and we amazingly caught it and scored–winning the game. It was pretty exciting.  And I don’t normally watch football.  You should have heard our house.  It was loud.  Everyone was on their feet shouting.  One of the younger girls came upstairs looking a little worried and I asked if they guys has scared her with their screaming.  She said, “yeah, a little!” 🙂

In other news I had to take Chloe into the doctor on Tuesday morning.  She had been having abdominal pain for over a week and we weren’t sure what the deal was.  And unfortunately they weren’t able to figure out what it was either… but it doesn’t appear to be anything serious.  Not gallbladder, or appendix, or kidneys, or anything like that.  I did have her do the Miralax flush this past weekend in case it was linked to that–so they thought it might have been residual gas bubbles from that, so we’re going to keep a log of her pain and hope that it goes away.  It was so bad that she had stopped eating on Monday which is why we decided to finally take her in.  I’m happy to report that she has seemed to perk up quite a bit in the past day.

And before I go, how about a picture?  Levi was sporting Maddie’s new winter hat the other day.  So funny!

We had a great time hosting the Friesen Family Christmas again this year.  We feel so lucky to be able to have everyone come here and spread out in the house–playing with cousins, doing puzzles, the Littles able to take naps, watching shows, opening gifts and eating (and eating and eating).

Our kids now can enjoy the lifelong memory (as I’m sure you all have as well) of hours of fun finding Waldo.  Auntie Jen bought Josiah a set of Where’s Waldo books for Christmas and they have been happily working together pouring over the books.  It’s so fun watching snuggle on the couch working together.

And now that the kids are back in school, maybe I’ll sneak a peek at some of the books too…. shhhhh… don’t tell Josiah.

Josiah got a slime making kit from the Greenhalgh family this year so we had loads of fun mixing it up.  The funny part was that after we made it (with eager expectation to play with it!) Josiah discovered that he really doesn’t like the feeling of it “melting” in his hands.  But it was still fun to make.  And Chloe likes it enough to play with it for the both of them!

We had our recital back at St. John’s Lutheran church and it was a smashing success.  Josiah was super excited to play (and not nervous at all).  He even got a new tux coat for the event (which he refers to as his “super secret agent” outfit).  Both kids played beautifully.

I almost had Chloe and Josiah play a duet this year, but I thought of it a little too late.  So, this spring I think we’ll attempt it.  Look how cute they are sitting together on the bench…. 😉