We kicked off February in style at Coronado with Uncle Bruce and Nancy. It was a beautiful February day and we had the best afternoon jumping in between the pool and the hot tub. So nice to spend time with Bruce and Nancy, too.
After hanging with them for the afternoon we made our way to Village Pizzeria on the bay side and then for ice cream. It was a great day, even despite the bad service at Village Pizzeria that the kids still talk about today!
Lucky Charlotte got to go back to Coronado later that week with Nani and Finn. They were as happy as could be swimming with Uncle Bruce and was such a treat!
We celebrated the Kansas City Chiefs Superbowl win at the Tirado's house with the Cawlfields which was a super fun afternoon! I ran 20 miles that morning so it was nice to be able to sit for the afternoon and relax and the kids had such a great time together.
In January, Ella and one of her soccer buddies, Arya, started practicing once a week at the Westwood Club with a highschool student, Coach Jade. We figured this would be good to do in between seasons and she loved it! A few of the sessions, Julia and the other girl's brother joined, too, and they did great, too. The girls adore Coach Jade and Arya's mom even took the girls to her last soccer game at the high school one night, too. That was really fun for Ella!
Joseph cracking us up one night as he got out of the bath...definitely wasn't expecting him to come out like this!
Off to school with their Valentine's Day boxes and bags and new scarves and Army hat, which were their Valentine's Day presents from us!
Making our very own heart shaped pizza that they loved!
While Joseph ran, the girls played in the middle of the track. They were great!
We kicked off Lent with our first Friday Fish Fry at church...the kids look forward to this every year, especially the face painting!
Isabella spent the night after the fish fry because Libby was in San Francisco for the weekend and the girls were just so excited to have her over! And, since the girls had Isabella over, Joseph had Jeremy over so it was a full house but lots of fun!
I do love breaks for when we travel or spend the days with friends or checking out what San Diego has to offer but I also love the breaks just to have downtime at home, too. During the school year it is just so much on the go that the kids really don't have a lot of downtime just to play and hang out so I love this time to be able to do all that. These next few pictures are exactly that...
Lots of good times with Nani, Poppa and Finn this month!
We've been doing hearts on the wall since the beginning of February documenting whenever they show love towards others and I always catch them reading them. My other favorite Febraruary tradition is that I put a heart on their door starting Febrauary 1st leading up to Valentine's Day and each heart says oen thing that I love about them. The kids leave them on theri doors pretty much all year and always look forward to reading what their new heart says in the morning.
February break was from February 17th-21st and we spent the first few days in Big Bear which was amazing and there will be a separate post about that and the rest of the week was spent hanging around here whcih was great, too. Since I am in full training mode for the marathon I had to get creative with the kids being home with me each day so we went to the local highschool track two of the days so I could get my runs in. On Wedensday we went to Poway High and Joseph ran 4 miles with me!! Well, he was a little behind me ;) but he did great and was so determined to complete it.
We met up with Finn and Linz at the beach one afternoon and ended up staying until almost sunset. It was a beautiful February beach day!
Oh, sweet, baby Charlotte, who has been coming in our bed every night to sleep. I know you're only this age once and I just want to eat you up but I also am tired of being kicked in the back. Good thing she looks so sweet in the mornings!
We brought Isabella with us which was fun for everyone!
Hair done by Charlotte!
Fort building at Nani and Poppa's is a favorite!
On Fridays Gyminny kids has an open gym for an hour so we went twice this month-once with friends and once with Nani and Finn. It is from 12:30-1:30 so works out perfectly right after Julia's pickup before having to get the other kids and has been a fun way to end the week.
This next one is from Charlotte's actual gymnastics class but I was pretty impressed when I caught her in this backbend!
The biggest news from February is that pool construction has begun!!! It is quite the entertainment during the day! It is hard to believe that we are really going through with all of this and although we will miss having our backyard these next few months, it will all be worth it come summertime. We can't wait!!
