Life Lately

January is a pretty slow month around here. Thankfully we've all been healthy during this awful flu season and have been able to to do a few fun things during this cold dreary month.

We took the kids to Stillwater one afternoon to watch the Cowgirls' bedlam basketball game. We had a really fun time! Samuel and Elisabeth enjoyed the snacks, and Daddy, Nathan and I had fun watching the game. We even came home with a free t-shirt. It was a fun way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

Nathan's playing basketball this winter too, so our Saturday mornings are spent at the gym. He's enjoying it and improving every week. He made his first goal at last week's game. We were all so excited for him!! The coaches announce the players at the beginning of every game and Nathan gets to run out on the court. He always has the biggest smile. I'm pretty sure that's his favorite part of the whole game, oh and snacks at the end of the game, ha!

We've spent a lot of time at home playing too. The kids turned the couch into their ambulance one night. It makes my heart so happy when they all three are playing happily together. I love that they are all good friends (with a fair amount of fighting thrown in, ha!)

We had a play date with some of our favorite friends and these two had fun playing super heroes. Keaton has become one of Samuel's best friends.

Sweet sister cuddles. Elisabeth asks almost every morning if she can cuddle with Katherine while she watches a show.

We've had a few pajama days at home. My days at home with Samuel are starting to feel numbered as Kindergarten is approaching way too quickly. I'm trying to be intentional at making sure we have plenty of lazy days to play at home with him and his sisters.

The kids have been going through a phase of always wanting to build forts, so one Friday night Matt built them a giant fort and they had a fun snack dinner in their fort.

We even roasted marshmallows and had smores for dessert. It was a fun night!

It's not all play around here. After our fun Friday night, I put them all to work on their Saturday chores.

Samuel went to a fun birthday party for his buddies Raylan and Ryder. The pinata was his favorite part!

This girl likes to play school a lot. She's been loving her play school kit she got for Christmas. We've been playing with it a lot and playing hair stylist too all the time.

Elisabeth has been going through a phase where she wants Katherine to dress like her. She specifically asked for Katherine to wear purple because she was wearing a purple shirt. She loves her sister so much (too much at times, ha!)

My sweet babies all dressed up for church. I can't get enough of them!