Keeping Busy, Busy, Busy

                    
                                     

  February is the longest, coldest, worst month of the year and we have been doing our best to stay extra busy in order to make the days pass quickly!

Mairin went nuts during her first visit to the pet store.  This has been something that the kids have enjoyed doing for years.  Quinn wasn't interested in the dogs but she warmed up to the cats quickly and walked around the store holding them.  Nolan and Mairin were more interested in the dogs and all three loved to try to catch the hamsters.

 Mairin has officially give up on her high chair and prefers to sit in her booster seat like a big kid.

 The neighborhood dudes spending the afternoon at the arcade with some Slushies.

 Sleep baby still loves her blankie.

 The kids love taking selfies and Quinn thought this one was particularly fun with me on the top of the stairs.

Donuts with Dads!

 Happy Valentine's Day!  The kids had the day off from school this year on Valentine's Day so we spent it at home just having a lazy day as I got us packed up and ready to go to Cincinnati for a fun-filled weekend with friends.  The kids each got a few small things.  Quinn got a bath bomb and a cat for her American Girl Doll, Mairin got a Baby Shark toy and coloring book, and Nolan got a game and some new football cards.

 Looking cute while the big kids played in the snow during a snow day. 

 Back at the arcade for games and dinner with friends.  What else do you do in the winter?

 Quinn reading to her baby sister.

 February has also brought lots of germs into our house.  Nolan has caught the worst of it so far with a week home with Influenza A and another couple of days of fever, sore throat, cough and double pink eye.  Mairin has pretty much been a booger monster for weeks.

Checking out the baby chickens that hatched at the library.  She even got to pet one.  She was so excited and kept saying "chicken!!"