Cold day fun

Due to the cold weather (and teacher in services, not to mention President's Day) Emma only had 1 day of school this week.  Needless to say, she is getting a bit antsy at the changed schedule.  So mommy had to get creative with some indoor activities to beat the cold weather blues:

Cake/cupcake decorating.  Emma asked for a heart shaped cake and multi-colored frosting:

 Sarah opted for mini-cupcakes and pink and red frosting:

Then we capped off the morning with an indoor picnic:

Not the same as playing with friends or outside, but not a bad morning!

Do you want to build a snowman?

Just in time for winter and lots of snow, Sarah's new favorite song from Frozen is Do You Want to Build a Snowman, which is sings every time she sees a closed door:

100th Day of School

Emma's 100th day of school was this past Tuesday.  She was SO excited about it.  She picked her own outfit and did her own hair for the special occasion. 

Museum Day

The MSU Museum had a celebration of Darwin's birthday last weekend and we took the girls.  They had fun!

Here they are looking at a big bird (mommy forgets what it is)

 Sarah carefully holding a small bird:

 Emma touching the bird's beak:

 Emma was brave and put her hand in the tiger's mouth:

And Sarah pet the lizard:

Learning!

We had an unexpected snow day today, so everyone was home from school, including Mommy.  She decided to take the opportunity to work with Sarah on her letters and phonics.  Turns out she is way more advanced than even mommy knew and managed to trace ALL of the letters by herself:

Frozen on Ice

A couple of weekends ago, we took the girls to see Frozen on Ice.  It was a lot of fun.

The girls with some of their food (they were spoiled).  They got snow cones, cotton candy, and popcorn!

 With their souvenir wands:

 Close encounters with Marshmallow:

Emma got into the warm up act before the show started:

By the end of the show, daddy decided he was done with Frozen:

And Sarah was so tired, she crashed before we got out of the parking lot:

Belated new year

We have been super bad about posting this year (sorry).  It has been a busy time.  But here are the pictures from New Years.  Mimi and Papa came to celebrate with us and together, we all got dressed up and took the girls to their first "grown-up" restaurant (ie. not a Chili's).  They had a great time and discovered they LOVE calamari!