February Fun!

February is always a busy month for me with the new semester starting, the swim season wrapping up, birthdays, and all the normal daily tasks that keep us busy so I do apologize for the lack of blog posts.

We started the month with a trip to Red Wing to watch the Super Bowl with my mom. The kids enjoyed playing with their favorite M&M toy, eating food (but not sharing with Vegas), and destroying Grandma's house!

The next big adventure was celebrating my birthday. My birthday fell on a Saturday this year and even though I had to work in the morning for practice and then a rental meet I made the most of the day. After returning from work I spent some time playing with the kids and then was treated to a pedicure with my mom. Following that my mom stayed with the kids and Eric and I had a date night. We went for dinner at Wildfire in Eden Prairie and then spent the rest of the evening doing a little shopping. The next day my mom and I were able to get some scrapbooking done and then on Monday we had our favorite babysitters (Molly & Jess) watch the kids so that the adults could go celebrate my birthday and Valentine's day at the Melting Pot! Eric and I had been there but this was the first time Nick, Tori, and my mom had visited and we had a great evening as you'll see from the pictures below! Thanks to everyone who made my birthday so much fun and memorable!!

And here are a few random shots of the kids taken over the last month!

Robert's at that stage where he usually can go without a nap but sometimes he gets a little too tired and will fall asleep in random positions downstairs!

Izzy doesn't like to stand at the train table to play!

Izzy loved the piece of chocolate I shared with her from my birthday treats!

And the bittersweet part of the month is the swim season coming to an end. It is always nice having more time at home and being able to focus more on the other parts of my job but I do miss seeing the team. Luckily a good portion of the girls work for me so I still get to see them throughout the week. We had a good finish at our conference meet and are looking forward to our banquet in two weeks. The picture below shows the coaches with our 6 seniors. They are a great group of girls and it will be very hard to replace their talent and personalities in the years to come.