February Happenings--2015

February was a fun filled, busy month for us.  Here is a peek into our February. 

1.  Tanner learned to stand up in his crib.  We had to lower his crib towards the beginning of February.  I can't believe how fast time has flown with this little guy, he's growing up way too fast. 

2.  Amy and I took the kids to Carl's Jr. We ordered the kids some kids meals and I went to Taco and brought it to Carl's Jr. so we didn't have to eat their nasty food.  The kids had so much fun playing on the play place.  We knew it was time to leave when Ash got beat up by a Polynesian child. 

3.  We took Mason bowling for the first time at the beginning of February.  He had so much fun.  Every time he would bowl the ball and it would knock down a few pins, he would throw his hand up in the air and say, "YES."  We'll definitely take Mason bowling again, he loved it. 

4.  Mason loves Tanner.  Everyone always asks how I feel about having 2 kids so close together in age.  I love it!!  I wouldn't have it any other way.  The reason I love it, is because they really are becoming best friends.  Mason is always looking out for Tanner and Tanner follows Mason around like a little shadow. 
In this picture Mason pushed a chair over to Tanner's high chair and started feeding Tanner some yogurt melts. 

One day as I was cleaning the house, I went to check on the boys and found them in Mason's room with the door closed.  I could hear them both just giggling away behind that closed door. 

They even cause trouble together.  Here they are pulling all the pots and pans out of the cupboard. 

5.  No one is really into football in my family, but we still had fun celebrating the Super Bowl with a super party.  Mason and Tanner wore their matching football outfits and we even had a football ice cream cake from DQ. 

6.  Tanner puts everything into his mouth.  Here he is eating his sock. 

7.  Tanner loves the tub.  He loves getting in the tub with Mason. 

8.  One day I babysat Ash and Weston for Amy.  Mason and Ash learned how to press the button to the fridge for the water to come out.  Needless to say they were soaking wet and water was ALL over the floor.  I don't think I've ever heard Mason laugh so hard. 

9.  We took Mason, Tanner, Lydia, and Landon to Classic Fun Center on a Thursday night.  Mason conquered his fear of bounce houses and he had so much fun with his friends.  We jumped for over an hour and when we were done, Mason still cried when it was time to leave. 

10.  We went to the Ice and Fire event in the Riverwoods.  It was a little warm for an ice show, but the Riverwoods still managed to make it fun.  They had:  ice sculptors, snowmobiles,  rhinos, a small petting zoo full of reindeer, and a live band.  Mason's favorite part was the Harley Davidson.  He went right up to it and the owner was kind enough to let Mason sit on it to get his picture taken.  Towards the end of the night we met up with Ry, Meg, Mabel, Maccoy and Daniel, Stacy, Canyon, Oaks, and Jack for the firework show.  It only lasted about 3 minutes, but seeing fireworks in February was still a great time.

11.  Amy had some extra tickets to Pinkalicious at the Scera Shell Theater.  I took Lydia, Mason, Parker, one of Lydia's friends, Myrn, Garrett, Mabel, and Meg.  The play was about an hour long and was a little weird, but Mason and all the other kids loved it!

12.  We celebrated Valentines Day.  Casey took me on a Valentine's dinner to Outback Steakhouse a few days before Valentines Day (thanks to Mer and Garret for watching Mason and Tanner).  On Valentine's Day we celebrated all day.  I heart attacked the boys' doors the night before and they sure were excited to see the hearts all over their doors when they woke up. 

That night we delivered our Valentines to family then came back home to eat our heart shaped pizza from Papa Murphy's.  Mason sure loved all the valentines we got that day.  I love Valentines Day and having kids, that I love so much, to celebrate with makes it even better. 

Casey painted our cupboard downstairs (more to come on that later) and got me roses for Valentine's Day.

13.  Mason and Tanner in Mason's car.  When Tanner first saw Mason driving this, he was so scared of it.  I think it's the eyes on the front.  He would scream and scream to get away from it.  Mason has helped warm Tanner up to the car by taking Tanner for drives in the car.  They sure have fun together.

14.  Mason trying to put on the headlamp.

15.  Girls night out at the Olive Garden.  Dessert at Yogurtland then off to Target for a little bit of shopping.  I love GNO and look forward to it every month. 

16.  Mason found these stickers and decided to place them all over his head.  He insisted on wearing them all day like this. 

17.  Our smiley Tanner turned 11 months old this month!!

18.  Love these boys of mine!!

What a fun month!!!