February 27th, 2022

 No day brings greater joy to my children than Grocery Day, haha.  

All Kellan wants to do at Sky Zone these days is work on his Ninja Warrior Jr. skills.

Cora regularly plays with Kellan while I do school with the older two (their school takes longer than hers does, being in 1st grade), and on this day she created a cave for him to sleep in as he was cold.  He is inside that...mixture...of cushions and blankets.

Cora's best friend had a birthday this past Friday, AND the day off school, so we invited her over to celebrate.  She's adorable.

On Saturday we went down to our lake for "Phalen Fest."  It's such a funny, classic Minnesotan thing to do.  People just set up shop in the middle of the lake for winter fun.  There were bonfires and s'mores, along with snow painting, ice fishing, boot hockey, snow shoeing, and more.  The ice was about 18 inches thick.

I have had the book "Hello, Ninja" (by N.D. Wilson) for years, but I've had the board book form, so it has always been a baby book for my kids.  Then I got two of the longer hard cover versions for slightly older kids, and now that it's become a Netflix show Kellan has truly fallen in love.  Ninja dedication is strong in this one.

Jonas left on Saturday for a few days of skiing in Colorado.  I told Kellan he could attempt sleeping with Cora that night, so he gave it a try for about 30 minutes, then wandered into my room, asked to sleep with me, and fell asleep in about 10 seconds.  It was kind of amazing to watch.  Pictures of my sleeping children are my favorite, always.

Almost done with February

 

Kellan "borrowed" a  Wall-E and Eva toy from Henry this past week.  We promise to return them soon, Henry!  Jonas and Kellan had been watching Wall-E in the mornings together, so Kellan about died to see the toys.

Cora got to try on her costume for dance.  BIG hit!

Puberty has been hitting hard in this house, and one emotional afternoon (after a shower for Layla, hence the towel in her hair), Jonas took Layla to drive around in a parking lot.  Huge pick-me-up!

Sledding last Sunday, when it was 41 degrees out.  It was basically summer.  Why wear coats when it's over 35 degrees, right??

Kellan was not pleased with the general brightness in the world.  Papa fixed it with some sunglasses, aided by his hat to stay on.

He liked that his fingers became wrinkled from wet gloves and called them "squiggles."