One of my New Year's Resolutions is to spend more time playing with the
girls. I'm realizing that I only have 1.5 more years of having all 3 of
them at home with me, until Mia goes to school all day. I've been
trying to find ways to focus more on playing with them. On New Years
Day, Eric and I just played with the girls all day. They hadn't even
played with all of the toys they got for Christmas, so we used that time
to play with their new stuff! We also had a lot of snuggle time with Callie!
We got lots and lots of snow this month and had an opportunity to walk through the park. We had a snowball fight, built snow angels, built a snowman as if he had fallen off the slide and ran around. Callie slept through it all, but she missed out on a lot of fun!
Our beautiful Mia Bear and Ari Bug!
After seeing all of the snow we've been getting, I started researching when and how to teach the girls to ski. We were able to find used gear for both Mia and Ari and it should still fit them next year too. We've gone 3 times now and Mia really really enjoys it. Ari seems to get worn out just getting from the car to the ski hill and hasn't actually had enough energy left to ski much. Mia is already able to do turns and stop. I plan to take her up the lift in a few weeks and use a harness. Ari has said she doesn't want to go anymore. I think next year, she'll be more comfortable with the skis and she will have a lot more fun.
I took the girls to the zoo for an afternoon. We saw a couple baby gorillas and monkeys. The momma gorilla even checked out Ari, as her baby swung on the triangle bar behind her. We also saw some lions right up against the window. An elephant was even showing us tricks by working his way through a tunnel. It was a great day and we had a lot of fun.
February has been a great month too. Eric and I have been on some fun dates: trying on fedoras, eating yummy food at La Jolla Groves, and going to a 7 coarse dinner at UVU put on by their dietetic students. We had our biggest snowstorm yet and the girls built a huge snowman. He slowly leaned over more and more each day, but still stood up! Callie had lots of fun playtime with her toys too!






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