Random Updates

- Steve was able to help Presley with her Valentines Day box...of course, he wanted to do something more extravagent, maybe next year! I thought it was perfect!

- So Monday Presley had her 6 yr check up. She is 44.5 inches tall (she grew 2.5 inches in the last yr, and is a little less than average at about 33.5%), and she is 46.5 pounds (she is about 4 lbs heavier and average at 57%). She was just happy there were no shots!

She doesn't seem like she has grown that much, I think her torso is getting longer b/c it seems like most of the shirts that fit her length have super long sleeves! She is wearing mostly 6's these days but seems like we'll be venturing into the next size up for summer.

 

- We got her winter assessment for school (which is mostly for letters, language, reading) and they want to them to score at least a 47 and she is at 57! So that is great! By the end of the year they should be at '60', so she appears to be right on pace!

 

- I have watched 3 movies in 9 days, this is a record for me in the last 7-10 yrs! Divergent (loved the book, loved the movie!), Gone Girl (loved the book, book was better than the movie), and We're the Millers (I thought it was actually pretty funny!)

 

- Steve and I started taking a weekend (after we got our tax return) and going to the Mall of America years ago....we took Presley with us for 2-3 years and then along came Piper and we haven't been since! We had tossed around going this year since Piper is a little older, but honestly it just seemed like too much work! HA! So we compromised, we got a room at the Ramada water park hotel and went there for a night! 3 miles from home, no 3 hour drive....a much better situation for us!



Here is Presley in 2012 getting ready to swim in MN.

 and here she was Friday night! How is this the same child?

We left work a little early Friday, came home packed some stuff, picked up the girls and headed to the hotel. We finally got to the pool about 5 and the first people we see, our friends Dustin and Sam, they just happened to book a room for the same night! Presley did great in the pool, went down some of the little slides, Piper on the other hand was very timid and scared. She did warm up after a while but never would venture too far in (which was fine with us!)

We ate a late dinner at the hotel restaurant about 7, and Piper was a mess. She would get mad about something and then take anything she could from the table and just throw it. Literally, her cup of water, a fork, didn't matter and she would launch it as far as she could (thankfully she didn't hit anyone, but I can't say that she didn't come close!) We had to take her out of the restaurant 3 different times to calm her down! So irritating!
We took them back to the room to get Piper ready for bed. Steve and P went back down by the pool, went to the arcade, played some cards and I tried for over an hour to get Piper to sleep (the downside of a pool side room, is that it is LOUD!)...finally about 9:45 she was snoring. By then, Presley was tired and they came back to the room. So we were all asleep by 10:30!

Saturday we woke up (Presley at 7:30!? and Piper about 8:30). I had every intention of getting them back in the pool but neither Steve or Piper seemed excited about it. We thought about going to get brunch instead but after the horrible dinner experience the night before we headed home instead!
We literally just hung out and played all day, Presley and I watched movies, I read and she played on the Ipad, Steve went to the store while Piper napped. It was a good relaxing day!
Steve made an AWESOME Parmesan shrimp risotto! OH MY! Then after the kids went to bed we hung out some more and watched We're the Millers (which was pretty funny!). It was nice Valentine's Day with the family!

This is one of our nightly backyard visitors. We have 3 that we see every night and last night there were 8 of them! Love it!

Today Presley was up again at 7:45 and Piper about 8. It was one of those mornings where it seemed to last forever! And we did nothing. Steve made french toast for me and Piper, I've been doing laundry and cleaning. The girls helped me pick up the basement and now we are just hanging out again. I can handle these cold weekends in a warm house!