Mixed Media Monday

Here's my first try at Mixed Media Monday. I finished it a little later than I wanted. Work started this week and we all came down with the stomach flu, but I finished it today. Romance was the word for the week. I'm not much of a romantic, so it was kind of hard for me to do it. I don't like getting sappy, but I had decided my goal for the week was to do this prior to finding out what the word was. A little footsie is always nice, whether it is under the moon, at a beach, or just relaxing in the living room.

The weekend

A little Friday night fun at the outdoor rink in Madison. Anytime I can strap my skates on and get some hockey in makes me happy. Fischer isn't getting to adventurous yet with his ice skating, but he had fun. He pushed Uncle Jeff around for awhile, then he had to take a brake and ride around on his lap. The weather was beautiful and you just can't beat all that fresh air.
On Sunday was another birthday party. This time it was for Kaden and Griffin. We saw lots of relatives we hadn't seen in a long time and ate lots of pizza. It was over stimulation for all.

Wisconsin!

Well, it's already been three weeks since we moved to Wisconsin. Times goes way too fast. We are enjoying our new house. It is starting to feel like home. It is great to see family frequently. I think this is great for the kids. Though, I am starting to remember all too well as to why we moved to Idaho. WISCONSIN WINTERS! I forgot just how cold they are. It is not much fun to be outside in these frigid temperatures. Even the birds were pretty quite during those cold days. I thought it was time I got back to posting pictures on the blog. The camera is unpacked and the kids are ready to pose. The camera is never far away. It makes me look at the everyday ordinary just a little bit different.

Fischer was helping me make pizza dough today. I went to the sink and when I turned around, I found him in the bread box on the counter. What a little contortionist. Luckily Amelia wasn't around because she is monkey see, monkey do.



Cosmo has found her favorite spot in our house. It is on the steps looking out the window. She gets full sun all day while watching the squirrels run around. She just quivers at times from excitement when she watches them. I think squirrel chasing will be her summer past time.


Gavin and Petie had their birthday party this past weekend. It was luckily the warmest day of January. Perfect sledding weather. Gavin did well on the snowboard. The kids had a blast. Everyone got a turn at the pinata and plenty of candy to go around. Fischer was exhausted the next day and took a 4 1/2 hour nap!

Birthday boy turns 4!

Fischer turned 4 today! (I know the candle says 1, but that was all we had!) We made a yellow cake with chocolate frosting. All he ate was the frosting. He requested that his crown have a flying dinosaur on it with one horn. He chose the colors. He really liked it except he was wondering why it didn't have claws on the wings like it is supposed to have. He doesn't miss a thing when it comes to dinosaurs. Next week we are taking him to "Walking with Dinosaurs" down in Boise. Hopefully it doesn't scare him too much. He's excited to get to Wisconsin because he has more Christmas and birthday presents there! Two more weeks!

tis the season

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. Ours was nice and mellow. We had plenty of good food, friends and a lot of snow! Fischer decorated a gingerbread house a few weeks ago. Everyday it seems as if it has less and less candy on its roof top and the candy canes have also gone missing?
Amelia looked like a little elf on Christmas Eve, or perhaps a little Who from Whoville. Fischer had a blast on Christmas morning. He was quite surprised to find Santa had come during the night. He was afraid Santa had ran out of presents. All of it was a bit overwhelming for the little guy, but he is already asking if Santa is coming again soon. Only a few more weeks left here in Idaho. We've been very busy packing. Hopefully we have a little window of nice weather for the trip across country. Right now the weather calls for snow everyday for the next week!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

We finally have some snow on the ground! We were starting to wonder if we were going to have a white Christmas or not. We went and got our tree on Sunday and for the first time there wasn't any snow in the forest. It felt strange. The snow though has finally arrived! Fischer was excited to finally get to use his new skis that Jimmy got at a yard sale this past summer. It took him a little bit to figure them out. He kept crossing his skis and falling. He seems to be getting the hang of it.
The Christmas tree is up in the living room Amelia doesn't seem to bother it too much. We didn't put much on the bottom branches to attract her.

Little Frog

Amelia was pulling her little wooden frog all over the house today. She is starting to figure out how to pull it with out tipping it over or tripping over the rope.