Catch Up

Another month has almost come and gone and still my blog remains strangely silent. I've said it before and I'll say it again, in my head I write at least 2 blogs posts a day. I fall asleep with great ideas of things to write about but whenever I make it to the computer all I can think to tell you about is my simple little life at home with 3 kids. To sum it up, there is never enough time, never enough hands, never enough laundry being folded and not nearly enough patience. There are disgusting messes, 30 little fingernails that seem to constantly need to be trimmed, and we never have enough dark chocolate.
I love every minute of it. Even the minutes I don't love, I do love. Does that even make sense?

Month in review 

I got the flu. again. I was down for 4 days. Then I gave it to my Mom. 

I made smoothies in both kids classes on Valentines Day. It was SO fun! Loved that all the kids had something healthy instead of a bunch of junk.

We went to Mammoth for Presidents day weekend. It was SO fun! The kids skied for the first time this year. It was awesome, they are getting much better. By the last day, Tully was flying down the hill so fast that I almost had to close my eyes, Tessa was looking like everything was just a piece of cake and I had a flash of what I might be dealing with when she is in high school and way too cool to be seen on the hill with any family member. Beck and I did a lot of hanging out at the condo. I read 2 books, "Dreams Of Joy" by Lisa See and "Unbroken" by , I highly recommend both of them. One of the things I love about going to Mammoth with my parents is that I get to do all the cooking but they pay for all the food. I love trying new recipes while we are there. My Dad is especially enthusiastic about most things I make, which fills my cup. Love me, love my cooking. I had several winners that I will for sure make again. Vegan Veggie Lasagna, Moroccan Chick Pea soup with Coconut, "Fried Rice" that was actually cauliflower instead of rice, and some yummy veggie sandwiches. Beck spent his time in the condo alternating in practicing being cute and trying to make a mad dash up the stairs. He also spent a lot of time dancing, drumming on every surface and crawling as fast as he could around the living room.

Have I mentioned that Beck is extremely cute? He is really developing his own little personality, and he is becoming a little chunk. My arms can feel a big difference as I carry him around all day. He is also becoming a major dancing machine. Whenever he hears music he starts to groove. He especially loves going to the kids' Hip Hop class. I think he thinks we are actually there for him.

In other news, we are starting to talk about our summer plans. I've thrown out a few different options. The one I'm leaning towards is renting our house out for a month, flying to Canada and then camping our way through Banff, Jasper etc. Have yet to convince Matt. I figure this would be a prefect time for dreads. For now I've learned how to french braid my own hair. 

Tasks for next month, learn how to make a quilt, plan our summer, ween my kids off of dairy, continue with our family Lent devotional (more on this later), sleep through the night, blog more, consume much more kale.