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Quinn's Birthday

Brandon and Wesley went to a new bounce house (for us) today for Quinn's birthday. It was one of the better bounce houses I have been to. They had a Dr. Seuss pajama bounce there today since it is Dr. Seuss' birthday today. The boys both wore their pajamas. Every so often the people who worked there stopped everyone and did games/ activities. They had 3 eggs hidden and whoever found them won a prize, did a tug of war game (boys against girls), had the Grinch come out to see the kids, and had the kids dance with the Grinch. Brandon and Wesley both got prizes for dancing with the Grinch. After the bounce time they had everyone come into a room and draw self portraits of themselves and glue on a Cat in the Hat hat. Then they had munchkins and green bagels for the kids. Such a fun time!

Reading

Brandon read his library book to Wesley yesterday.

Beautiful Winter Day

Saturday was a beautiful day outside. The weather got up to 60 degrees. We decided to bring up the bikes and practice riding them. Brandon did a great job riding his bike. Bike riding has not been an easy thing for Brandon and he often gets frustrated and needs help starting to pedal. This time he was able to start pedaling on his own each time and kept going. Towards the end of bike riding he was going really fast on his bike. I can't wait for the weather to get warmer so he can practice more.

100th Day of School

Brandon celebrated the 100th day of school last Wednesday. He made a necklace out of 100 fruit loops at school and 100 glasses at after care. For a homework assignment he had to glue 100 of something onto poster board. He chose to glue 100 marshmallows. He did a great job counting out 10 groups of 10 marshmallows and then glued them in the shape of a 100.

Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day started with a delayed opening for all of us since it had snowed the day before and school was closed the day before because of the snow. Once Brandon and Wesley woke up we gave them their Valentine's Day gifts. Brandon got a stuffed Luigi that he has really wanted (he got Mario for Hanukkah) and Wesley got a book from one of his favorite series that he didn't have yet. Both kids were very happy with their gifts.

I then made heart pancakes for Brandon and Wesley which were a big hit. All I did was take frozen pancakes and use a heart cookie cutter that we have.

Both Brandon and Wesley had Valentine's Day parties at their schools. Brandon came home with a big bag of Valentine's Day cards from his friends. Wesley's will come home next week since not all kids brought their cards to school yet.

After school Stu and I decided to bring Brandon and Wesley to go see The Lego Movie. They both really wanted to see it once they started seeing the previews on tv. We then went out to dinner at Coaches.

What We Have Been Up To

Wesley played with his trains.

Brandon wrote his name and his friends names on Valentine cards.

Wesley put on daddy's shoes.

Brandon made crowns for Wesley and him to wear.