Happy February!

February has been such a busy, blizzardy, birthday-ish month! Here are a few highlights from the last week:

 Sophia brought a Valentine's card to my office on V-Day :)

 Saturday the 16th was a STUNNER. I have never seen the world look so sparkly!

 Good morning, Margie!

 Oh, sorry Pepper... did I wake you? :)

 While Kaia and Travis slept in I bundled up Sophia and we headed out to the barn to groom the horses

 Sophia has this thing for icicles :)

 Their cozy little stalls

 Margie always comes right up... she's like a golden retriever! She always WANTS to be played with, is inquisitive and super friendly and playful! She has a wonderful personality!

 True to her golden retriever nature... she is amazing with the kids :)

 After grooming and then family breakfast we bundled up both kids for some horsey time! Kaia likes the front pack carrier now, and my track jacket zips right over her

 Sophia and Travis tussle a LOT!

 Lovely walk down the road!

 In the afternoon we enjoyed watching Sophia's ballet practice

 Back at home Sophia took her princess car for a spin around the basement!

 This is the icky storage side of the basement... lots of bins and some shelves in the back

 This is the cute playroom side! We're planning to put in more lights and curtains, but it's pretty much done!

 SO... here's where I need your help! I was going to paint green circles on the blue wall, but then decided to think about it. Should I leave the blue wall solid blue? Or paint green circles or stripes or some other shape? Can't decide! Let me know if you have any suggestions :)

 On Monday (my birthday!) we suffered another blizzard... we enjoyed the family day at home, but the cold snaps and deep snow are getting a bit tiresome. I was happy for the birthday gift of extra family time, though, since everything was closed and cancelled on Monday! Travis gave me a Kindle and made lots of treats, and has continued the "birthWEEK" treatment all week long... he's even cooked me breakfast 2 mornings this week! This is a guy who works until 3:00am! Kaia also gave me some presents: Her first 8 hours of sleep in the crib (Monday night) and rolled over for the first time on Tuesday! (Back to front).  I took the above pic on Tuesday... this rainbow is called "sun dogs" out here. It was like -20 on Tuesday; we get sun dogs when it's bitterly cold and the air is full of ice crystals!

 Sophia loves to crawl into Kaia's crib and hang out :)

That's it for now!