Juliet is getting so big! On this morning, she brought me the remote as soon as her sisters left for school and pointed it at the TV, so I would put on one of her favorite shows. Then, she climbed up onto the couch, settled in next to her puppy and watched some TV in her jammies.

Ella (on the way home from school): Oh yes!! Grandma is coming today and we are going to play dollhouse. I love having someone to play dollhouse with!
Me: I play dollhouse with you.
Ella: But Grandma LOVES my dollhouse!

All very true. I love how excited my girls get when Grandma comes to visit because they know she is going to spend lots of time playing with them.

Movie afternoon with Grandma

It was an exciting day when Abby's hair was long enough and thick enough for a braid! 😊

Family movie night 💜

One of Juliet's very favorite activities is helping Mommy and Daddy unload the dishwasher.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKpV46t3L3E

Most days Nagymama is sad that she is so far away from all of us in NY. During Blizzard 2017...not so much. Her message to Joe (as she laughed and drank her coffee poolside): "The sunshine will come after those clouds. Don't worry. Spring is near!"

Ella's pet egg mouse

Juliet's second most favorite activity is unloading all the clean clothes from the baskets, carrying them all over the house and "dressing" herself with all the things. (third favorite: unloading all the lady products from the bathroom drawer and spreading tampons throughout the house. 4th: unloading our grocery bags 5th: filling reusable grocery bags with everything she can find like clean laundry, tampons, shoes and the fresh groceries)

One of my favorite parts of the school year has been the time I've spent volunteering in the library. In March, I filled in for the school librarian while she was on vacation and it happened to be Dr. Seuss' birthday. So, we laid out a huge banner and the kids made beautiful Dr. Seuss inspired artwork all over his giant birthday card.

One of the reasons I love our school...Ella hanging with the fifth grade girls!

My baby takes the meaning of mommy's girl to a new level. She is so so sweet.

I just needed a minute to regroup before the dinner/bedtime crazy that was about to go down over here. Clearly, they didn't think so...even the dog.

Joe had to travel to Rochester for a weekend conference, so the girls and I tagged along to spend time with Nana and visit the children's museum with a good friend. We loaded up the car, ate dinner on the road and rolled into the city way past bedtime.

The girls were so excited to be on a mini winter adventure. They love any opportunity to roll their own suitcases.

Hotel rooms = late nights, TV in bed and sister pileups

The next morning, Joe headed down to the conference early, so the girls and I were on our own. Abby and Ella had breakfast in their hotel fort while watching Saturday morning cartoons!

Then, we headed out to meet Laura at the museum! We were especially thankful for a new play museum to explore when we woke up to five inches of snow and temperatures that were barely reaching 5 degrees. Oh Rochester!

The mini Wegmans was the best. We would have played in there all day if we could have. Even Juliet did some grocery shopping. 😊

Is this not every little kid's dream? I know it was mine...for sure!

It was a fun and refreshing morning hanging with Aunt Laura at the museum.

Are you there, Elmo?

A little grocery shopping!

Abby and Ella were really excited when they saw a real life Braille machine because we had been spending so much time learning about Helen Keller. They both practiced typing their names in Braille letters.

This picture makes me think about all the years I sat across from Laura at a table in the Schine Student Center while she shared all of her wise words with me! God has used (and continues to use) her friendship to change my life. I love that my girls get to know and spend time with her now!