My Favorite Tree On our Walk Home From School

I wish it were in our yard

Let's Go Fly A Kite

Little Man and I were playing outside yesterday when I found a tangled up kite buried under our other outside toys. I was ready to just toss it in the trash but I managed to get it untangled. Since it was a little windy, I figured we'd go up early to the school and fly it in the field before picking up his sisters.
He had a blast!!

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When my husband and I bought our house 9 years, this tree was one of the things we really loved about the yard. It's a silver maple that's over 150 years old. The canopy shades our whole backyard.

Lately a lot of trees in our town have been cut down due to disease.  Luckily not maples, but we've still lost 6 trees on our block alone.  Last night I dreamt that I came home from picking up my daughters from school and there were tree trimmers in our backyard cutting down our beautiful tree. I hope that never happens.

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Little Man on the way to pick his sisters up at school. He told me we'd get there faster if he wore his cape.

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Must be Sarah Palin's car. No one in their right mind would have a convertible in Alaska ;)

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Took the kids to the Morton Arboretum today

Wait for me!!!!!

Little Man trying to get in another family's picture

My camera was doing weird things with colors, but this one kind of worked

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Off to a good start

This week's project is Super Bowl party prep. Ok, maybe that's cheating a little but I figure some parts of the house will get organized as a result. Case in point I took my husband's board certificate to be reframed today and will pick it up tomorrow - cross that off week 11.

I did my monthly Costco run and picked up some things at Bed & Bath, and took my son for a much needed haircut.

After picking up my daughter at school I did a load of laundry while the kids played. While my son took his nap, I did some cleaning - the kids bathroom top to bottom, and dusted and vacuumed kids rooms and our bedroom. All in a little over an hour. Not too bad. I figure if I wash all the floors upstairs tomorrow and do a quick clean of our bathroom I'll be done up there and can focus on the areas where people will actually be for the party.

The best part after all that boring stuff was I had time to sit with my daughter and talk about her day and help her with her homework will my son napped.

It was pretty warm today so the kids played outside for a little while before it got too dark.  I took this picture while standing out there.  It was actually a crescent moon, but I guess the iPhone camera does have its limits :)

Finally after the kids were in bed, my husband and I watched Alcatraz.  I'm not a fan of science fiction or JJ Abrams but this has a pretty basic concept.  When Alcatraz closed in the 60s and all the prisoners were transferred to other facilities, but the premise on this show is that they actually disappeared without a trace and are now reappearing in the present.  Once you buy into that concept the rest of the show is kind of like Journeyman which I used to like but was cancelled after one season.

Fun in the Snow

Since yesterday ended up being not a very fun day for the kids, today we went out and played in the snow.  They would have liked to go to the big sledding hill and use their toboggans but since my husband was working it's a little hard to do by myself, so we bundled up and went in the backyard and pulled each other around on their sleds and made snow angels. 

 

Yes there really are kids in there.  If you look closely you can see a nose on the top one :)  

While they played I took some snow shots.  I always love the way snow looks when it falls/clings on different surfaces.....

 

SNOW!!!!