January in review

January flew by.

And some days it felt like it would never end.

We had more snow last month than all of last winter (over 8 feet).

And we've spent pretty much all of our free time working on the basement, preparing for another baby, or getting Kate's new big girl bedroom ready, so I just haven't found the time to sit down and write.  I'm going attempt to re-cap the entire month of January, so hold on!

Kate rode the carousel with Daddy at the mall

so silly!

my big helper

Kiss cookies:)

we made lots of footprints in the snow

we made snow ice cream

"daddy needs some too"

we got to see out-of-town friends:)

we finally got our new couch! and we love it:)

Kate got another stomach bug...I got lots of snuggles (and then the stomach bug)

"I'm just reading them my picture"

"I'm going to draw a sailboat for all my friends"

and Kate moved to her big girl bed - more on that later:)

Tumble Bugs

For Christmas, my brothers got Kate a gymnastics class at the Y.  She absolutely loves it.  She asks if we can go to gymnastics almost every day, and she has so much fun when we're there.  She loves to practice what she's learning at home (especially for an audience).

A few weeks ago, I wasn't feeling super great, so Matt came with us to class.  I got to be the picture taker:)

For my own memory, here are the things she's learning/doing at class:

• pike sit
• V sit
• hopscotch
• two-foot jumps
• pencil rolls
• balance beam
• butterfly legs
• "apart/together"
• somersaults
• tunnel
• parachute
• backward somersaults
• lots of running
• airplane
• he-haws
• standing on one foot

Like Daddy, Like Daughter

Aren't they precious? I'm a lucky girl:)