Adam had his last basketball game of the season today and I finally managed to get a video of him making a shot. For the record, the only reason I wasn’t cheering was because I had a sleeping Maggie on my lap.

Adam’s school had an art show last night and each student had a framed piece on display.

We also got some snow last night – no snow day or 2-hour delay though (much to Adam’s disappointment).

Adam’s class will be going on a field trip to what he calls “the philharmonica”. Adam also calls “cliffhangers”, “cliff-marks”.

Luke calls buttons “dots” and zippers “ziplines”.

Maggie’s use of the word “me”:

• “Hungry me” = I would like something to eat
• “Up me” = I would like you to pick me up
• “Jammie me” = I would like some pajamas

It’s pretty versatile for Maggie. It’s even better when she wants to really get her point across and says things like, “Water me you”.

I love it all.

Adam had a basketball game on Saturday.

He played really well and made a few baskets too.

After the game, we went to a Lego event at Toys R Us.

And then out to lunch.

When we got home, Dave cleaned out the van while the kids played outside.

And on Sunday, Adam and I finally sewed up his tooth fairy pillow.  Still no loose teeth, but he’s hoping soon.

I got a new game for last night. The boys were pretty excited about it.

Adam won and decided to crown himself the “Wash my underpants!” king (the underpants used were clean, by the way).

And then Luke got in on it.

And Maggie too.

They were all pretty proud of themselves.

We had ice cream sundaes before switching to “Uno”.

I’d chalk it up as another successful game night.

Adam brought home this fun little Valentine’s Day activity.

A mom likes her kid.

A 100 loves its zeros.

The Bengals love beating the Buffalo Bills.

A fish loves water.

I especially like the talking 100 and the scoreboard in the football picture.

The kids all had dentist appointments this morning. Adam and Luke decided to dress alike (a decision I will probably always support). Adam said the hat was a good choice because when the dentist shined a light on his face to look at his teeth, he just pulled his hat down to cover his eyes.

We learned that he is in the process of getting his 6 year molars. Two of them are in completely, one is about halfway through, and the fourth is just starting to come in. We had no idea, since he hadn’t complained about pain. I’m glad they haven’t been bothering him.

Adam also asked them to check for loose teeth. He is really looking forward to a visit from the Tooth Fairy. Unfortunately, there aren’t any wiggly ones yet. I did promise him that we’ll sew his tooth pillow soon though and maybe that will hurry things along.

Luke refused to let them clean his teeth. He was very “vocal” with his displeasure about that idea. He did let them look in his mouth and check everything out, but that was it.

Maggie let them examine her teeth with no problem. She sat on my lap during the cleaning and while she wasn’t happy about it, she allowed it – so that’s a plus.

An even bigger plus is that there were no cavities!

Adam’s class has their Valentine’s Day party today.

He made some super fun valentines to give to his friends. We found monster and alien coloring pages online and then printed them out with the “I only have eyes for you” word bubble.

Adam colored every one of them and wrote the names on them. Then I attached glue dots to the googly eye rings and he stuck them to the cards.

He also had to make a Valentine Mailbox to hold the cards he receives today. Adam wanted to make one that looked like a Lego head, so we took an old pretzel container and covered it in yellow duct tape. Then Adam picked out the face that he wanted to use and I cut it out of vinyl and stuck it on (that part was a little too finicky for him). He wrote his name on the back and “LEGO” on the cover and it was done!

I think it turned out great and the best part is he’ll be able to reuse it for Lego storage after Valentine’s Day is over.

I can’t wait to hear how his day goes!

I took some videos of the boys at gymnastics this week.

Adam:

Luke:

Maggie is tougher to get video of, since I have to be in the room helping her. I did get a picture of her on one of the balance beams today though.

All three of them still really love gymnastics and it’s so fun seeing their skills progress.

Adam and I took a post-mass selfie today while we were checking out our ashes.

His were mostly gone by the time we got home. He didn’t like them and kept rubbing at them. Adam’s been doing a great job learning his prayers. He has known the “Hail Mary” for a while now and has all but the last line or two of the “Our Father” memorized as well. He’s right on track to make his First Communion next year.