Maggie’s class made Abe Lincoln style log cabins out of pretzel sticks to celebrate Presidents’ Day.

Based on our visit to Lincoln’s birthplace in January, I’d say she’s spot on.

Last night Maggie came downstairs and told us, “JoJo wants to sleep with me, but she has her Kindle. I keep telling her it’s bedtime and I can’t watch a show and she just keeps saying ‘shhhhh.'”

So we took Annie’s Kindle away from her and sent them back upstairs. When I checked on them a little while later, they were fast asleep – and looking adorable.

Maggie brought home this worksheet. I think it’s pretty adorable (even if I’m not mentioned).

I did blur out her friend’s last name. I think it’s adorable though how she always refers to Claire by her first and last name.

They had to pick if they could have any kind of feet, what type they would want and why. Maggie said she wanted kangaroo feet because she loves jumping.

Luke’s had a few headaches recently, occurring near the end of the school day, and so we decided to get his eyes checked.

He had his appointment last night and it turns out he’s slightly farsighted. So the doctor recommended glasses for reading, doing homework, and when he’s playing handheld video games – just to ease the strain on his eyes a bit.

Luke picked out these fun black frames with blue sides. They look pretty fantastic on him.

They had the lenses in stock, so he was able to get his new specs last night. Even more fun, they let him go back and hit the buttons on the lens cutting machine. So Luke actually got to make his own glasses.

He put them to use right away while doing his spelling homework with my mom. They have a standing spelling homework phone date each week.

Luke was actually pretty excited that he needed glasses. He’s always loved wearing fake glasses (we have a couple of pairs without lenses in the dress up bin). So he was thrilled to have a reason to wear them – and to school even!

He told us last night that when he has his glasses on he would like us to call him Andrew. Apparently he’s got like a Superman/Clark Kent sort of thing going on. We’ll see how long that lasts for – he cracks me up.

One of the questions on a worksheet Luke brought home today asked him to write about a job he would like to qualify for and the steps he’d need to take to get it. Luke wrote:

I would like to qualify to be a manger. Frist I would have to go to college. Second, I would get rich-ish. Then get workers to build me a resteruant. Last buy a fancy suit.

Sounds like a solid plan.

Yesterday was a pretty full day for us. The morning started with Annie and I going to the monthly awards assembly at the kids’ school. Maggie received a reading certificate, but I didn’t get any pictures. This was the only one I got – Annie trying to sneak into Maggie’s classroom afterwards.

Annie and I had just enough time before story time at the library to pick up some groceries.

She was thrilled to find (and push) a cart her size. She only added one extra item – a box of Mickey Mouse ice cream bars.

When the kids got home from school I snapped some pictures of Maggie wearing the shirt I made her over the weekend.

We’re big fans of Mo Willems in this house – especially his Elephant and Piggie books.

After our little photo shoot it was time for her to get ready for dance class.

It was pajama day and she was so excited to wear her super cozy unicorn PJs. I asked her to do two ballet poses.

Then I asked for a Maggie pose.

After dance, it was home for dinner and homework. Maggie and I ran out to grab some fabric for her next shirt (yes, she was still in her pajamas). When we got home we found Dave helping Adam with his science homework with a makeshift solar system model.

It was a long, busy, good day.

Maggie had her last basketball game of the season on Saturday. She had her best game yet and made three baskets. That’s one more than her total for all of last year, so there’s definitely been a big improvement.

She’s really good at passing the ball (and might need some work on dribbling).

I managed to get a video of one of those three baskets.

She had a great season – and a lot of fun too.

On Sunday they had their awards ceremony.

Maggie was so excited to walk across the stage and get her medal. The announcer even commented on her “strut” (you can see it here, even though the picture is blurry).

She was so proud – and rightfully so!

Annie and Dave had a lunch date Friday while I was at the dentist. I’m not sure what happened to my baby, but she’s gotten so big all of the sudden!

Yesterday Annie and I went to an event hosted by our county’s parks and trails department. When we got there Annie picked an envelope to determine which animal she was going to build.

There were five options: eagle, bunny, bear, turtle, and fox. Annie’s envelope had a bear card inside.

It was supposed to be “you get what you get,” but Annie charmed the lady passing out the envelopes and, after swearing us to not “tell a soul” (so shh), she gave Annie a bunny card (and became my new best friend, because Annie had her little two-year-old heart set on a bunny).

Annie got a snack (popcorn and a juice box) before getting the bunny cleaned up. They had kiddie pools set up with stinky animal soap and shampoo, brushes, sponges, and towels. After the bunny was cleaned up, he got a special t-shirt.

Then Annie and her bunny – named Ears – made a snack for the birds.

We got to check out some other animal friends.

Then Ears had a check up and was given a clean bill of health (and a purple lollipop for Annie) before we left.

Annie was so excited to introduce Ears to Bunny.

It was so much fun for both of us (and Ears too I think).

Adam, Luke, and Maggie each came up with their own ideas for their class valentine exchange this year. Maggie went with these red plastic hearts.

Each one had a little figurine inside of a dog or a cat. We printed “to and from” labels with hearts on them and another label with paw prints on it that said, “You’re a paw-some friend!” for the back.

Luke continued the ninja theme with these stretching ninja toys.

We stuck with the labels (they made things so easy), and Luke decided they should say, “Ninjas don’t steal hearts.”

Adam wanted to hand out these fun poseable shamrock figures.

The labels we printed said, “I’m lucky to know you.” Seriously, these labels were awesome – no staples, glue, or tape – plus they were only $3 on Amazon – win, win, win.

We finished them all up on Valentine’s Eve. The kids all dressed appropriately the next day.

Maggie was super excited that I let her wear her heart-shaped sunglasses to school.

They all had a great day and came home with tons of Valentine’s from their friends.