Is it Spring yet???

No, apparently not, 

but at least it has warmed up to just barely past the freezing temperature level for the past few days!

Now if this nasty air inversion would just blow away!

This has been a LONG winter!

I'm looking forward to my Fri. night date night with my hubby though.
It will be our early Valentine's date.

A local church babysits special needs children and their siblings once each school semester,

so the parents can have a date night.  It is an awesome ministry!

Finding sitters for a special needs kiddo, busy 5-year old, and almost toddler  
takes so much organization and about breaks the bank---
so we just don't get  to do it often.   

But the kiddos manage to keep us entertained and busy!

Bubba is trying out walking a bit...

And we got an interesting phone call the other night from a 

classmate in Lil' Miss Mae's class...

Anyhow, HE wanted to talk to Lil' Miss Mae, not me! 

 (Keep in mind she's in 2nd grade...

and seriously....who is letting their kid call

members of the opposite sex on the phone in 

second grade?....if you are...Stop It!  

...it freaks the rest of us parents out!) 

But apparently, little Miss Mae has fallen in love...

and not just love, but.....

oh boy....we have our hands full!

I love how our girls are best friends

and love dressing alike and spending time together though.

Finding the matching outfits is harder now than

it was a couple of years ago, 

but the little girl twinsie look is still my favorite!

I really don't care for most of what I see for Lil' Miss Mae's age in stores now.

I will NOT have my seven year old dressing like she's 17! 

Come to think of it, won't be letting her look like that when's she's 17 either... 

And there is no shortage of music in our house...

 If you ever feel like your house is too quite,

just come hang out here for a couple of days..

we can solve that problem real quickly!

On the other hand, if you're hoping for a peaceful get-away, probably should head somewhere else!

Valentine's are in full swing here...

since there are almost almost 30 kids in

each of the girls' classes, 

homemade Valentines have to start early!

And the "dog-dog" as Bubba calls him, is not having a food shortage...

Yes, eating takes up a lot of our time....
I LOVE these new pouches of baby food though...so much easier!

Cooking takes up its fair share of time too...
with lots of helpful observation tips!

This marinated pork tenderloin paleo dish I pulled together turned out really tasty!

We're not on a true paleo diet though...

Our diet is: Eat what doesn't make us sick! It tends to work out quite well!

And Bubba is trying to learn to feed himself....
and yes, that is a "tattoo" on K-Rae's forehead in this next video...
she got it at MOPS that morning, supposedly that was the "craft" for the day...
not being real big tattoos, I can't actually say that was my favorite "craft" ever!  

 
Well, that's about it for this week!