February 2023

February was filled with many special days!

Isaac made 2nd chair for the Texas Private Schools Music Association All-Region Honor Band for the second year in a row!  Flower Mound CDA had the greatest number of students of all the participating schools that auditioned and made the honor bands!  Isaac loved his time practicing with the guest conductor, and we were so happy to hear them play on Saturday afternoon.

All-Region is held at The Greenhill School in Dallas, and the kids loved finding the peacocks on campus!

Josiah's friend from school came to his 8:00 a.m. basketball game one Saturday!  Josiah was so very proud!

Donuts with Dad for Logic School students at school

I coordinated Josiah's class Valentine party, and I also was able to pop over to Emma's party a few times since their classes are next door to each other.

a Texas Valentine Josiah made in Texas geography class

the back says "love you more than Texas"

chess with friends ("This is what CDA boys do for fun!") :)

February was also filled with many sweet, small moments....

snuggling at nap time

swinging at the park by school after a morning run

playing at the park on a beautiful sunny day!

"cleaning" with Titus - the vacuum, Swiffer at Mom-o's, and mop are some of his favorites!

enjoying dinner - good until the last drop!

Emma loves to wear costumes on home days, and this day she also wanted a "crown braid."

Of course, she was cleaning in her gown, too!

doing schoolwork with friends one afternoon

gorgeous winter sunsets!

lots of FaceTiming 

fun with Tex 

trying on shoes!

practicing piano!

making tomato soup for lunch

lots of reading

enjoying dinner after a long school day 

Isaac is giving a thumbs-up for my friend Tiffany's crock-pot sausage and bell pepper meal that we have eaten weekly every week since January!

visiting Mom-o who is recovering from surgery 

I love you, a bushel and a peck!

Emma’s 11th Birthday!

Emma Victoria is 11!

We had an ice cream party to celebrate Emma's birthday on Sunday, February 19.

Emma set up her doll's ice cream truck in the center of the table and wrote a birthday message on the chalkboard sign on its side. 

The kids loved the piñata in the front yard!  

The kids also had a marshmallow relay and played "pin the cherry on the ice cream cone" outside!

We blindfolded all the kids when they came inside, and then played a game where they each received a spoonful of an unknown ice cream flavor.  They had fun trying to guess what each flavor was!  I don't have any pictures, but it was funny!  Dave ran to our fridge and put tomato paste on a spoon for one of Isaac's tastings, ha!  Their favorites were orange sherbet, coffee ice cream, and cherry ice cream. 

A gift for Emma 

Birthday pancakes!  #11

Emma told me that this would be an easy year for me to make pancakes since it was just two straight lines.  :)

Roses are red, violets are blue

Your wish is about to come true

Happy Birthday to our daughter who makes us smile

You've been asking to get your ears pierced for awhile

Your gift is a special day with mom to have it done

Saturday is the day, it'll be so fun!

This is the poem we used to surprise Emma with her birthday gift of getting her ears pierced!  Emma and I went to La Lobe to have her ears pierced on the Saturday after her birthday while the boys were at Frontier Camp.  It was such a sweet time together!  She was so brave and didn't cry, but she did want me to hold her hand.  

We celebrated with Sprinkles cupcakes after her ear piercing!

She also wanted to stop and show the Davis girls her new earrings.  Annika was babysitting, and it was fun to share this sweet memory with all of them!