February Photo Dump

February is almost over! I am so excited. The end of February means the end of the second trimester at school (only 12 more weeks of school). It means spring is finally coming, and best of all, it means my car is FINALLY out of the shop after a pepsi truck and I collided in an intersection in mid January. No injures except for that it was very obvious which vehicle was more durable upon impact. The pepsi truck had a small dent in the door while the entire side of my car (which we've only had for a year, I might add) was smashed to pieces. Blake and I have been sharing a car for the last month and it's been tricky with our work schedules. Plus, Brooke and I miss our Frozen soundtrack we listen to everyday on our way to school :)

Here's what our February has been like:

The kids love it when Daddy comes home

 Porter rides his birthday present around the house. This picture is blurry but he has on his cowboy hat and a stethoscope around his neck.

 Porter is also my little hand holder. He'll come up to me and say "hand". Then he wants you to hold it while he leads you to wherever it is he wants to go.

 Even though we'd just had two birthdays, the Valentine's Day tradition lives on!

 And we added a new tradition: Valentine's Floats (vanilla icecream and strawberry soda. Brooke got to sip her float through a twizzler)

 This oldie but goodie was taken out of storage and set up for a few days. My friend made this for Brooke for her 1st birthday and it still looks great!

 Now let's see if it can survive this guy:

 At the beginning of February I posted some pics of Brooke playing in the snow, now only a few weeks later, the snow is pretty much all gone! The kids were so excited to play outside for a little bit Saturday afternoon.

 Brooke playing in the last bit of snow we had in our front yard

 Porter loved his stick

 Saturday night: Brooke reading Porter a Clifford book. She is such a good big sister. Porter was hanging on every word.

 Porter has started to figure out bedtime. He knows when he goes to bed, there is still a party going on without him. He resists and we usually have to take him kicking and screaming. But once he's in bed, and he has his blankies and his two stuffed animals, he usually calms down and is happy.