Garrison's class is working on giving each other compliments to build up their friends - one day Garrison brought home this list of compliments he has received - we are pretty proud of our little man!
February brought Girl Scout cookie delivery time! Peyton was very organized this year and successfully sorted, wrote thank you notes / receipts for all of her orders and delivered her cookies - over 200 boxes! A little businesswoman in the making!
The kids both wanted to make homemade valentines treats this year so to Pintrest we went! Peyton found the "diamond ring" pictured below made out of pipe cleaners & a hershey kiss and Garrison picked crayon hearts. Peyton & Daddy made all of the rings one Saturday while I was away for a few hours and they turned out great! Garrison, Peyton & I peeled and chopped the crayons to melt for his crayon hearts later that day. I'd say both turned out pretty well!!
Peyton loves to help in the kitchen these days - here she is decorating our chocolate dipped strawberries to make them look like footballs for our Super Bowl party! So fun!!
February brought parent-teacher conference time and the kids both are doing very well. Garrison was along for the ride for conference time and when we were walking the halls, we found his art work on this bulletin board so of course we had to have a picture of him in front of his masterpiece!
Peyton's Girl Scout troop worked on their "Give Back" badge this month and were treated to a tour of the Johnson County Automotive Museum. They received a tour, learned about giving back to an organization that is a not-for-profit and painted these awesome pictures! It was a great meeting!
Garrison's basketball season continued through much of the month of February! The boys ended up winning 6 of their 8 games and ended their last game in a tie! (not that anyone was keeping score...) The boys learned a ton this season and really started to put plays together toward the end of the season! Most of all, the boys learned a lot and had a great time along the way!
One weekend in February, Grammy & Grandpa came up to pick-up the kids. They went back to Clinton for the night and had a great visit, including a trip to the aquatic center, crafts and lots of games! Peyton also was hosting her class pet and took him on a tour of Clinton!
Next up were the kids Valentine's parties and they were a blast! I was able to attend Garrison's party this time around - we made cards for Meals on Wheels, they played games and of course had snack! 45 minutes never flies by faster than when at a class party!
After the boys' last basketball game we treated Garrison to Orange Leaf - we were excited the Elley's decided to join us for our celebration!!
Peyton had a book report due this month and she selected Rosa Parks as the historical figure she wanted to research and report on. Part of the report included a display of the historical figure made out of a 2-liter pop bottle. Here is her finished product - turned out pretty well!
Peyton's Girl Scout Troop participated in World Thinking Day and this year, her troop selected France as the country they wanted to research and present to the other troops in our service unit. Here they are prepping and then at their booth!
Peyton & Garrison were excited to go to this year's Father Daughter Dance - Superhero Ball! Before the dance, they dined at Nick & Jake's with several other father-daughter duos and then they were off to the dance! They had a great time and looked great, too!
