Kiwi Crates

Daniel found this subscription service to Kiwi Crate where you get a box each month filled with a different project. They were having a sale around Christmas so we signed them up and here's a couple of the little projects Maggie & Jake have worked on. Maggie's is the Kiwi Crate, Jake's is called Koala and I got Tinker Crate for Will. So far they really like them! We did these crates on Friday; Jake was so cute putting together his little pillow.

Maggie and I put together her little pinball machine, it's pretty neat. And is she not just adorable with those bottom teeth missing?! Love it!

Soccer time!

Guess who decided to play soccer this season? Yep, Jaker Bo Baker! He's asked us a couple times after watching Will play and we made sure he wanted to do it then signed him up. He's still young, so we'll see how it goes but thought it was worth giving him a shot.

 Will had to be his little mini-coach

He did pretty good at his first practice today and showed potential if he wants to keep going with soccer. Anyway, it was just so cute seeing him out there! Melted this mama's heart. :) I love my sweet Jakey and I love watching both my boys play soccer now!

President's Day

Daniel was off work Monday for President's Day so we took a little field trip to The Hermitage. It's nice having a president's home nearby especially for a homeschool field trip. Will has been here at least twice on school field trips and I actually took Will, Maggie & Jake here several years ago with a friend. But Daniel had never been with the kids and there's always something to learn.

We enjoyed a nice morning visiting the mansion and walking the grounds but one of these days I'd like to go by myself so I can read all the signs and really take my time. After a couple hours, the kids were winding down so we left for a late lunch.

Caribbean Cruise - Day 5

Wednesday, Feb. 8th

We spent some time sunbathing then Ginny & I got brunch while the guys ate at Guy Fieri's burger joint. Then we met back up and took a walk around the track... there was a dance party on the deck below so I did a little walking and dancing. :)

 We had a fun, relaxing day, even went down the waterslide and took a dip in the hot tub. Then we enjoyed our last evening on board - they had a great goodbye show in the dining room, I loved it!

 What can I say? I love sunsets.

There was also a ton of fog late that night, hard to believe the navigational crew was able to get us anywhere, it was thick! Also, I'm amazed I was able to fall asleep with that fog horn blaring every so often. :) We had a great trip and are so grateful we were able to take it and with our friends to boot! The following morning- Thursday the 9th, we got off the boat as quickly as we could- though it took forever. Then headed straight home to our kiddos! I'm not sure they even missed us, they had so much fun. :)