Happy Valentine's Day

Well hey there!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! It has been quite some time since an update...Life.is.good. This past weekend we had a Valentine's Tea for Jill and her group of girlfriends. I spent lots of time baking and preparing, which was awfully fun! And today the kiddos started off the day with a nice Valentine's breakfast- pink chocolate chip heart pancakes or pink heart waffles. I mean, if you're not going to be festive, then what's the point? 

Everyday that our dad dropped us off at school he would tell us to learn something and not talk to boys. So whenever Jill leaves for school I also tell her not to talk to boys. I would usually be returned a dirty look or a disgusted sigh. But then Jill got clever and started returning my comment with, "well no talking to boys and no texting boys!" In honor of Valentine's Day, we both have today to break the rule so we can "meet our lovie dovie" as Jill said. So things might get crazy, I mean, the seven-year-old gave me permission to meet my lovie today- so I need to go talk, fall in love, and elope all prior to midnight, or it's another 365 days until I'm allowed to talk to boys again...what can ya do?

Mickey and Minnie actually gave me concert tickets last weekend so I got to see Bon Jovi in DC! It was so incredible! (And so outrageously generous of them!) I was a Bon Jovi fan back in the day, (like 10 years ago) but didn't keep up with them. I knew more songs than I realized I would- and really enjoyed seeing the concert with some friends! 

Other updates: I finally decided to join the gym close by and go almost every day. I am absolutely in love with the yoga classes which are on Mondays and Fridays- talk about the perfect way to start and end each week! LOVE IT! I've also taken up some semi-regular ice skating (by which I mean, I go once a week). I may end up trying to take a learn-to-figure-skate class in March. I just would love to be good enough that I don't ever worry about falling or feel wobbly. I'm already much better than I was, but of course there's always room for improvement! 

That's all for now!

Rachel