Today, the dynamic duo was awake by 6:00 a.m. ready to roll! We had promised them a fun filled day and ended up having just that. The boys filled out some valentines this a.m. and have to do ones for their preschool classmates tomorrow. As they go to different preschools, we are working with 2 different lists. B made one today for the love of his live, Marie. Marie is an older woman; 7. B is 4. He spent over an hour drawing her small hearts and coloring each one a different color. He composed a song for her and sweetly sang of his love for her while working on it. He drew a picture of the two of them holding hands and he painstakingly wrote her name on the envelope. It was very cute. L worked for quite awhile on a valentine for H and J. He spent a long time making it just the way he wanted it. He did become quite angry when I told him the one surface he could not color was the front of the envelope as the address needed to go somewhere. We went afterwards and mailed it. After lunch we went sledding at the fairgrounds in town and we had the hill to ourselves. Both boys and Andy certainly got their exercise and rosy red cheeks too. I was the photographer and only went down the hill once. I went off the trail and mired myself into about 3 feet of powder. I felt like a beached whale trying to get myself back on the trail. It reminded me of trying to walk on sand while wearing ski boots...it just wasn't going well for me. Of course, my audience thought it was hilarious. We went to the Covered Bridge Restaurant for dinner and got to have Jaida as our waitress. The boys were very happy to see her and both stated that when they grow up they are going to work there with her. L wants to be a "food cooker" and B wants to work the "money machine" and say "Thank you! Come again!" After dinner we went to my school and the boys tried out their rollerskates in the hall. They didn't do very well but had fun trying to stay on their feet. After they tired of that, they got on the stage and took turns singing and dancing for the video camera. They are both quite the entertainers. They would introduce each other and took turns nicely. All was going smoothly until B shut his finger in the door at the bottom of the stage stairs. It is swollen but he can move it. We put a splint on it and will take him to the emergency room in the a.m. if it's not any better. He can move it but it's very painful. We arrived home by 7:30 and both boys are now in bed and sleeping.
