February 12th weekend.

I built kids a play house in the downstairs coat closet out of the giant LEGO Castle pieces. It is in the sloped part of the closet, which is just the right size for them, it doesn't take away from the space currently used by coats, and there is an electrical outlet, so they can play a portable DVD player or plug in a light.  They just loved it!

On Monday we had dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory with some old friends from Colorado Springs (who are now residing in Arizona).  It sure is nice to have friends.  I just with we didn't all live so far away from all of them.

Found out that Gabe has a cavity and took him to the dentist on Tuesday. Instead they cleaned his teeth and scheduled another appointment to get a cavity taken care of...  What we thought was a baby tooth turned out to be a permanent molar! Sigh...

On Saturday, another ski trip for Tim and Gabe.  Feel more prepared this time!  They, again, both had lots of fun.  Next week Gabe is allowed to go any slope...  that will be interesting!

While boys were out, the rest of the kids went to see a Yogi Bear movie while I run some errands.  Then we cooked up a hearty meal for the "snowboarders" to come home to.  And I made some fruit kebabs.

On Sunday we made another trip to Big Al's for some bowling and arcades.  Tim sat out because his wrists were sore from Saturday.

When home we all got ready for the Valentine's Day (Monday).  I even made what I thought was a boy-ish version of a design for Jon to wear to school, but he flat out refused.  He is just not into holiday dress-ups.  Larissa on the other hand, went all out with a dress, and a curled up hair, and red nails!

On Monday kids found small presents on a kitchen table. Larissa got an earrings and necklace set.  Miranda got a home made ring, silly bands and a bar of chocolate.  Gabe got an add-on pack for the Spores game and a user guide.  Jon got an X-Box soccer game he wanted.  Tim got a card and some heart shaped (fat free) gummy candies.