February was a fun month full of love. I'm so grateful all 4 of the kids love each other so much and support each other, are kind to each other, and love being together.
This month was very busy with Kael finishing indoor soccer, me prepping for the activity day Daddy/Daughter dance, Valentines for the kids, Kael's pinewood derby, and spring soccer beginning at the end of the month for all 3 big kids. We had some fun times, and some traumatic times. For a short month it was jammed packed.
Snuggle love!
The kids come and snuggle and pester Heidi EVERY single day. She loves them and puts up with them and we are so grateful for her presence. We love her so much!
The kids made cute hand print pictures from "we serve too" club and we hung them on our daddy deployment wall. Connor even got to participate and they read the kids a beautiful story about being far away from their Daddy, but they played catch every night with the same stars. It was really cute.
I beat injured my left thumb being cool. I kicked Kael's soccer ball with it's awesome attachment he got for Christmas and it bent my thumb backwards. It was swollen twice it's size and then bruised pretty nicely. 3 months later it still sometimes gives me grief.
Kael's indoor soccer team. Coach Sarah lives down the road and Ryan and Kael have become really great friends. It has been such a blessing having them close this last year. Sarah's husband has been TDY since July so we are the lonely wives club. They are getting ready to move to Washington DC in June and we are going to miss their family so very much. Kael learned so much and grew exponentially as a soccer player with Sarah as his coach.
Poor Freya had a skin reaction and scraped her face raw. Poor thing was looking pretty pathetic for a while.
More Sharice hand injuries. I finally was lifting heavy enough weights that my calluses tore off. It was a proud, but painful moment. My poor hands hurt a lot in February.
Traumatic injury number whatever it is.
Here's the story.
Elara had begged for a chance to stay home with Mom and have a special day. So that morning I took her to the playground and then the post office. She literally made two videos in the morning for Derek telling him how great it was to stay home with Mom. Well, a week or so earlier at the dentist they told us to start really wiggling Elara's tooth and try to get it to come out because she had a shark tooth growing in behind it. SO, she begged me to tie some dental floss to her tooth and slam the door. We tried unsuccessfully about 4 times the night before. The dental floss just kept slipping. So, at home she begged me to try again, and so I did. It slipped once and then I figured out finally how to really tie everything tight and I did. And I SLAMMED the door....
The tooth did come out, BUT so did the ginormous root that was still there ATTACHED to her jaw bone. It tore through her gums and made a gaping hole in her gums.
She was so excited and then she was screaming and blood was everywhere! We were both a little traumatized. I got her in to a dentist the next day to make sure everything would be ok. The took an xray and told me that on part of the root a piece of her jaw bone was connected to it.
It was not my favorite moment. Elara felt better by the next day and was already trying to wiggle more teeth, but I was DONE wiggling teeth. She wrote a letter for the tooth fairy and attached her tooth. The tooth fairy wrote her back and left her extra money for the "extra root".
The next day on February 13th I got a cute box in the mail and beautiful FLOWERS from my amazing husband!
How he manages to ship me flowers from half away across the world impresses me as much as the beautiful flowers. Derek always makes me feel loved and spoiled even though his birthday is Valentines Day. I'm so grateful for all of his thoughtfulness and time he puts into putting a smile on my face. I feel so loved and blessed!
The girls had a play date with their friend Kensie Fillmore and they got some beautiful pictures taken.
We worked hard the day before Valentines Day on their school Valentines boxes.
I stayed up way too late trying to help them finish their creations. Kael made the blue bat, Eden did Pugs and the greatest showman, and Elara made a flower garden. I love how creative and unique each kiddo is. So proud of them for being creative and having fun together.
I made the kids their own Valentines to wake up to. It's fun trying to surprise them each year with something new and creative on big hearts. It's kind of a yearly tradition now I guess.
Heidi woke up early and left us a fun Valentines surprise of chocolate covered strawberries that were SO yummy!
Dad also made special Valentines and got them delivered before Valentines and we saved them.
They were AMAZING!!! Pop up valentines cards with special notes to each kid.
Connor got a train, Elara a unicorn rainbow, Kael a dragon, and Eden a lady bug on a flower.
I got a hedgehog that was adorable.
These are treasured cards we are keeping FOREVER.
The kids loved reading a card from their Dad and took them to school to show them off.
The next day I took a video of Elara pumping on a swing. She has finally mastered swinging! It was a really great moment. I love seeing my kids accomplish new things and I just love watching them grow. They amaze me every single day.
Sometimes the girls like to wear lip stick to church and they just wanted to show off to Derek all ready for church.
Silly Elara playing at the Pinkston's.
We went up and Blake and Andrew helped Kael finish his pinewood derby car and got it all ready to go.
Kael worked SO hard on this car. He wanted it fast, AND cool looking. He named it the "Arrow of Light" since he is working on his arrow of light for scouts. It definitely looks amazing.
Silly little Connor is always trying to sleep in my room.
We wait in the car for an hour while Kael and Eden each have a 30 minute piano lesson. I love watching the kids go out and play in the front yard while they wait. It has helped us get some good soccer practice in. Eden was trying out Kael's new soccer ball holder to practice kicking harder.
On Friday February 22nd it was finally the Daddy/Daughter Dance. We spent all morning decorating. Kael was really sick and had been coughing since before Christmas and I finally got him a doctors appointment so we had that to do in the morning as well. It was a long day with a lot of prep, but it was well worth it, and it was such a success!
I will make a post with all of those pictures separate because there are a lot.
I'll also post a separate post of all of Derek's fun pictures he sent home to us for February.
The pinewood derby was the very next day, so we were staying plenty busy. All the cars turned out so fun! All of Kael's hard work paid off because he took 3rd for the Webelos that had about 5 racers, but those Webelos were fast. AND he took 4th overall with all cub scouts combined!
They also handed out awards from December to February. Kael had earned his Webelos merit badge among about 6 other awards. He worked hard this winter and it paid off. I am SO proud of him.
It really was a fun event and I'm so glad he was able to do so well and have a fast car. Blake really was our go to guy for this project and I couldn't have done all the work he did to help Kael and I'm just so grateful to Derek's family for stepping up and helping us so much while Derek has been gone.
The next week for scouts they went to a rock climbing wall. I didn't realize that was the activity until we got there. Kael is terrified of heights and really struggles, so I didn't know if he would participate or not. When I got back they said he tried once and got almost half way before he looked down and then froze and had to come down. They got two tries, so he waited until everyone else had gone, and then he tried one more time. He didn't look down, and he went really fast, and he made it to the TOP! I was SO proud of Kael for overcoming his fear and making it.
Our last traumatic event for the month was another dental appointment. In January it turned out Connor had some cavities that needed to be filled. He was so sick when he was suppose to get them done at the beginning of the month we had to reschedule for the end because he would be getting laughing gas and needed a good airway.
He was a champ! I didn't know how he would do, but he sat so still, and obeyed so well! We have had such difficult dental problems in the past I was very nervous, but Connor just did so well, and it actually wasn't that bad of an experience.
He was ready to rock this and gave me the thumbs up sign.
He did awesome. And I was done with teeth after this month. If only I knew what April would bring.
