Before January is Over...

I've been so busy catching up on Texas pictures, that January is nearly over already! Well, not much has happened back in Idaho other than a couple of weeks of unseasonably warm temps, which caused most of the snow to melt away, and a household bout of the flu.  But, we did have some fun regardless. 

We had one more little gift exchange for some presents that didn't travel with us.  And finally the month-long gift giving was finished!

Other than that, the kids are getting along pretty well for the most part.  Except H is going through a huge "No!" phase and occasionally biting when O is steering her away from a momentary obsession.  (Don't all kids do this on their new trampolines?)

Owen loves to request these ridiculous monstrosities when they are available at the grocery store.  They both had a great time pretending to steer while I was seriously trying not to clear off the aisles mid-turn.

O's favorite winter place is the mall.  Yes, he's too young to be a mall rat, but mostly he just likes the coin-operated vehicles.  I never put coins in, and he never knew any better and still had a blast, until the other day when a nice little girl decided to share her quarters with my kids in the ice cream truck.  You should have seen the look on O's face when it started to move and play music!  Of course, after she left, he promptly asked me if I had any quarters!  Guess that simple little activity has just changed forever.  :(

Finally, we did get some more sledding in (before the snow was gone) with Daddy's assistance this time!