--------------------------------------------------------------------------Tuesday, February 9th, I did my grocery shopping since the kids and I will be alone most of the week while Mike starts his new job. Our friends John and Shanna also became parents to a new baby, Claire.
Wednesday was a really fun day. We headed to the Tundra Lodge resort and checked into our whirlpool suite room. We had a fun time playing with the kids in the tub before the waterpark opened up. Then we swam for a little while, went back to the room to get changed, and then headed to Disney on Ice. This year, my friend Mandy and her husband and daughter joined us. We let Bella get a princess light-up spin toy and she and Madison had a great time cheering on the characters. The look on their faces was priceless :) After the show, we went back to our hotel room. Daddy took the kids to the hotel restaurant for breakfast in the morning while i slept in. Then, we checked out and he and Bella drove to my parents, while Connor and I drove back home since I had to work Friday. Bella always has a great time with daddy. He took her to McDonalds for a happy meal and then they went ice fishing. She caught her first fish and brought it back so my mom could get a few pictures.
Friday, Mike went fishing while Bella had a day with grammy all to herself. She made beautiful Valentine cards for all of us and some neat heart wreathes.
Saturday morning, we went to the in-laws. We dropped the kids off and went and checked out another apartment. Again, to our dissapointment, no luck. It was perfect size but filthy and really old. Then we took Bella ice-fishing again. It was a little to dark in the ice shack for her, so daddy pulled her in the sled for a bit and then we warmed up in the truck while waiting for the tip ups to pop up. She was so patient and so excited when she finally got one. She helped daddy pull the line and mommy took pictures of course ;) I also got a really cute video that captures the excitement in both of their faces :) Then we went back and had a nice supper, and then back to my parents for the night.
Sunday, Bella and I slept in. My mom made heart pancakes for breakfast and I cleaned my room at their house. Daddy got Bella some chocolates and then he hung closet doors in my brother's room because my mom's highschool friends are coming to stay the next weekend, and although the house was built ten years ago, there are things that were never finished. The kids decorated cookies and we had a heart-shaped pizza for lunch and then relaxed for the rest of the day. He starts his new job now, so the kids and I headed back home without him :( We will be very happy to see him on Wednesday night.
