Aydan & Mommy 'date' night!

Tuesday evening I got the chance to have time with just Aydan. We had snow in the forecast and Aydan was super excited all day! He kept looking out the window just waiting until it finally started snowing mid morning. The flakes were HUGE and I was just sure they would stick, so when Aydan asked to go out to play in it I asked him to wait. Big mistake. Within just a couple hours it stopped and nothing had stuck!! He was soooooooooo disappointed. I felt horrible for making him miss it...

He sat like this for around an hour singing to himself about wanting to play in the snow. He finally got too hot and removed his snow gear.

Luckily around 6:30 we got another chance! I think I had him dressed and outside in record time because I was so worried we would miss it again! He had a BLAST! There was nothing sticking again but he had fun catching the snow. The flakes were super big again and he kept telling me the sky was throwing snowballs at him. :)

Once he was done playing in the snow we ordered a 'date' night pizza. (Had a living room picnic of course!) Cheese w/ triple black olives! Luckily Aydan and I share this love! He enjoyed his with yogurt! Afterwards we had hot chocolate, marshmallow bits and candy canes!

Spending time with him was wonderful and I wish I had special time with him more often! It's so hard to believe that in just a few months he'll be starting school! The time has flown by far too fast!

Geology "Rocks"! :)

It's that time of year again! Time to start planning birthday parties for my two oldest!

Dylan's birthday is first - at the beginning of March. This year he has chosen a geology theme. Dylan has always been a very inquisitive kid who soaks up knowledge everywhere he goes and in everything he does.  He still has high aspirations of being an Astronaut, Entomologist and has now added Geologist to that list.

So I've planned an awesome party! The kids favors will include everything needed for their own rockhounding adventure!

• Goggles
• Loupe
• Field Journal 
• Pencil
• Ruler
• Bag of starter rocks w/ starter rock guide
• Rock collecting bag
• Jr. Geologist name badge w/ lanyard
• Rock candy sucker (seriously how can I not add this in??) 

All in a handy carrying bag!

Trying to find someone to speak about geology at the party, but do you know how hard this is?!?! 

Still trying to figure out what party treats to make also. 

I have about a month to start planning Ryan's party. His parties are so much harder to plan though because he is so gosh darn indecisive!! So far he's said he wants a geology party, a ninjago, pirates and space.