thankful tuesday, 2/11

• winter in new england
• snow days at home all together
• warm bowls of oatmeal and chili
• olympics and cheering for the u.s.a.
• 2nd grade multicultural and heritage celebration - and the perfect timing right before the olympics
• how jane cracks us all up
• 2 long overdue visits and catch-ups with julie & ashley- and wishing i saw each of them more often
• airbags...airbags...airbags
• anthony the sewing machine repair man getting me up and running again on the old girl
• getting to divide and conquer with wes as my other half
• silly & productive upstairs / downstairs texts with my babysitter
• this season of wonderful and peaceful bedtime routines
• amaryllis blooms 
• letting go of the things that don't get done
• chill-out spots and kids knowing when its too much
• his grace being enough

ninjago...he's 5!

some 5th birthday party highlights for our 

green belt karate kid and lego ninjago fantatic.

we combined these 2 favorites of his for a ninjago themed karate party at the dojo!

bennett and his buddies were dressed as ninjago spinjitzu masters

for a high impact training session with sensei tim!

outfits were made using a piece of felt adorned with a 

set of felt lego ninja eyes (and eyebrows of course) 

and knotted with a matching ninja belt.

they had a blast and worked up quite the sweat!

afterwards we spinjitzu ninja'd across the way to tc scoops for a birthday ice cream treat.

then we sent them on their way with some colorful lego crayons 

and a set of ninja stars to style themselves.

yummy & fun!

aren't these ninja kiddos just the cutest in their ninjago garb?!

so fun to see them running around...making our 5 year old ninja's dream come true.

happy birthday spinjitzu master bennett!
 

a night away

 when you want to battle winter doldrums and cabin fever 

sometimes you need to hop on a train and get out of town for a bit.
so that's what we did, and loved every bit!

we started with a fun night at the children's museum!
it is opened late on fridays which was so great
because it means we basically had the place all to ourselves...
including this crazy climbing structure which usually gives me heart palpitations
when it's crowded with crawling wee ones and i can never locate my own.

a night in a hotel was just perfect for getting the cabin fever wiggles out
 with a good session of cannonball practicing
and parent approved bed jumping and pillow flopping!

saturday was the perfect day to bop and eat our way
around the city's north end, haymarket, faneuil hall, waterfront and aquarium.

oh and for local friends - i must say that the enhancements
to the new england aquarium are quite impressive...you should check it out!
just be prepared to get a good fright from this super scary yellow eel...
who literally tried to take a bite out of our jane girl (albeit through the tank glass).
yikes!

the perfect little get away packed with adventure, treats,
 a wee scare and loads of memories - turning our

winter blah into a winter weekend hurrah!