Heart Pizza

Whenever we do homemade pizza Daphne always wants her
crust in the shape of a heart. Tonight she wanted heart-shaped
pepperoni too. Turned out pretty cute!

LEGOs

The kids got quite a few LEGO sets for Christmas and so we have been building them as we have time. Tyler is able to build the sets for his age level without help but he still likes us to sit with him and find the pieces he needs while he assembles.

Tyler with his Star Wars AT-ST

Daphne at School

Pinewood Derby

Last weekend was Pinewood Derby for Tyler's cub scout pack. Michael helped Tyler shape his car, add the weights, and wheels and I helped him with the painting. Tyler designed his car for speed this year and went with a sleek coat of red plus some details.

Awards- big trophies for the top 3 fastest, small trophies for the
popular aesthetic vote (e.g. best pop culture car, best scout
spirit), and medals for the top 2 fastest in each rank

The wolf rank sits in the VIP area to watch their cars race

Each car got to race on each of the 4 tracks

Tyler's car came in second in this heat. Tyler won one heat

and came in second in two other heats, but the competition

was stiff and he came in 4th overall in the Wolf rank.

Our den: Roman, David, Ryan,
Matthias (hidden), Tyler, and Jackson

Hair Cut

I took the kids in for haircuts and Daphne said she wanted her hair cut short. She actually showed the hairdresser that she wanted her hair cut to above her ears. I swayed her to a shoulder-length bob. I also suggested bangs because Daphne has been resisting letting me style her hair so that it doesn't fall in her face. The bangs have definitely helped.

This is the tie-dye shirt that Daphne
made at her birthday party.

Daphne's Birthday Party

The weekend before last we had a tie-dye shirt birthday party at the Art Garage. Daphne had been to the Art Garage for a party before and loved it because she loves art projects. All of the kids made either a bulls-eye or swirl style tie-dye shirt during the party. Daphne thought it was awesome.

Learning how to put rubber bands on the shirt to make patterns

Adding the dye

Static Electricity

The photo doesn't do it justice, but Daphne recently had
some crazy static electricity that had quite a few strands
of hair elevated quite a bit.

Trail Clean-Up

Tyler's cub scout den recently braved the cold (a rare 30-degree morning!) to clean up a trail near their school as a service project for one of their badges. They sure did find a lot of trash. Their den leader asked the boys what they thought the most interesting piece of trash was that they found and Tyler said it was half a coconut.

McKinney Falls

By New Year's Eve my dad plus Brad and family had headed home. Bryce, Michael, and I decided to take the kids to McKinney Falls for the afternoon and then spent a low-key New Year's Eve at home relaxing and getting the tired kids to bed.

Although the water was cold, it was a warm
enough day to enjoy putting your feet in.

Skipping stones

Hiking from the lower falls to the upper falls

Goofing off at the upper falls

Sing

Tyler has been dying to see the movie Sing since we first saw the previews this past summer. Megan, Michael, and I took the big kids to see Sing while the little ones were sleeping and it didn't disappoint.

Relaxing and waiting for popcorn...

The Playground

Stomp rocket

Daphne gives Uncle Brad a slobbery kiss

Who's having more fun- Micah or Bryce?

It's not often that I get to relax in the back seat!

Playing at the House

Attempting to build marble runs
without the kids knocking them over

Video games

Zilker Park

We headed to Zilker Park one morning to play on the playground and ride the Zilker Zephyr. Poor Tyler had to stay home because he had a stomach bug.

Ready to roll

Daddy's girl

Laughing it up in the rear

Pulling out of the station

Emerging from the tunnel

Ready to disembark