What's not to love?

I have been struggling with serious writer's block on this blog lately - just can't think of anything funny or important to mention. Even my camera battery hasn't needed much charging up lately. (Guess I'm just tired of the dark, blurry, indoor shots. C'mon SPRING!) Yet, our daily lives continue to be full of laughter and blessings. Here are some simple moments that make us smile...

Sierra loves to wear her fancy princess press-on nails! Oooh-la-la!

Sierra models the new (smaller!) bunk beds as we make room for the crib in the girls' sleeping room. Yes, they are all going to pile in there so that we can keep the play-room for now. (Again, notice the princess pajamas. Do you see a trend?)


My Ally girl loves to sit on the counter and "help" with the cooking.


She thought that her "butterfly wings" hair-do was so funny after I pulled out her pig-tails at bedtime a few days ago. Nice smile!

So, there you have it...the little things that make up daily life around here.

Mondays

Mondays are catch-up days at the Mouser house. After a busy weekend, it is nice to have a day to get everything in order again. Saturdays are family days and Sundays are full of church activities...but Mondays are for staying home! On my To-Do list today is: laundry, leisurely baths for the girls, cleaning the blasted mouse cage, some dusting, meal-prep, and catching up on e-mail. Not too bad. I can't imagine having to get ready for work, dropping the kids off somewhere and then coming home exhausted at the end of the day. It certainly has it's trade-offs, but I love being a stay-at-home Mommy.

What's on your list today?!

Rediscovering the Back Yard

I was shocked to read the outdoor thermometer on Tuesday morning! It read 50 degrees at 6:00 in the morning...in Idaho...in February!!! Needless to say, the girls spent the better part of the morning rediscovering the backyard. It was great to have them come back inside with dirt streaks and grass stains on their pants. I'll admit that I've been a wimp about making them play outside when the weather is cold. We are so looking forward to more springtime weather!

My Funny Valentine(s)

(By the way, I can't stand that Sinatra song....but I couldn't think of a title for this post.)

We had fun celebrating Valentine's Day all through last week. The girls "helped" me make lots of sugar cookies and frosting for different events...AWANA, Mom2Mom, and personal consumption. By "helped" I mean that they licked lots of beaters and snitched LOTS of dough!

We had a full house at the McCoy's on Friday morning. The kids enjoyed decorating and eating their after lunch treats.

On Saturday morning the girls woke up to a fun Valentine's breakfast...heart-shaped pancakes, of course. Each of them received a little red purse full of goodies: gum, stickers, princess treats, paint, and $5 to spend however they wanted. The rest of the day was spent shopping and visiting cousin Annie.

After church on Sunday morning, we loaded up the car and headed to the cabin for the rest of the long weekend. Since our mighty CRV doesn't make it up and down the last hill very well, we decided to leave it at the bridge and hike in. The girls enjoyed the walk and got to see "the cutest deer in the whole wide world." There was still LOTS of snow to enjoy.

Grandpa and Grandma Cook joined us at the cabin on Monday for their regular "day off." We enjoyed all of our usual activities...reading, watching America's Funniest Home Videos, making pizza, hiking, eating snow and just being together.

Here's Ally "camera smile"... gotta love it!

And here she is after her face met up with a snowball. OOPS!

GOOD TIMES!!!

From Sierra and Ally, With Love

Your Grace Still Amazes Me

If you have a couple of minutes and want to be blessed, watch this.

Be amazed.

Winter Blues

Here's what three months of COLD weather has produced in the Mouser home:

It's time to get back outside, don't you think?!? Blast that silly groundhog.