Our first snow day

The kids FINALLY got to play in the snow! It wasn't much, but there was lots of playing, hot coco, more playing, more hot coco...... I think it was colder than they were expecting. hahaha
North Carolina doesn't know what to think when it snows, so school was canceled for 2 days!

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My sweet boy

This morning Connor told me that he is going to build robots when he grows up, and that he's going to get really rich but he is not going to keep his money. Instead he's going to give it to all of the poor people, and once ALL the poor people have money then he will buy stuff for himself.

And I thought he wasn't paying attention...

Another Day at the Beach

On New Years Eve we took the kids to the aquarium and stopped at the beach for a few pictures on the way home.

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2 Peas in a Pod

Little Miss Emily is growing so fast. We are really enjoying her!

A new addition

Meet miss Emily Emma Kroening. (The boys couldn't agree on one name.) She is a Cavapoo. We actually got her about 3 weeks ago, but I keep forgetting to post about it. So far she is a GREAT dog, and has been SUPER easy to house train. The kids love her. =)

Report cards-

The good new is both of the boys are doing great. Here, they get O's (outstanding), S's (satisfactory), or N's (needs improvement.) Connor got almost all O's! Brennen got S's and S+'s but he got a 100% on his math assessment and is ahead of grade level for reading. I am SO impressed with his reading.
The bad (sad) news is that Connor's teacher said he is having trouble making friends and he ends up playing alone a lot of the time. =( I was actually kind of shocked to hear this because he's such a friendly, social guy. Not sure what I'm supposed to do?

Trick or Treat...

The kids had a great time last night. Connor was Wolverine from X-Men, Brennen was a dinosaur, and Makenna was a puppy (she has a major love of dogs.) First we went to cub scouts. Brennen won the prize for "most monstrous." After that we came home and went trick or treating. Makenna decided she was done after 2 blocks so the two of us went home and handed out candy.

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