Lake Arrowhead with the P's

We took sooooo many pictures on this trip I can't possible publish them all but we had so much fun in the mountains with the Petchenick's! We switched off making meals for everyone.  Our meal was chicken asada tacos and quesadillas for the kids and for breakfast our meal was Daddy's amazing pancakes!! YUM.  The P's made spaghetti and meatballs for dinner and a yummy egg/croissant roll for breakfast.  Can you tell I get excited about food? Of course I supplied all the desserts which included hot chocolate and popcorn each night for the kiddies.  The adults played some awesome board games at night after the kiddos went to sleep and we managed to get some time in the amazing hot tub(sans kiddies) one night.  Our first full day there we took the kids sledding in Big Bear which they LOVED.  The weather was perfect on the mountain(high 50's) so cold enough to wear a heavy jacket but warm enough that the kids were comfortable.  The 2nd full day there we spent in Arrowhead Village eating waffles, feeding the ducks, hanging at the park, eating ice-cream, and riding some carnival type rides on the lake! We headed back to the cabin where Ally set up an awesome game of "kid pong"(throwing ping pong balls into cups) and they were thrilled!! The kids also loved the bunk beds...pretty sure that was their highlight.  Sophia kept saying "Mama I've never been to the snow!" so we checked it off the list and we'd like to make this a yearly tradition!!

Olivia's Valentine's pictures

We shot some fun pictures of our sweet Olivia in the backyard for Valentine's Day.  She was super NOT into it which is very funny bc she's smiles 90% of the day and when it came time for this she was very confused.  Thing's I didn't consider: she'd never sat on grass without a blanket so the grass freaked her out.  Second: hello...all those weird hanging things freaked her out as well! So for the most part she just stared at both the grass(which she didn't dare make a move) and the decorations.  She's such a happy baby though so we got some really cute pictures:)

Preston's 4 year stats and other fun Presto-isms

Preston had his 4 year appointment back in January and he's right on track!
He's 40lbs
40 3/4th's" tall
and his little blood pressure was 88/50
He's such a sweet, outgoing kid.  Shhhhh don't tell anyone especially our other 3 kiddos but he sleeps in our bed every single night! This started about 6 months ago.  We put him to bed with the other kiddies at 7:30 and he crawls in each night about 2:30 or 3am.  Doesn't say a word or bother us in any way so we're fine with it...in fact we quite enjoy his cuddles.  He loves Sophia and is quite obsessed with Olivia, loves his trucks, Spiderman(obsessed), and playing his Spiderman game that Nana gave him for Christmas.  He's also a homebody and loves to be here at home more than any other place yet he's SUPER friendly to everyone he comes across when we're out(the perfect balance!).  He's doing amazing in school and in fact we just found out that he's been accepted into the transitional kinder program next year(we'd planned on giving him 1 more year of preschool before going to Kinder).  We love all things Presto and are having so much fun watching him grow.

Taekwondo, dance classes, and Gymboree OH MY!!

In January we started the kids up in dance, Taekwondo, and Gymboree!! After Preston's 3rd class he was moved up and he's now the youngest in the class.  He's excelling so much, we're so proud of him.  Sophia loves her dance class.  It's definitely mommy's most favorite day of the week.  Their studios are both at the mall and are back to back so the 3 of us spend the afternoon together and of course mommy spoils them with a treat after:)  Bentley has Gymboree on Thursday mornings.  Mommy loves her Bentley/mommy alone time and he asks for "Gymbo" the entire week leading up to class:)