The Ski Trip

Kevin went up to the Ranch this week for a ski trip/guys trip. The snow wasn't as great as it has been in years past but they still had fun being bachelors for a few days, eating out, skiing to their hearts content and soaking in hot springs nearly every night. Sounds pretty dreamy. Even if it was "spring skiing" 

We were just here at home trying to survive. I put the kids down earlier than usual just about every night. It's rough being a single mom! It was mostly good... other than the two glasses Ailee broke, the flowers Ailee destroyed, the window well that I could not keep my kids from throwing things down, the Dora doll's hair that Ailee gagged on and threw up all over, the dish soap that Ailee took a nibble of and threw up all over, the fact that I am still not feeling 100% pregnancy wise, or the day Ailee decided to wake up for the day at 3:15am. WHHYYYY?

Like I said, the single parent life is a hard gig. 

On the plus side, I had my nights to myself so I got a bit of sewing in this week.

Ramey Doll hitched a ride up with some of the ski bums so I got to spend a little time with her. She even let me push her around Winco. I thought we were a funny site.

This week was pretty nice so we were outside a lot.

We even hiked the hill to Kelli's house to briefly fly some kites. We couldn't find the trail on part of it, so we had to bushwhack a bit. Which made it more of an adventure. And yes Calum is wearing pajamas. mismatched ones at that. 

Even though these kiddos drove me crazy here and there, they are pretty cute and I did get in some extra snuggles while Kevin was gone.

Ailee and her crazy hair, and Calum and his latest bandaid obsession.

The makeshift couch Calum made for them to watch TV on.

 Ailee always wants to be close to Calum. Usually Calum gets bugged but sometimes he'll let her stay close. Too cute.

 

We were so excited when Kevin got back! (practicing up for the Stew Morrill look alike contest)

This was Calum before preschool the other day

Trying to wash it off...

Still traces of it when I took him to school. He also wanted to wear these three ties, but right before he got out of the car he took them off and said something like, "I'm not wearing these, that would be weirdo."

When Calum got home from preschool he was really excited to tell us all about the letter V (holding up a peace sign) and the violin playing vampire they read a book about and the volcano they made. He said he wanted to make a volcano, and that he knew how to do it. That you put white stuff in and then pour in something else that smells like pickles, and that's how you do it. I told him we could do it when dad got home. 

So fun. Apparently he liked preschool that day :)

Here's Ailee attempting to eat another Nutella sandwich, this time with a spoon... didn't work out too well, but she like it :)

 Calum's been wearing undies at night and doing pretty good. Finally!! We are so excited, Now, on to next weeks mischief...

You're Bear-y Sweet Valentine

Watching Kelli's kids went really well. My kids and their kids just played nonstop. I actually felt like I was able to get more done because they were entertaining themselves the whole time. Haha. And Kelli's kids don't hate getting dressed. So I'd tell them to go get dressed in the morning, and guess what...? They would! It was a miracle! Haha. We were busier for sure, more mouths to feed, more buns to change, more places to be, but it went really smoothly. Kelli's kids are all so awesome and Kelli had scheduled rides and play date, so it was really nice. The only thing that made it hard was Ailee was sick and teething, so she didn't really want to sleep, so that was rough, but it would've been the same if we were here at our house. 

Presley kept saying, "Take a picture!"

Calum loved having a "sleepover" with his cousins. He got to sleep in the boys room and loved it. We had to lay down the law though since it was a school night and they were being rowdy. Once they realized we meant business the went to sleep. Calum loves his older cousins, and loves wearing their clothes. Haha.

I cut Calums hair this week and it was traumatic! He has never loved getting his haircut but this time he bawled and screamed and fought the whole way through. It was insane. Calum kept wiping his eyes with the apron he had on, so he would get hair in his mouth and eyes, which would lead to more spazzing out. Anyway, I snipped my finger during the commotion. After the haircut was decent enough to be done, we gave Calum a bath and got him ready for bed. I snuggled him and told him I was sorry he didn't like getting his hair cut. Sweet boy told me, "I'm sorry I made you bleed." It was so sincere and sweet. He is the cutest, even if he act like a psycho when he gets his haircut.

For Valentines we decided to have a family day! It was lots of fun. Started out with heart pancakes.

Cuties holding hands

Our little Valentines

We took them to Build-A-Bear. Calum loved it. He picked out Toothless the Dragon from How to Train Your Dragon. He loved filling him with stuffing, bathing him and making a cute little wish when they put a little fabric heart inside him before they stitched him up. It was pretty cute, and now Calum wants to tote him everywhere. Ailee wanted nothing to do with the bears she had to stuff. She found a cute little pre-stuffed flamingo that turned out being on sale, so that was sweet :) We came home, the kids napped and then we went and saw Big Hero 6 at the discount theatre. Ailee did really well in the movie. She got a little restless toward the end, but all in all it was a success. Good Valentines day for us Foulgers.

Kevin spoke in church on Sunday and did an awesome job. We just sat around on Presidents day cause we were both feeling yucky. The rest of our week has been filled with, messy faces and sunny days.

It's sooooo nice to just be able to go out back and play in the yard. We love it! And I love these cuties!