What fills our time

 I've recently wanted a maxi skirt. I couldn't order one because stores don't ship to PO boxes and my address doesn't exist according to stores. I knew my Mom was sending Kendal a valentines so I asked for some fabric to make my own skirt. Yesterday I pulled out my machine and busted out a skirt for me, one for Kendal out of an old t-shirt, and a couple of hooded towels for Pete.

Thank you so much Mom for the fabric!! My options at crafting and hobbies are limited living in Challis. I clean, read, bake, and dream of doing things that i have on my pinterest page. I was grateful to make a skirt for this cold winter season, and get a little hobby time in also.

We now have a little inch worm on our hands. Peter has started to scoot around. Pete sticks his little butt in the air, and stretches out to scoot forward. I feel like my vacuuming and sweeping has tripled because Pete can and will put most anything in his mouth. ( I know that I'll have to do some more child proofing before he crawls too.) He also won't sit still anymore. If i put Pete sitting down he just flops onto his belly to go get something. He also doesn't want to just sit on my lap he is constantly moving, pulling hair, bending over, etc. (like I've said before - way more energetic and mobile than Kendal was at this age) Now that Pete can get to things Kendal has started getting defensive about toys. She either pushes Pete or steals the toy (we think she wonders why Pete is so fascinated with it, so she feels that she just has to play with it too, and that she thinks it's HER toy not Pete's). We're working on Kendal only toys, Pete only toys (yep, Kendal puts Pete's teething rings into her mouth : / ), and toys that both Kendal and Pete can have.

Filling our time this winter has been a bit hard. We're stuck at home most days so Kendal and i have done a lot of activities. She now insists on activities every day (we either make something, learn something, or do something new / not often done). This past week we made special valentines that Kendal can't wait to give out. We've lost all but a few of our TV channels; the saddest one being PBS. Having Kendal watch a PBS cartoon in the mornings is how i showered knowing my house isn't being disassembled. We've had to resort to our children's videos and movies. Kendal now has Veggie Tales memorized and has seen a lot of Disney lately. Kendal LOVES going to Casey's games. It lets us get out of the house, and she loves watching, socializing, and playing around. A couple of the varsity coaches kids let Kendal pal around with them sometimes and even try to teach her to dribble. She loves going out on the court and playing around with the players once in a while too.

I love this picture with Kendal staring up at the far away hoop thinking of course i can get this,  right before she tosses the ball about a couple of feet into the air.

Casey's season wraps up in the next couple of weeks; which is good (the kids and i want our Daddy back). It hasn't been easy, but Casey has very much enjoyed his time coaching.

- Couple more pics, just because : )