Skiing

In preparation for a trip to Steamboat to see Grandma Linda, Matt took Elliot for his first skiing lesson last weekend. I think we did a darn good job of preparing him for it (parent hi-five) so he was excited to go and seemed to really like it. He told me beforehand that he "already knows how to ski fast, but they can teach me how to ski slow".

Look out Steamboat!

Monopoly

E's first time playing Monopoly...

Little Tigers

Elliot has been taking a beginner's martial arts/self-defense class through Parks and Recreation, called "Little Tigers". It is for 3-5 year olds and is just 30 minutes once a week. The first class was spent mainly on which way is Right and which is Left... he's learned some pretty sweet moves since then.

Showing Stella a "chop" (his term)

Kicking and punching practice

Don't worry, your children are not in danger - the instructors remind the kids every week that they can't practice the moves on other children, or pets :)

Happy Valentine's Day!

We had fun making our own Valentine's Cards for some very lucky recipients this year.

And Elliot made a special Valentine painting for Matt's new office.

We celebrated Vday by having a nice dinner together, although not all of us loved the mandatory vegetable eating part of dinner. Then Elliot, Matt and I had Game Night. We played Monopoly since Elliot had seen it on a shelf a few weeks ago and really wanted to play. He did great at first - counted the dots on the dice, counted out the squares on the board - but didn't like having to pay taxes, or rent, or go to jail... who does? (Video of this will be coming soon). We also have started playing a digital version of Checkers on Matt's ipad, which Elliot loves. I'm all for playing games in real-life, but this has been a good exception because the game doesn't let him make illegal moves, which would be every time he takes a turn :) We're having a lot of fun with games lately, but I'm desperately looking forward to the time when we no longer have to let him win!

I hope everyone had a love-filled day!