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Second half of February

 Remember this Galentine's pic of Brynn and her friends?


She did a canvas painting of it and it turned out so cool!

She also had a Friday night sleepover with said friend group a couple of weeks ago. And the cat. haha.

Meanwhile, the rest of us had a game night including Toilet Trouble...the game, that is. :-)




Between snow days and Presidents Day, the girls had an extra long weekend...

Brynn worked on more of her Valentines candy and made smoothies.

Clara dug a snow tunnel.

And did more baking.


Getting her reading minutes done for school.


Brynn's Jolly Rancher candy dish.


Our next house project is underway! This is in our master bath. Yay!


With all the cold temperatures we've had this month, we've noticed many sun dogs.

The beginnings of Brynn's famous guac to go with our dinner.

More baking: this time chocolate chip cookies.


I severely underestimated snow removal on my usual walking path route.

Girl chats...


Last weekend, Amanda and I went up to Kohl's for our second annual BFF getaway. 

The cabin we were in didn't have a smart TV, so we watched a show on my iPad which actually did work pretty well.

My view on Saturday morning. I actually slept in pretty late (for me - which was about 8:30), so that felt great.

The weather was already stellar so I went for a walk and had to ditch my coat it was so warm.


After I got back we got ready and went out to the best brunch place in Bemidji, Red Stu.

We were able to hit the slopes again for a bit in the afternoon at Buena Vista.

I got one chapter in on a new book.




Meanwhile back home Clara was busy baking again.

The weather ended really wonderfully on Sunday so Clara and I played outside for a bit. She was eating snow.

We've been seeing a lot of turkeys and their tracks around lately.

Getting along. 💜 Not but 20 minutes or so prior, I became unhinged due to some incessant fighting that I could no longer tolerate. Ah, sisterhood. 

I had some medjool dates leftover from a work blog recipe that I had made, and kept seeing a Snickers copycat recipe using them on social media that I had wanted to try. So, tonight I went for it and they did turn out pretty good! I think they more so taste like the peanut butter Snickers, rather than the regular Snickers, but I thought they were delish.

Ah, Brynnie...always creating! She excitedly explained how she made her little cloud lamp here. Auntie Christel had given her an (essential oils) diffuser (which changes to different colors). She glued some stuffing onto a sock and then slipped it over the diffuser. :-) Pretty cool!



Comments

theweckerlys said…
Oh my, so much goodness! I love, love Brynn's canvas painting of her and her friends. What a fun snow tunnel Clara made and why does she look so dang grown up in the picture of her in front of the oven?? How is demo going and do you have to rent a dumpster or something to get rid of all the refuse and debris or how does that work? Love the girl chat photo. I see you guys were watching PEN15, yay! Looks like a great weekend. I would love to try one of the Snicker copy-cats!
March 2, 2022 at 1:20 PM
Amanda Narlock said…
OH man, look at all that ice cream, and then there's a toilet game?! lol
Lookin' good on the slopes momma ; )
March 3, 2022 at 3:38 PM
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