The Daily Soup: February

February started with our first (and hopefully) last snow day. It was the perfect snow to make a snowman but Lucy's still a little devastated that the snowman's final resting place is our yard.

Charlie asked to take neighbor friend to a movie one weekend and Lucy happily played the role of annoying little sister. Oh man, it might be time to implement a "everyone or no one brings a friend" rule.

When dad's away, the kids will con mom into falling asleep in our bed. Because the days of me being able to carry Charlie to his bed are o-v-e-r, I end up having a little slumber party in our room.

It's a special weekend to start the day off with 3 chocolate donuts! Clearly February was the month of easy parenting choices (sleep in my bed? Sure! chocolate donuts for breakfast? Sure!)

They can fuss and fight like the best of siblings but they really are great buddies.

Nana, Papa and Miles came to visit in February and a lot of fun ensued - from swimming at the hotel to hanging out at the house before Lucy's soccer game.

These three were too busy cracking each other up to take a decent photo.

Charlie and Miles were having so much fun on the sidelines of Lucy's soccer game that she was tempted more than once to abandon her team and join them!

The kids were pretty excited to pass out their Valentine's cards to their friends!

The Valentine's Day party in Charlie's class coincided with the 100th day of school - it was almost too much fun to bear! We decided that a 100-year-old Charlie is pretty darn cute but reminds us of Mr. Peabody.

The best part of February? Emma, Claire and Hannah got to stay with us for a few days. My poor nieces - I don't think that Charlie or Lucy left them alone for more than 10 minutes over the weekend.