Heat Wave

Who'd ever thought I would think it was such a warm day when it's 30 degrees outside?!? Today we were driving home and we had the sun roof open because it was such a warm beautiful day at a whopping 30 degrees. You see, it's been below freezing for the high for the last 10 or so days and has been below zero or at least a wind chill below zero for 10 days and now my warped mind thinks 30 is warm. What's up with that? I never in a million years imagined myself living in a climate where snow boots, hats, scarves, & gloves were an everyday necessity. I guess I'm adjusting pretty well if I can handle an open sun roof at 30.

Despite the cold, wind and snow we are staying busy. Friday we went bowling with Maddi's dance group. Their teacher rewarded them for working so hard on their competition dances. It was packed at the bowling alley at 4:30 on a Friday. I guess that's what people do in the winter.
Saturday the kids went to a Hawaiian Luau at the Healthplex where they went swimming, made crafts and played games. Brett and I went on a date and had dinner and saw Juno. Awesome movie. Highly recommend it.

Sunday we went to church and had lunch at Maggiano's Little Italy. It just opened 4 days ago and I couldn't wait to eat there. I'm sure there are 5 million great Italian places here, but it was nice to have a place we know from Texas. It was quite tasty. I LOVE the Vera's Lemon Cookies. I seriously think I could eat 5 dozen of them. (They're small crescent shaped, so 5 dozen isn't that much, right?) All we need now is a Chick Fil A and I'll be good to go!

Sunday afternoon the kids had a Birthday Party for their Build a Bears. Maddi made a cake with her Easy Bake oven. Let me just tell you that they don't make the Easy Bake mixes like they used to. My memory is that they were quite tasty. Not so these days.

Maddi is getting so big reading and following the Easy Bake directions all by herself.
The kids made their own table for the party. They used a box with Cade's Lego's for the table. The place mat is his surf board he made at the Luau last night and the legs of the table are the plastic containers for Barraki's. Next to Cade are some presents Maddi wrapped for the party.
Cade with "hot dog" the birthday dog. He woke up this morning and announced it was hot dogs birthday. Don't know why he came up with that, but anyway....He also changed the dogs name last night. See "hot dog" used to be "Bat Dog" because when he made him at Build a Bear he chose the batman costume for him. Then he bought the Spider Man costume and decided his name should be "Spider Dog". Last night he wanted him "naked" because he doesn't have pajamas for the dog and decided since he wasn't wearing batman or spiderman he should be called "Hot Dog". He can always be "hot dog" no matter what he's wearing. Ok, whatever Cade.


I'll leave you with another kid conversation in the car today:
Cade to Maddi: Does this look creepy? (pulling the corner of his eyes toward his ears)

Maddi: You look like a freak.

Cade: When Kya (Cade's friend) does that you can see his brain. In real life you can see all the way to his brain.

Maddi and Cade are cracking up.

Maddi (now pulling her eyes back): Can you see my brain?

And they continue making gross faces the next 5 minutes in the car. You know they say each generation is so different but I have a feeling that making strange faces is one thing every generation has enjoyed. Why is that so fun to kids?