Ice Castle

Mike and I had our first official date of the year! We went to midway to see the ice castles! It was so fun!! I definitely want to go back. 

**If you go, purchase tickets ahead of time so you don't have to wait in line. 

Snow storm in a jar

Today in preschool, we made a SNOWSTORM in a jar. And it was AWESOME!! 

What you do: 

Fill a jar 3/4 full of baby oil

In a bowl, mix warm water and white paint (enough to turn the water white)

Add water/paint mixture to jar

Add a little glitter

Give each child a piece of an alka seltzer tablet to take turns adding to the jar. 

Watch the snow storm! 

23!

It was mikes birthday last Thursday and we had so much fun! He had to work late so I made him general tso's chicken with potstickers, smoothies, and brownies for dessert. We actually got to eat dinner together and then watched a movie! On Friday, we went out to dinner and then had another movie night. And best of all, we got to spend all of Sunday together...seeing each other that often is not usual for us. I loved it, every bit of it! It was so awesome to get to spend so much time together! 

On a side not, I've already read 8 books this year!! 

Book worm.

I finished 2013 off by reading 48 books! In 2014, I plan on reading 100 so I need all the suggestions I can get!! 

Here's what I read the second half of 2013:

27. Running with the Kenyans- adharanand Finn

28. Breaking night- Liz Murray 

29. Having our say: the Delaney sisters first 100 years- Sarah and A Elizabeth Delaney 

30. June bug- Chris fabry 

31. The fault in our stars- john green 

32. Divergent- Veronica Roth 

33. Insurgent- Veronica Roth 

34. Allegiant- Veronica Roth

35. Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet- Jamie ford 

36. The Paris wife- Paula McLain 

37. The tigers wife- tea obreht 

38. Life of pi- yann Martel 

39. A farewell to arms- ernest Hemingway 

40. The secret life of bees- sue monk kidd 

41. A moveable feast- ernest Hemingway 

42-48. The Harry Potter series- JK Rowling