10 things on a Sunday night

1. Max has totally figured out Sundays. Around 3pm on Sunday afternoons, he starts to get sad and whiny about the weekend already being over. I don't get the "Smondays" as much as I used to when I was working, but I still get a little case of them because Chris has to go to work and the kids and I have to get up and going the next day. I love Sundays. Especially lazy Sundays!

2. It was cold here the past few days. Last night my mom posted a pic of the weather in Okinawa and it was 70 degrees. We were 87 degrees colder than that here! Even Chloe (who loves to lay out in the snow) hated yesterday. 

3. But as you can tell...today warmed up a whopping 49 degrees from last night! So we took advantage and went out sledding. Ivy was the big winner today on the jumps. check out this air she got and the muscle shot she wanted me to take afterwards to show how strong she was! 

                                                

4. The sledding was after we watched the Vikings game:( What a heartbreaking loss. We were all pretty sad around here...even the kids, as we got them into the game  making signs, eating yummy food and wearing their jerseys. We even used Vikings napkins my mom sent me months ago! 

5. I'm going backwards here, but on Thursday I went and got Ivy a new mattress and box spring. She had been sleeping on her toddler bed and it was definitely time to upgrade. Long story short..I got the mattress/box spring, had a grumpy guy at the furniture store load it on my car for me in the freeeeezing cold and a few miles down the road, the mattress flew off my car in traffic at 3pm. It was not pretty. I was a wreck until the nicest young man in the world...not someone you would ever assume would stop based solely on the way he looked, stopped, drove back and got the mattress, brought it to me and helped me secure it on my car. I learned a lot of lessons this day. And it took me 3 hours to calm down. Thank God no one was injured during this crazy deal. 

6. Ivy's activities start back up this week thank goodness! Last week got a bit long for her without her art and gymnastics. At one point she was walking around with one eye shut. I eventually asked her what she was doing and she replied that she was a shopkin named Becky. Pretty sure there is no shopkin named Becky, but I give her credit for the creativity. 

7. I happened to catch a few sweet moments between sisters this last week. They definitely battle (and the youngest often wins) but they also get along very well at times and I'm thankful that they have each other! I've been talking to Mya so much about being careful with how she talks to Ivy. Whether she likes it or not, she's a role model and Ivy is copying her every move. I put a sweater on Ivy the other day and she said she would not wear it because Mya would not like it. Makes me sad that she is already influenced by what others think. 

8. Max got an elements book from his book order a couple months ago and has been obsessed with them ever since. If you saw us at Christmas, you know this to be true. The other night I was out and came home to find this on the refrigerator. #nerdalert:) 

9. We had a great first visit to a new dentist last week. The kids all did great. Especially Max and Ivy. Ivy sat through the entire cleaning and exam for the first time on her own. She has gotten abbreviated forms of it in the past, but this time they didn't hold back and she did great. Max got a baby tooth that was lodged in his mouth funny, pulled out and he also did great. In a moment of weakness while tears were streaming down his face during the numbing part, I said the tooth fairy would for sure pay big for this tooth:) 

10. And lastly...I sent this to Chris and he never responded. I guess he thought he couldn't win with a response. He was probably right:)