New Year, New Beginnings

After all the hype of Christmas, we cleaned up the house and put all the decorations away on Boxing day. Jeff went back to work right away and I felt like there was nothing to do! All the regular activities were cancelled and we didn't have plans...honestly I felt a little blue. Not to mention the weather turned -30 and we felt stuck inside. I told Jeff that next year we should plan a trip somewhere for the week after Christmas!! Anyways, once we got through those weeks, things started up again and we got back into a good routine. Bentley started preschool, playschool, and also gymnastics. I decided to put her in something new, at the Foothills Gymstars, and see if she likes it. She has a good attitude about it, but she is the youngest in the class, and I can tell it is quite a push for her. So we'll see how it goes. She sure loves her gymnastics uniform I got for her though! She looks adorable in it. 

Playschool has been such a great thing to have in our house. Both Bentley and Deacon love it, and everyone comes up with such great ideas. I also get to socialize with my friends, so it's really been awesome! Here's some pics from the latest ones. The kids learn about a different letter each week.

We've also been trying to remember to always have FHE and to spend lots of time together as a family. We took Bentley skating and she really loved it! She mostly just walked in her skates, but she was really excited about it. We also roasted marshmallows one night using a gift Kellie gave us for Christmas. Deacon was pretty enthralled with the fire, so we kept a really close eye on him! Bentley thought it was so much fun. The kids also love going to any new play place I can find, especially if there are things to climb on and large spaces to run around!

 Well, Jeff and I have high hopes for this year. We will welcome a new baby boy into our family in March and we are going to strive to live healthily and happily. I'd say I'm officially into the uncomfortable phase of pregnancy and have resorted to wearing some of Jeff's shirts. I've also been feeling SO tired and just do my best each day to be a good mom and get dinner on the table, but that doesn't always happen. Pregnancy is hard and I often feel bad for all the things I'm not doing for my kids, but I also know that I'm doing my best right now and it won't be like this forever. One day while Deacon was napping I let Bentley watch TV so I could have a nap, and then when I checked on her I found she had gotten herself her own little mug of "hot chocolate." Mostly powder, a little bit of water, she said it was delicious. Anyways, this kind of thing is pretty ordinary in our house these days. I don't remember being so tired at this stage in my other pregnancies, but I guess now I'm keeping 2 humans alive while growing a baby!