Cover food in the microwave

I may have chewed the kids out shortly before this sign appeared on the microwave:  Put the Cover on food!  Maggie said she wasn't going to forget now that she had a reminder!  I had cleaned the microwave and 30 minutes later both girls put nachos in the microwave that splattered all over.

 

Philomena's Choir

Philomena's choir concert was cancelled on Thursday due to the blizzard.  Maggie and I were able to watch her perform at district music contest on Saturday instead.  They sounded beautiful and received a rating of 1!

 

New Couch

I used part of my tax refund to replace the couch with the broken spring.  The girls helped me put it together.  We miss the reclining feature of the old love seat but two of us fit on the couch even when I wanted to lay down.  Philomena didn't bat an eye when I put my feet up behind her.  Maggie looked at me and said, "Bro, your feet don’t go there!" A couple minutes later she leaned back on my ankles for a headrest :). It's a comfy couch for a decent price off Wayfair.

 

Blizzard with White Out Conditions

Thursday a blizzard hit Lincoln.  I thought I was being smart to make phone calls before leaving work on Thursday so I didn't run into closing time before I finished my phone calls.  So I left Huntington at 4:30 pm, got to LHS at 4:55 pm, drove Teona home and then drove us home by 6:05 pm.  Taking Teona home should have only added 5 minutes!  Before bed we had 4 inches of snow.  We woke up to about 6 inches of snow.  School was called off Friday, but the roads were cleared so we could run errands in the afternoon.  We were able to find a pair of frames for Philomena's glasses that the insurance covered the full cost of.

 

Ash Wednesday

They weren't as excited as they used to be when they were little but I still got a family picture after the Ash Wednesday service.  During the service, Philomena helped with the little kids, Maggie ran a camera, and I ran lights.  I love that my girls are learning to love serving as much as I do.

 

Valentine's Day

We celebrated Valentine's Day with our traditional heart shaped pizzas.  Maggie was baffled at why I'd bought her a couple picture books until she remembered that we heard the author on a podcast and these 2 books are part of a 4 book series that teaches a Bible lesson.  The day we listened to the podcast she said she wanted the books so we could use them to teach Sunday School with.  Philomena was excited beyond belief to receive a Squishmallow Toad with her name "Philomena!"

 

Preschool

Preschool has been going well.  One of my students came in with a t-shirt on that read "if I can share my snacks, you can share your country."  If only our president was as kind as we teach our preschoolers to be.  Pretty sure someone in his family made him this shirt!  The second picture is of Brenda with me.  She's my student teacher this quarter and she's going to make a great teacher!!  She's been a great addition to our classroom!