More randomness

This week, the kids and I went to the library together for the first time this year - we discovered two new fishies in the fish tank and picked up a couple of Star Wars books for Sean :-)

We also spent a long time studying the United States map rug:

Clare decided soup is her new favorite food. And all soups are called "Bean Soup"

It was cold... so cold for so many days. And then this weekend was warm - warm enough to play outside without multiple layers of clothing on! 

I made a penguin-shaped pancake (it was totally by accident - but don't tell the kids)!

 We did science experiments Sunday afternoon - including sparkly champagne glass volcanoes!

The kids teamed up to decorate a heart for a bulletin board at school - buttons and glitter, yeah!

We listened to songs from the movie "Frozen" about half a billion times, we colored and cut paper, we read so many books, and we watched a couple of movies. The kids were very interested in whether the groundhog saw his shadow or not this morning. They cheered when we read that Punxsutawney Phil did indeed see his shadow and we will have 6 more weeks of winter. Looks like we'll get some more of that winter tomorrow - another snowstorm is predicted!