This is a date we did last weekend! It is kind of funny because it is the third date we did, and it is numbered 3 in our bucket of dates.
This was a super fun date! We made muddy buddies and then played a game called "5 second rule". Auna is so awesome! She had all the ingredients we needed in a bag for us and also the game. Here are a few pictures of muddy buddy adventures!
I got some chocolate on Cody's face, so he decided to wipe the spatula on my hand.
Ok, so here is the game. You have 5 seconds to name three of something. That something is on the card that you draw. Cody and I really should have done this as a double date because you are supposed to have at least 3 people, but we modified it and still had tons of fun and will use it as a game for the next time we double.
Ok, to end here is a little clip of our game. This was kind of towards the end. Some of the cards were super hard and some were easy. Oh one rule I didn't say is that if you don't get 3, then the other person has to name 3 and they can't use any that the person/people before them said. The goal is to get the most cards at the end!
Two weeks ago I had absolutely no time for anything! I didn't go running during the week at all. It was parent teacher conferences, and my partner teacher decided that she needed to get appendicitis resulting in her getting her appendix taken out and miss that whole week of school/conferences. So I put my super cape on and did 50+ PTC's on my own with about 2/3 of the data to show parents. I went to school at around 7 each morning and most nights I didn't get home until 7:30. It was a great week and I learned a lot. One big thing I learned is that I am getting better at handling stress. It effects Cody a lot when I get stressed, so I have been trying to channel it and remember that everything will work out.
Going on to this week, this week has been almost as busy as last, but filled with a lot more FUN! Since Monday I was planning what I was going to do on Valentines Day for Cody, so I was running a few errands and we both ended up getting home around 8. On Tuesday we got haircuts and didn't get home until after 8 as well. Wednesday we went to Grandma's house for dinner in celebration for Heathers birthday. Then came home and Cody did some work while I started putting my students Valentine treats together. Thursday we came home a bit earlier maybe around 6, relaxed a little, then I finished putting the valentines together. Friday was valentines day.
A few weeks before Christmas Cody started telling me about this smartwatch called the Pebble. I wanted to get it as a Christmas gift, but I didn't want to be hasty, so I waited and decided to do it for Valentines Day. One thing to know about Cody is he absolutely LOVES technology. I was going to get it at BestBuy but they had been out of them for the past 2 weeks, so I ended up using Amazon Prime. I did it through my mother's account so that he wouldn't see the transaction and shipped it to Grandma Janis' house. It was kind of funny because it ended up arriving on Wednesday, which is when we went there for dinner. Grandma did an awesome job of keeping it on the down low. I told her I would come pick it up on my way home from work the next day. As we were leaving dinner she said "Yeah so just give me a call.... just give me a call sometime :)". He had no idea. Here are a few pictures from dinner.
This is the famous sponge cake that all the Janis children grew up with!
Happy Birthday Heather!
Shoot, I'm all over the place. I have to backtrack real quick! On Monday I went running and the craziest thing happened! I witnessed a motorcycle accident about 30 feet in front of my face! Here is a little video.
In class I have been doing coloring contests for when they finish assignments early. Here are the winners from the Red Class. I didn't get a picture of the Blue Class winners unfortunately.
And here are a few pictures from Valentines day at school along with the valentines I gave the students!
Ok, this has been really long so I am going to finish up with a few pictures from Friday night!
Besides my wedding ring, I haven't ever owned real jewelry until now. I'm so grateful and blessed to have an amazing husband and best friend. I can't believe how blessed I am to be married to Cody.
Ok, so this was our second date, but it was numbered as one in our collection of dates! We were both pretty sick last weekend but we still wanted to do a date so we thought "this one won't be too hard and we can just stay inside". Yeah, the staying inside part was true, but the "won't be too hard" was off just a little bit. It wasn't the hardest thing we've ever done, but it was much harder (and more time consuming) than we had expected.
That being said, it was really fun and a great challenge. We didn't finish it until yesterday night (which is also when we actually started following the instructions). The instructions weren't super clear so it was still a challenge, but once we started to really analyze them they made more sense. It was awesome because we got two dates instead of one!
What awesome wrapping! Credits to Ronald Doria, I think :)
The puzzle is 1000 pieces and you have to separate the pieces you actually use, and the outside parts that were stuck on some of them. Then we poked out all the little pieces.
We started by putting as many pieces together as we could. Then we started building from the ground up. This is NOT what the instructions said to do. First you are supposed to build one side, then the others, then put the bottom on last.
I didn't get any pictures of the side structure by itself, and though it isn't quite finished in this picture, we put the bottom on anyway because it was close enough.
And final: Empire State Building. Then there was a cute little mini puzzle after the big one. We were wondering where all those pieces were going to go.
And now we finally can eat using as much table space as we want. For the last week we just scooted the pieces over a little and ate on the corner. It was fun. So these are the adventures of date number 1! (but really the second date).
