The wintery mix… Ice Skating, Polar bears and more snow

I feel like it’s been all things winter this weekend.

For her birthday, Emily invited her friends to go ice skating and then home for pizza and a sleep over.  Emily loves ice skating and we discovered that Friday nights are the best time to hit the rink closest to us.  It is such a tough place to photograph though.  The girls went zipping by looking very serious so I had to force them to pose for me.  They really had a fun time though and it certainly wore them out.  They were asleep by an astounding 12am.  I’ll have to remember that for the next sleepover. 😉

It’s been snowing off and on all weekend.  You’d think I’d be longing to scrapbook with some warmer themed photos, but I created this one based upon the Studio Calico Sunday Sketch.  I took one look at the sketch and knew I wanted to create snow flakes with mist on my version.

Tonight we celebrated Emily’s birthday and Valentine’s Day at Macaroni Grill.  We all love Italian food so it’s our go to restaurant for any special occasion. 

The kids are out of school tomorrow for President’s Day.  With snow days and holidays it seems like they’ve been out of school more than they’ve been in this month, but I won’t complain. 🙂