Lacrosse

Because options for kids sports has been limited (ok - I really mean non existent) in Hood River, Charlie has been playing on a Lacrosse club team in Portland.  Thank goodness for a mild winter so far!  The club is actually for a summer travel team and it turns out that the tournaments are not too far (in distance) away - phew!  Since it's a competitive team that required tryouts to make the team, we are grateful that Charlie made it on the team and has the opportunity to play.  We are looking forward to game time in several months.  In the meantime, we are hopeful that the spring community league in Hood River will be able to start.  

Snow Days

We had several snow days last week.  The boys had a blast!

    Sledding on Fir Mountain

They built a great snow cave

Even Mom took a few trips on the sled down the driveway

 

I "Heart" You

 We did our annual tradition of putting one affirmation heart every day on the boys' bedroom door leading up to Valentine's Day.  Starting on February 1st, I place one heart every day with a message about what we love about each of them, with the last heart on Valentines day.  The boys enjoyed waking up and finding which heart was newly placed overnight.  

And, the sweetest thing of all, was that Lukas had saved his hearts from last year (without us even realizing it!).  This was so funny, because we had thrown away many of his "random stashes" that accumulate in his drawers on multiple occasions throughout the year.  We never came across where he had hidden these.  He always surprises us with his sweetness!