Puzzle Time!

Daddy and Erin spent a snow day putting together an impossible little puzzle purchased from the $ store.  What did I expect for a buck?

At least all the pieces were there!  This is a Lion King puzzle with Erin’s favorite lion from the movie, Scar.  Funny all those years ago, Shawn and I saw Lion King in the movie theatre and even back then Scar was our favorite character.  The actor’s voice is also one of our favorites.  Genetics is a powerful thing!

Erin’s favorite animals at zoo are the lions.  She says, “let’s go see the daddy lion.”  She prefers the big fellow to females.  Our zoo has ample females (much to his delight) and there are now 3 lion cubs.  One snowy Friday Erin and I got to watch them play in the snow!  They liked stalking Erin from the fence.

Erin’s Tower POWER

 

Erin was so proud of herself after making this tower in her room.  Lately she is really into puzzles and stacking blocks.  We had fun building this tall tower!

Daycare Daily Reflections

I am posting a summary of a few of Erin's recent "Daily Reflections" from daycare below. A daily reflection is when her teachers ask each child the question of the day. They record exactly what each child says. It is a hoot to read them and we often do it at dinner time which delights Erin. We are also teaching her to listen closely to a question for some of her answers indicate she is not listening to the question or does not understand the question. Lately her vocabulary has increased rapidly. She is using bigger words, correctly for example "Mommy let's have a celebration now." Erin equivalent of let's eat some candy esp chocolate! A girl after my own heart!

Our Living Room View

 

For the majority of Feb, this has been the view from all our windows!  Who needs fake icicles as decoration?  We have had the real thing since late January.  Although they don’t light up like the fake ones! :)  Seriously we had one icicle that almost touched the ground but Friday it hit 35 and it crashed before touchdown!

Scully Valentines

 

Scullys share love and joy!  Images from our Valentine prep (cards, goodie bags, heart shaped cookies and artwork) and our shared gifts and cards. Sorry to say most of my chocolate box is empty!

How Scully Men Celebrate Valentine’s Day

Nothing says, love like a firearm!

Shawn & Jordan went to the shooting range on Feb14.

Special Delivery!

 

Ready set GO!  Chewy & Erin are heading out to deliver our Valentine’s to neighbors and friends.  It has become an annual tradition to hand deliver special treats on special occasions (mother’s day, Christmas, Easter etc) to Dan & Pat(right next door) Milley and Nic (on the other side) and David across the street.  We deliver to Grace Ann and Frank when they are home.  Currently while we battle snow Frank is in Fl on the boat!  It was a stressful walk to deliver today for the snow was piled high along the sides of the street.  Only 2 walkways to front doors were clear and only one family was home!  Thank goodness for Erin’s super duper Ladybug snow boots!  She was a real sport and enjoyed stomping in the snow.

I guess when the weather is bad, one needs to call ahead and make an appointment to drop off Valentines!  Erin wanted to ride her bike for delivery but with the snow a NO GO!  Chewy was anxious to walk ahead for his winter weather walks have been far and few in between.  No, we did not make him wear the heart necklace outside!  A dog has dignity and so do we!

While shopping for Valentine candy (Anthony Thomas Candy  factory is based in Dublin/Hillard OH) Erin asked to buy something for Keenan and Devon.  She is extremely thoughtful & encourage this quality  at every opportunity.  So she picked out 2 heart shaped boxes of Whitman’s chocolates a Snoopy one for Keenan and football for Devon. She has been making handmade valenintes for weeks!  Using die cut pink & read construction hearts, paper lace doilies, tons of stickers and countless heart stickers.  She made some real beauties! I was proud of her and the amount of time she spent on each one.  It really kept her busy and happy!  A fun sight to see!!  She is still struggling to write her name.  She can but does not WANT to do so! She has the letter “e” down but only does the capital letter. At this point she sternly refuses to acknowledge a lowercase “e” as an E.  Go figure?!

My favorite Valentine is the bridge … made of glued popsicle sticks!  This was her own idea … she took a glue gun and stuck each stick in a row and declared it a bridge and by gosh it is!  I will take a Kodak and post it soon.

Until then happy hearts day to all and may you each know how special you are to our family!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Erin & Chewy sharing a bit of PUPPY LOVE! 

 

Erin loves chocolate as she takes a bite out of Mommy’s Valentine box!  Shawn surprised me with a box of chocolate and funny Valentine card that relates!   We are a family that enjoys humorous cards.