Lately: Endless February

Here’s a bit of life lately, including too much snow and birthdays galore! 

Endless February

We just had our third snowstorm of the winter (after getting nearly nothing last year!). We. Are. Over. It. 

Everyone in Cville:

Of course the snow has been super fun for the boys, but it has been very hard on us parents! School has been out a bunch for the snow with teacher workdays and holidays happening on lovely sunny days in between snowstorms! 

Sledding so hard he took off his winter clothes:

We’ve also had two rounds of sickness hit the house.

Thomas had the flu (knocking on wood that our flu shots all worked because no one else got it) and then Birch and I both came down with norovirus (cue horror music!). I won’t go into detail, but it was truly awful for Birch. Not as bad for me thanks to zofran. 

This reel sums up the month of February quite well. 

Indoor Fun

Using my 6 year old as a chiropractor! 

Dogman The Movie

Do not recommend for parents (Birch liked it). It was so loud!

UVA Tony Bennett Night!

Thomas sat with the boys; I sat with the girls. 

The Pool

Our favorite winter activity. We go at least once a week. 

Indoor Soccer

And my second favorite winter activity! (First is the sauna, of course!) We had a decent season. 

Valentine’s Lunch Date <3

Thomas and I went to Chick-a-dee for lunch on V-Day. The Idgie is the best sandwich in town with pimento cheese, fried green tomato, and arugula. 

Party Time! 

I went to four parties last weekend, and went to another birthday party this week! Tis the season. 

Thanks to Meg and Paige Lee for hosting a lovely Galentine’s event! It was a Favorite Things themed party, and we each brought two $20 gifts to share with the group. Such an awesome party idea! 

HBD Ellen!

My good friend Ellen had a fun event at Albemarle Ciderworks. Our friend Dana baked an amazing buttermilk chocolate layer cake! 

HBD Fabiani!

And our second birthday of the weekend – Fabi!! His dad came to visit and threw him a surprise party one night, and then Fabi had his own party at Mejicali the following night with games, karaoke and more! Of course we had 2x the cake : ) 

Mejicali

Kath Eats Real Food

This is my breakfast almost every weekday now! Spinach, banana, milk, protein power, peanut butter. 

Weekend Breakfast is usually a bagel!

Blue Apron enchilada night! 

Lunch Kale Caesar with Rotisserie Chicken + kombucha

Superbowl leftovers lunch

Blue Apron Pesto Pasta

Bow-Tie Pasta Salad

This recipe is coming to the blog! It was so good and I had it for lunch 3 days in a row with different side dishes. We love these Chomps sticks. 

PSA: Clean Your Dryer

I’ve had this dryer for 10 years and had NO IDEA there was so much lint in there! One day it just stopped drying well, and we knew there was a clog. Thomas got one of those brush cleaners on Amazon and the lint unclogged with a 75 MPH force. 

Please, please no more sickness or snow!