The Newman Hum: February 2014

Friday, February 21, 2014

Magnus' family tree birthday cake

For his birthday today, Magnus said he wanted his cake to be his family... then he changed his mind and said he wanted a tree. So I put it together and made him a family tree cake with the help of some cut out photos. Here is how the cake turned out!

Magnus' 5th Birthday

Magnus turned 5 this year, and we celebrated it at the Long Branch Nature Center. We had a naturalist that came and did 30-min presentation on snakes. It was fabulous. Then we enjoyed eating Magnus' bulldozer cake!

Feeling the snake skin

Comparing the length of all the bday party kids to the longest snake in the world!

Naturalist presenting the snake

Petting the cornsnake!

Giving Snake good bag gifts to friends

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Ella's Laugh

Ella thought that Mom's squats were very funny! (my form isn't that bad!)

Monday, February 17, 2014

Ella's hands

Whoa.. there they are again!

WHAT is this... AMAZING!

Ella is amazed at those things that are at the end of her arms... those fingers and hands are incredible!

Saturday, February 15, 2014

Snow Day

Winter storm Pax dropped 9 inches of snow on DC on 13 Feb. And it caused Mom & Dad and Ella, to get stranded at the Minneapolis airport as we were returning from Colorado Springs, CO. Therefore Grandma Newman got to enjoy a snow day with Magnus and Maliah (on top of the 3 previous days she had been watching them.) When Mom and Dad finally got back (after getting a re-routed flight to Richmond VA at midnight, and then renting a car and driving 3 hours home...where we got high-centered on the snow bank in front of our driveway, and then had to shovel snow at 3am just to park)... but after we got home we enjoy some winter fun!

Valentine's Day

For Valentine's Day we made heart-shaped personal-sized pizzas. The kids had a blast making their own pizzas. But apparently they didn't make them taste good as the didn't eat much of them...or perhaps they were full from Valentine's Day candy.

We had Ella dress-up in her Valentine's Day heart outfit....

(which is better white or dark brown background)

Ella isn't the only one who dressed up. Deborah & Dylan dressed up in their mess dress for the annual AFCEA Valentine's Day Ball (days prior on 8 Feb).