Charlie's Angel

Here is sweet, smiling, Lucy at her best last night.

For a long while now Charlie has been trying to show Lucy how much she loves her. She will frequently give kisses and wag her tail, only to have Lucy look at her in shock. Today, however, Charlie laid down right next to Lucy and Lucy purposefully reached out and started petting our sweet dog. Charlie saw that as an invitation for more affection.

You see the results.

Banner Days for the Rogers Boys

Friday was just an amazing day all the way around (and it all started with blueberry pancakes for breakfast). The temps finally came up from the sub-arctic levels AND we saw sunshine! At school there was an assembly where this group of gymnasts performed some pretty amazing stunts. They were stacked 5 people high at times, standing on each other. Some of them were able to touch the ceiling of the gymnasium where it took place. WOW! Mitchell and I watched in awe. We were spellbound. It came to a point in the show when the performers came to the bleachers and selected kids to come down and be a part of the show... Suzanne Shermak held Mitchell up for them to see. So of course they asked him to come down! Here he is, living in the moment, enjoying it for all that it was worth!


To make the day ~even~ better, Grammy met us at the house for our now routine Friday dinner. While she was with us, Mitchell lost a 2nd tooth!!!!!!! Now there is an extra large gap in the front of his smile. The tooth fairy made another visit last night to collect that beauty.

Today, Jen and her daughter Carly came over for some "Lucy Therapy". They got the bonus of Mitchell as well. While they stayed at home with those two, Ken and I took Owen for some solo skiing time. It was a gorgeous day again... perfect to get our little man out on the "big bumps" as Owen said. Owen was very much interested in the ski patrol's snowmobile.


He liked the skiing and did very well, but was mainly interested in the chairlift. I think he only skied down in order to ride up again.

These past few days will be hard acts to follow for sure!

3 Little Valentines

February has been whizzing by in a flurry of snow... Literally. All 3 kids received a bounty of Valentine wishes, candy, toys, and books. They also had much fun creating some love notes with paint and glitter and all sorts of fun stuff.


Amidst the snow days at school, we have gotten Owen and Mitchell both out skiing. Lucy is becoming much more animated and very active with her hands. Daddy even got her all set up with the jumper today, as well as the walker. Big brother Owen loved to be her chauffeur (enter this Mommy's worry about speed limits here). Mitchell's 2nd wiggly tooth is dangling from his smile.... I am sure the Tooth Fairy will be making another appearance soon.

Loving Lucy

Our littlest one had been dealing with a bout of pink eye, so had to be taken into the doctor over the weekend. On Saturday she weighed in at 16 lbs, 9 oz, and 25 inches long. She has been wearing mostly 6 month clothes for a few weeks... all this before she is 4 months old.


Mitchell and I had her laughing yesterday evening, but I think Daddy had the camera at work. Bummer.

















On another note, I have been working away at the decor in her room. We've had some items kicking around since Christmas waiting to be hung, and I finally got myself in gear and took care of it.

Here are the boys tonight enjoying their bath, which they insist on taking with each other.

The Tooth Fairy Commeth

HOORAY!!!!! We've been on the edge of our seats here in Boon, waiting for Mitchell's tooth to fall out. Its been hanging on by a thread for days now. We made his own tooth fairy pillow in preparation for the event. This afternoon, at long last, it fell right out. In fact, he approached his teachers saying his tooth was gone, and he didn't know where it was. They were able to find it on the floor, thank goodness. We wouldn't want the Tooth Fairy to miss out on such a nice one!

Coincidentally enough, Mitchell had his dentist appointment tonight after school and had the chance to show off the fresh space created in his smile. While there were cleaning, they found 2 MORE wigglers! AND bumps where his 6 year molars are moving!!!! Now we now his mouth has been busy.






Lucy is still impressing us. Last night she slept 8 and half hours straight for me! YAY! She woke up to feed that one time and slept again until the alarm went off. Love that Lucy!!!













And on another note, it's only 20 days until the pitchers and catchers report to spring training in Mesa, AZ. Go CUBS!

Ears Lowered, Times 2

If you haven't noticed in the blog shots of Owen, he tends to have hair like a blond Harry Potter. It's crazy and everywhere and grows like mad. We've tried to let it grow out to see if it would lay down, but it doesn't... it's just 4 inches long as it stands up straight. So today we got out Ken's clippers and went for a buzz cut. Cute! Mitchell was so amused he decided he wanted his like that too, so off went his hair! It's a different look, but these boys are pretty cute no matter what. Here they are, fresh from the "barber's chair".

Monday Monday....

Mondays can start the week off on the right foot, or they can be a thorn in your side. Today was more towards the former, thankfully. Today after school the kids played nicely while I made dinner (Yes, I really made a dinner. It wasn't take out or anything!). They even let me get a few pictures afterwards.

Here is Mitchell's wiggly tooth. Here's to hoping the Tooth Fairy visits him soon. How fun!

Here is Owen, being as crazy as ever, bless his heart!










And here is his bad self, tackling Mitchell, as he often does. The "big-little-brother" phenomenon has begun.... But they really do play well together most times. Even today it was all good natured fun.

















To balance out the boys, here is our sweet little Lucy again, who graced us with her first all-out laugh yesterday. We were at Linda's house when she did it.... how appropriate. I think she's saying she likes "Camp Linda" too! She tried out her giggles again today, much to our pleasure.

Here she is this afternoon, although she didn't quite know what to make of Charlie's kisses.