2018 brought a lot of changes our way, but also a lot of the same things. This is our year in review, all the things we love to do and continued to do. I’ll be posting a second post this week with new happenings in 2018 so stay tuned!
Outdoor Adventures
We played outside. A lot. We kicked off the year, to Reece’s delight with snow and it didn’t let up until February where we had an unseasonably warm (sometimes 50s!) month. We made a few snowmen, that the kids destroyed almost right after we made them and Reece taught Kat the art of the snow angel.
Even when the snow melted we still played in the yard all the time and also made it to the splash pad a few times and the playground with our friends.
We also did a TON of PYO: apples, strawberries, cherries, blueberries, and pumpkins.
I started to discover Reece’s passion for dance. Kat’s inner fashionista started to emerge, her hair became long enough to pull back and she sometimes let me style it.
Both my babies started phasing out of naps.
The last nap Reece and I took together (wah!) 
Food Trends
Over the winter Kat and I also discovered our mutual love for salad and SweetGreen became our special lunch place.
Fun in the sun at Sweetgreen 
Salad at home 
Strawberry, quinoa, goat cheese, cucumber salad 
Kat waiting fro her salad at Sweetgreen 
Big smiles at Sweetgreen 
Cucumber, corn, cauliflower, strawberry summer salad 
Chillin at SweetGreen 
Quinoa, cauliflower, beets & cucumber salad
Kat and Reece also ate A LOT of donuts, thanks to weekly visits at my Dad’s donut shop. (No cavities!)
Always a sprinkle donut 
Sometimes we just lick the top only 
We also had a few smoothies… Plus got into homemade lemonade and pickles. And I continued to cook tons of dinners the kids, 85% of the time, didn’t eat.
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Homemade pickles 
Smoothies for everyone 
Kat eating homemade pickles 
Mama and Kat making lemonade 
Avocado & tomato on toast 
Toddler dinner of “berries” 
Deconstructed tacos – aka: cheese and chips dinner
Adventures Through Creativity & Imagination
When we were stuck inside due to weather, or when I wasn’t feeling great, the kids created crazy structures out of train tracks, magnetic tiles, blocks, dolls, anything they could imagine. I swear, they are toddler architects! And they also read a good amount to spark ideas.
We continued to create a ton of art (at home and art class) and played in the sensory bin.
And of course, soooo much sibling love, hugs, and kisses. Tons of fights too, but I don’t have many pictures, if any, of those. We fight, it’s not always a love fest, but a good amount of the time it is with these two!
My Peanut Adventures 