The Blandford Family: End of Feb - We're still surviving here in Chicago

We are so ready for March 1st to arrive tomorrow! I am blaming the winter for two trips to the doctor/Er in the past 2 weeks. If it wasn't so cold, we wouldn't have been in the house so long that we resorted to making an indoor slide from pillows, which Lucy jumped off of and hit her tailbone, and I wouldn't have needed so many sitters to get things done, which is when Leigh fell down stairs...and fractured her collarbone. Poor girl. But, we are in the home stretch and all surviving.

But, to be honest, as much as we are indoors, we are having a great winter. Lucy had a sleepover last weekend with Nana Kathy and Papa Joe and Abigail and Cailtin - and my parents took them all to the circus. They're brave. Lucy came home with a giant inflatable dolphin that has been in the bath tub since. She had a blast and what 3-year-old doesn't love a sleepover?!

In prep for spring, Leigh got her first pair of real shoes - no more fleece boots here!! And Lucy got her first pair of light up shoes, which I guess is a right of passage for an almost-4-year-old. She picked out bright pink Doc Martins and I decided to point out the crazy colored shoes myself, hoping she would not go with the Docs. To our surprise, they lit up. (I just googled "past tense for light because I couldn't remember how to spell it and lite didn't look right. Feeling dumb) A purple balloon, two pairs of shoes, and of course a toy and we were out the door. So, at least we will be stylish when spring gets here!

Showing off her new shoes!