Keeping up with the K-Bashes

Brownies event

The Brownie troop that Taylor is in is a self-proclaimed "laid back" troop... one of Taylor's friend's moms convinced us to join that way. Luckily, it has held true! Each mom takes a month and plans an event to earn a badge, and January was my month.

I hosted the "Home Scientist Badge" and came up with several science experiments to do. In hindsight, I should've planned this badge for a warmer month (hello, outside!) but we still had fun. (though I was mopping for days afterwards ;P)

The calm before the storm...

Lego bridge building

Dancing gummy worms

Penny cleaning- which solution cleans pennies the best?

Setting up for making ice cream

Here we go...

Using baking soda and vinegar to blow up this balloon

Matty B & The Haschak Sisters

I went to my first teeny-bopper (or should I say, pre-teeny bopper?) concert with the girls. My kiddos have been all about watching some You Tube lately- people making slime, people trying to escape the "You Tube Hacker", etc. But they have really enjoyed watching Matty B and The Haschak Sisters' music videos. (I hate to admit it, but some of the tunes are really catchy). I noticed they were performing in Atlanta, so I surprised the girls with tickets!

We headed down to Atlanta Symphony Hall for the 5:00 show (he definitely knows his audience!). It was fun- Matty B put on a good show, The Haschak Sisters were great, and they had a dancing group perform with them that was cool. Matty B has a little sister with Down's syndrome and he sang a song to her, and she got to come out and do some ballet moves. I noticed there were some special needs' groups at the concert, too. I think he's an advocate for people with special needs. Very cool!

It's kind of crazy how You Tube made these people "famous". I was looking up how much money some of these people are worth- many of them are in the millions!! (?!?!) Hmmm... what kind of talents of mine could I start filming??

Dinner beforehand

The group took a pic with the crowd in the background

Post-Christmas Fun

Nothing like completing a "draft" blog a few weeks after the post was first begun. Thinking back to what feels like many moons ago (seriously, does January have 100 days??)... We had a really good Christmas break- we were able to sleep in (!!) and the kids are at a great age where they can hang at the house, hang outside the house, stay up a little later if they need to, etc. Part of me was ready to get back into a routine, but part of me enjoyed the "don't have anywhere to be" kind of break.

Here's what we were up to after Christmas!

My brother and his family spent a couple of days with us, before heading back to Nashville:

Seeing friends:

Lunch with Ashley, Erica and the kids-

The big boys

All the boys

We tried

Liam and Charlie (and their mom and dad) came over to watch the GT bowl game:

Parker, Mason, Ansley (and their mom!) came to visit us!

**It was funny- at one point, all the kids (minus Ansley, who's 1) were playing outside, along with one of our neighbors named Parker. There were 6 kids and 3 of them were named Parker. ;)

Noon Year's Eve at Peter and Jamie's house:

We got to see Izzy and her beautiful new house in Acworth!

New Year's Eve:

My awesome parents came to spend the night and babysat! We ventured downtown in our little town and ate a yummy dinner. Then, we went to a neighbor's house for a party.