Saturday, February 23, 2013

Seacoast Science Center

We met Nana, Grandpa and cousin Sammy at the Seacoast Science Center in Rye, New Hampshire the other day. I took some of these but the ones you can tell were taken by a better camera are from Grandpa!

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Jane's shirt got so wet we had to take it off! It was a good thing she had that dress on. Next time there's a touch tank I will have her wear her bathing suit and a ponytail!

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Malcolm is posing in a whale's tail.

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The kids wanted to explore the seaside, even though it was cold and windy!

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For lunch we went to a terrific seafood restaurant called Petey's just down the road.

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more sledding

We went sledding a couple times during February vacation with friends.

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This ice patch was a lot of fun!

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Malcolm's sled broke and Jane shared hers with him. Awww!

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Friday, February 15, 2013

valentine's day

The valentine's party we go to each year was cancelled because of the near-blizzard, so I had to kick up our celebrating at home a notch. I decorated the dining room with streamers from Grammy and made cookies and frosting so they could sprinkle colored sugar on top.

Jane opened her card and gift before school.

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A magic tree house book!

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Malcolm liked his Toy Story card.

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He also loved his racecar card from Nana and Grandpa.

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Jane was very excited when she got home from school. She had gotten all kinds of exciting things from her classmates.

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(These are the valentines that Jane and I made for our family and friends.)

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Then she opened her fairy card from Nana.

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This is her straw-moustache from her classmate Avery!

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Chocolate!

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It was time to decorate the cookies. I usually make heart-shaped sugar cookies, but decided on peanut butter this year. Nobody complained.

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Valentine's Day would be incomplete without a photo of Westie with her black heart!

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We did get some use out of our cookie cutter - heart shaped biscuits for dinner!

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playing in the snow with friends

We got some rain and warm days, so the height of the snow went way down. When our friends Lily and Nate came over to play, they had a great time out in the yard.

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We had a lively round of hide-and-seek.

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snowstorm

We got about 2 feet of snow last weekend! It was exciting when a firetruck was outside our house for a while. I guess there was a gas leak across the street.

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This is our porch. It doesn't usually get snow in it - it has a roof! The storm was very windy, though.

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The kids wanted to go outside towards the end of the storm. They couldn't move around too much!

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I'm not sure if the storm brought it on, but my right hand now hurts so much that I can't knit and it's painful to use the computer and other tasks. I've had trouble in the past but never this bad. Hopefully I'll find out soon what it is and fix it!